In celebration of Cornelia Parker’s solo presentation at Tate Britain (until 16 October 2022), the Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works from across the artist’s oeuvre. The presentation is open by appointment in the Viewing Room. Please contact the gallery for information.
This exhibition, The Story of Art as it’s Still Being Written, curated by Katy Hessel, coincides with the publication of her new book The Story of Art without Men. A pioneering exploration of women artists from the past 500 years; this book is the story of art for our times – one with women at its heart – brought together for […]
Carolee Schneemann, a radical artist who remains a feminist icon and point of reference for numerous contemporary artists to this day. She addressed urgent topics from sexual expression and the objectification of women to human suffering and the violence of war, her work is concerned with the precarious lived experience of humans and animals. The […]
"Parallel Lines" is the first major review of the work of Eileen Cooper OBE RA, and curated by Kathleen Soriano, The exhibition brings together over 40 different artworks produced over Cooper’s 40-year career. These works are displayed alongside paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture from Leicester Museums & Galleries’ art collection. These feature works by L.S […]
Ksenia Dermenzhi’s exhibition, In Bloom, focusses on a word that has a romantic and loaded feeling. The works are about flowers, colours and joy; there is a real sense of joy and buoyancy in her works. Despite the unbridled energy emanating from these paintings, Dermenzhi displays a mastery over her technique that belies her youth. […]
Day Division, is an exhibition of new and recent works by Lucy Skaer. Throughout her practice, Skaer interprets imagery and objects found within diverse contexts and histories, before transforming or disrupting their material and metaphorical origins. In Day Division, Skaer brings together multiple ongoing series of sculptures that she has been exploring and adapting in some […]
remiQXing still, is an exhibition of video and physical works exploring the emerging field of quantum computing as both a subject and medium, by Libby Heaney. The gallery space is turned into the showroom of her fictional quantum computing company QX (Quantum eXperience). In this exhibition she continues her exploration of the possibilities of quantum computing […]
Our Bodies are Not the Problem, by Olivia Plender is based on historical research that analyses pedagogical methods and revolutionary, social, political, and educational movements mainly of the 19th and 20th centuries. She finds her sources in archives, as well as through collaborations with community groups, in order to make installations, videos, and comics that address the present, […]
An exhibition of new work by Jadé Fadojutimi whose large-scale paintings combine abstract and figurative elements in compositions that have intense graphic energy. At the heart of Fadojutimi’s work is an introspective mining of facets of her own identity and the social and cultural environments that shape them. Her paintings are typically made in bursts of energetic […]
Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. The exhibition brings together works by 15 artists created […]
Marlene Steyn’s work is concerned with the relationship between painting and psychoanalysis, exploring the formation of reality and of self. Each painting offers a deep dive into the psyche, bringing […]
Working from her garden studio in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Samantha Bryan has produced a new body of work for her exhibition at YSP celebrating 20 years of making, The Adventure […]
Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019): the exhibition 1955–1959 brings together significant nude figurative paintings and an early body of drawings, on view together for the first time. Made at a critical period of intellectual […]
In this exciting new installation, Linder brings together a series of objects alongside new and existing works to create a multi-sensory collage in dialogue with Duncan Grant and Charleston. A […]
This Retrospective highlights the abstract sculptures of Maria Bartuszová, who created around 500 sculptures, from small organic forms to commissions for public spaces, as well as works in the landscape, despite […]
Zadie Xa presents a new body of work commissioned by the Gallery, House Gods, Animal Guides and Five Ways 2 Forgiveness. It is an ambitious installation created by Xa, where […]
Keisha Scarville’s exhibition, Hot/Slow/Step, turns conceptually on the Caribbean limbo dance as a symbol of thresholds, the liminal, and the in between, through both abstract photography and sculpture. Using both narrative […]
Nettle Grellier's exhibition, She Always Does Have a Good Time, considers feral womanhood through several semi-autobiographical motifs: disobedient dogs, soft bodies, and disquieting, gossiping subjects. The exhibition uses references across high […]
Joy Revision, is an exhibition of work by Andra Ursuţa. The exhibition debuts new photograms and lead crystal sculptures that stem from a premodern conception of art as an essential tool […]
Avatar II is an exhibition of new works by Anne Imhof, which range from large scale aluminium panels, drawings and paintings to film and sound works that interweave notions of reality […]