Pioneers: 500 Years of Women in British Art explores the history of female artists in Britain who defied the status-quo. This multidisciplinary exhibition progresses from 16th century portraitists, to painters working at the forefront of the British avant-garde in the early 20thcentury. This active and constantly developing area of art history examines the historical significance of female artists, […]
'How to Behave at Home', is a new exhibition by sculptor and taxidermist Polly Morgan. Social media and the COVID pandemic provide the context for new abstract sculptures that use highly decorative hides of snakes and the trompe l'oeil designs in nail artistry to comment on the disparity between surface and reality. In an age where […]
Rebecca Allen is an artist inspired by the aesthetics of motion, the study of human perception and behaviour, and the potential of advanced technologies. Her early interest in utilising the computer as an artistic tool led to her pioneering art involving human motion simulation, artificial life algorithms and other generative techniques for art creation. Throughout […]
Cornelia Parker, who transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, uses printmaking to produce something elusive and ephemeral. Director Alan Cristea comments; “Parker’s new body of work, on which she has been working through the pandemic, is aptly called Through a Glass Darkly, the words of St Paul which suggest an obscure vision of reality. What we […]
An exhibition of works made in New York from 1979–80, focusing on a rare series of colour photographs by Francesca Woodman staged in her New York apartment. Her focus was on the relationship with her body as both the object of the gaze and the active subject behind the camera.
Meryl McMaster describes her work as sculptural photography — incorporating props, constructed garments and performance to examine her sense of identity and selfhood. For her latest series, As Immense as […]
Marking Jacqueline de Jong's return to oil painting after a number of years, Catastrophes highlights Border Line, a series of work addressing the traumatic experiences of migrants across the globe and critiquing the callous indifference shown to those fleeing war. The paintings from Border Line are presented alongside two earlier series that respond to major global conflict, tracing de Jong's […]
An online exhibition of new work by Catherine Kurtz. The title of the exhibition Pinned, is taken from one of three series of paintings, also including Memento Mori and Torn. This body of work represents Kurtz’ expression of our universal vulnerability and mortal fragility. Observing and recording both subject and her own responses, rigorously attending to its every detail, Kurtz […]
Rose Finn-Kelcey is featured in Back to the Future, a curated section devoted to pioneers of contemporary art displaying works made between 1960 and 1999. The curated platform takes a multi-media approach with photographs, videos, interviews and podcasts.
Alexis Hunter worked with photography and painting to explore Feminist theory, with often provocative and radical results. Hunter was influenced by a growing move towards anti-patriarchy and used art as a tool to explore everything from capitalism, the male-dominated advertising industry, contemporary politics and feminism. Through the use of series and narrative sequences, she exposed […]
Chantal Joffe brings a combination of insight and integrity, as well as psychological and emotional force, to the genre of figurative art. Defined by its clarity, honesty and empathetic warmth it is attuned to our awareness as both observers and observed beings, apparently simple yet always questioning, complex and emotionally rich. New work includes a […]
Vanessa Baird's haunting works in pastel and watercolour range from room-size murals to intimate self-portraits and draw on a wide range of references from the artist's own lived experiences, as well […]
‘Rear Window’ is an online exhibition inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller about the seductions and dangers of looking. It is an invitation to consider how artists construct scenes and suggest narratives, […]
Misunderstood and overlooked, moths are unloved by most humans. They are unseen in the dark and dismissed as ‘dull’ in favour of their flashier, diurnal cousins: the butterflies. In reality, […]
Ruth Brownlee is one of the best-known of the many artists practising in Shetland. Her much-loved seascapes can be seen in homes in and beyond the islands.
Inside Me, is an exhibition of new work by Alina Zamanova. It is an exploration of beauty in the feminine form, featuring paintings, sculpture and sketches. Zamanova is concerned with matters of the […]
With a practice spanning ceramics, works on paper, photography and video, Karen Densham combines kitsch with satire. Her work aims to challenge assumptions about the world around us. Seemingly innocent, ornamental objects […]
Judy Buxton's inspiration is drawn from the surrounding landscape of the Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall - its tracts of brown ancient earth contrasted with verdant watery passages, ribboning the landscape. Her […]
A group show with artworks by three women artists Perle Fine, Jann Haworth and Claudia Hart. Fine and Haworth’s artworks are on display in the main gallery space; Mannequin Defectors shows Jann […]
This major exhibition of Linda McCartney’s photography includes more than 200 iconic images, from the music scene of the 1960s, to family life with Paul.