Jo Spence (1934-1992) emerged as a key figure in British photography in the mid-1970s. Engaging with a range of photographic genres, from commercial to documentary and photo therapy, Spence took a unique approach to the camera, swerving academic theories and embracing a model based on experimentation and personal experience. Photo Therapy features work from the artist’s series […]
Christine McArthur's early work was primarily in oil and she became well known for her large-scale still life paintings on canvas. In the late 1980s she began to work in oil pastel and watercolour but more recently she has reverted to oil, as well as acrylic and collage.
In the artist's own words "My interest in painting lies with non-representation and abstraction. I have no desire to make obvious comment or narrative about external worldly matters when painting. […]
Helen Cammock explores social histories through film, photography, print, text, song and performance. She is motivated by her commitment to questioning mainstream historical narratives around blackness, womanhood, wealth, power, poverty […]
An exhibition of new paintings created during a residency with the gallery in Venice by Flora Yukhnovich. Her sources include the music of Vivaldi and the memoirs of Casanova, in addition to […]
Violet Costello's work is inspired by the complexities of the human condition: our quirks and familiarities, our moments of loneliness and moments of joy, the ways in which we identify […]
This exhibition, Textures of Understanding, creates a dialogue between suffragette embroideries created in Holloway Prison and Denise Jones' contemporary work. Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were sent to Holloway […]
Ndakavata pasi ndikamutswa nekuti anonditsigira, is an exhibition of new paintings by the Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera. The title translates from Shona to English as ‘I took my rest in […]
For her new commission Rabiya Choudhry has created a mural, Big Broon Stressed Oot Eyes, in response to the current collective moment. With characteristic Glaswegian humour Choudhry has created a playful […]
Gillian Wearing continues her exploration of identity, fiction, reality and the mask presenting a series of new works on paper, board, sculpture and film. Conceived over the course of the […]
The title of the exhibition, Jesture, touches on a sense of the absurd, responding to the disruption of daily rhythms arising from forced isolation during lockdown. Central to Jade Fadojutimi’s […]
A selection of new works by British sculptor Holly Hendry, whose large site-responsive sculptures and installations are concerned with what lies beneath the surface and the idiosyncrasies of the human body […]
Alison Britton’s is one of the most important and influential ceramic artists working in Britain today, and her practice has remained focussed on the vessel, exploring its features both formal and conceptual. […]
Monster/Beauty: An Exploration of the Female/Femme Gaze, is a group exhibition curated by Marcelle Joseph featuring the artwork, ephemera and archival photographs of nineteen female-identifying or queer femme artists who portray the feminine body […]
This exhibition is comprised of new work created by Cicely Brown in response to Blenheim's Palace’s history as an English country estate, and as the home to successive generations of the […]
Sophie Barber's exhibition The Greatest Song and Songbird Ever Sung is part of a new series of large-scale paintings for the Episodes series at Goldmiths. Barber’s painterly practice revolves around her interest in the […]
Miho Sato uses acrylic and board to display the work in her current exhibition Freedom.
Huma Bhabha’s exhibition Against Time, focusses on the figure. Bhabha’s work addresses themes of colonialism, war, displacement and memories of home. Her influences are wide ranging, from ancient Egyptian statuary, African art, Classicism, […]
In this exhibition, which they have curated, Christine and Jennifer Binnie use their own work to complement pieces chosen from the Gallery's collection. The exhibition guides the visitor through a […]
Train Yards, is an exhibition of paintings by Mary Weatherford. She roots abstract painting in subjective experience, evoking urban and rural environments while experimenting with internal painterly dynamics around light, color, […]