Evelyn De Morgan @ Laing Art Gallery
Laing Art Gallery, NewcastleEvelyn and William De Morgan have been described as ‘two of the rarest spirits of the age’. Evelyn’s paintings bear the influence of early Italian Renaissance art as well as […]
Evelyn and William De Morgan have been described as ‘two of the rarest spirits of the age’. Evelyn’s paintings bear the influence of early Italian Renaissance art as well as […]
Tools for Life is the first UK solo exhibition of Chilean artist Johanna Unzueta. It features a large-scale felt installation, a collection of garments, a film shot at a textile factory […]
Tamar Mason’s practice encompasses textiles, sculpture, ceramics and architecture. The artist’s choice of media, traditionally associated with women's work, ornament, and domesticity, confronts perceived divisions between art and craft, and allows Mason […]
A pioneer of 1970s Feminist Art, Su Richardson played a key role in revalidating craft as a fine art form and its potential as a means of disrupting the white cube aesthetic. […]
In her distinctive approach to painting, Aileen Murphy generates imagery through a combination of slow layering and fast applications of oil paint, animating a delicate urgency and sparking sensations of both epiphany […]
The exhibition Two Views from the Same Window, by Malgorzata Polonczyk reunites several works that reinterpret different sections of the same contemporary piece.
The centrepiece of this exhibition reimagines the ‘Five Senses’ collaboration between Rubens and Brueghel, which Olivia Kemp’s new paintings reinterpret. Each painting presents one of the five senses as a figure, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Miho Sato uses acrylic and board to display the work in her current exhibition Freedom.
Mud Season, is an exhibition of new works by Lisa Sanditz. One of the most celebrated landscape painters working in America today, Sanditz’s richly coloured works explore humanity’s impact on the […]
Impromptu(s), is an exhibition by Juliette Dominati and Clare Burnett — two artists that share an understanding of the everyday sublime, conjuring practices from observing the immediate, adapting, altering contexts, shifting perspectives. Both artists find […]
Renate Bertlmann's Magic Carpet paintings and sculptures are, in the artist's words, a “courageous feminist act.” Embodying a sense of feminine erotica and magical optimism, the works explicitly manifest Bertlmann’s exploration of […]
Marinella Senatore’s artistic practice is inclusive and relational; her works are manifestos of militancy and resistance that combine political protest with theatre, music and film. Her performances, paintings, collages, light […]