Mary Robson was a star of the London stage, who became notorious as a Royal mistress. From treading the boards of London’s theatres, to gracing the gossip columns of newspapers, Robinson pioneered celebrity status. She lit up the fashion world, sparking trends with her choice of outfit or carriage, and she went on to light […]
This duo exhibition features the works of the first British Constructivist artist Marlow Moss (1889-1958) and the Hungarian pioneer of computer art Vera Molnár (1924-2023). Both women artists, pioneers in their field, Moss with her precise drawings, executed with pencil, ruler and compass in the 1940s, and Molnár working with early 1970s computer plotter apparatus. […]
You Before Eyes, is a series of paintings by Anika Roach.
You Before Eyes, is a series of paintings by Anika Roach.
Astral Sea, an exhibition of new work by Teresita Fernández, features a series of glazed ceramic pieces and new sculptural paper panels. Astral Sea extends the artist’s interests in the confluence points of the cosmos, land, and water, as seen through the lens of an embodied sculptural landscape.
An exhibition of new works by Harriet Gillett that offers a glimpse into the world of the artist, showcasing a selection of works that vividly reflect her experiences and memories within the city. From intimate portrayals of friends to depictions of some of the places she has become part of, ranging from local cafes to […]
The exhibition Troupe, refers to a group of amateurs or community theatre players. "The stage is a simplistic metaphor for life," writes Christina Zimpel, where the private moments of doubt, anxiety or confidence are of particular interest to the painter. Implied in the definition of 'troupe' is also the notion of movement, of travelling, which is […]
In Eva Rothschild’s exhibition her visual vocabulary nods to enduring forms of classical architecture whilst also engaging with the haphazard and aggressive realities of the built environment. They can be approached as contemporary ruins, reflecting on the human traces within the monumental.
The 1932 French drama Dainah La Métisse serves as the jumping-off point for the body of work in Agbo Godeau’s solo show, What Have You Done with Her? (Part 2), follows a longstanding interest of the French-born artist in drawing from film and photography in her oeuvre to explore questions around identity.
Ice Moon Fire Land, an exhibition by Victoria Crowe, runs concurrently with the artist's show at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney. The works in this exhibition take inspiration from nature and its transformations during the white nights of the summer solstice and the dark splendor of midwinter. Exploring the ephemerality and fragility of the […]
A wake is staged - the Irish kind. Biogal is its gogo banshee - keening in transsexual exile. Wake for the Worm, begins with a private extended performance that haunts the installation thereafter. Extending her efforts of attempted interspecies prayer, Biogal weaves sericulture and silkworm lamentation into a trap-filled tapestry of multifaceted grief-work.
‘The Botanical World of Mary Delany’ explores the pioneering technique of the eighteenth-century artist Mary Delany. Through her scientifically accurate botanical works – created with paper, paint and scissors – Delany transformed ordinary materials into extraordinary, inspirational artworks. This exhibition of almost fifty artworks celebrates is presented in partnership with the British Museum. Beningbrough is […]
Losing The Image, is an exhibition of works by, Karolina Albricht. Taking its title from Phyllida Barlow's words, Albricht’s exhibition encourages its audience to consider paintings as spatial environments, which both evade definition and illicit novel interpretations on each viewing. In Barlow’s case, the phrase, 'losing the image', refers to the particular way in which […]
In The Romance of a Rose, Ella Walker weaves imagery from broad swathes of history and popular culture – medieval manuscripts to modern ballet, the cinema of Fellini and Pasolini to fetish-wear magazines – to produce emotive, stage-like scenes. Interrogating traditional depictions of women throughout art history, Walker’s paintings offer a counterpoint to the traditional […]
Yi Liu is known for her unique blend of Eastern and Western painting techniques. Her latest series, Searching the Mountains, continues her exploration of traditional oriental imagery while incorporating Western artistic methods.
This Place, is an exhibition that explores Caroline Jackson's intuition and investigation of paint, soaking, dripping and blurring through many forms. The nature of the paintings allow for a subject to emerge only to submerge again, in an entrancing connection between surface, colour, scale and instinct. This Place refers to the sensation of being taken to […]
SPIT, is a duo exhibition of painting, sculpture, sound and film by artists Emmanuel Awuni and Divine Southgate-Smith. Conceived together over a year-long research driven collaboration, SPIT explores the untethered rhythms of abstraction, architecture, poetry and song.
Rana Begum’s new Louvre series explores how different materials interact with light and considers texture, density, reflection and transparency. Uniform panels of glass, stone and metal are tilted and repeated to create suspended and wall-based works. Begum’s exhibition demonstrates a move towards a more meditative practice that seeks to distil and simplify, creating a space for […]
Neon Dreams, is an installation by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, a contemporary artist with a widely recognised practice shaped by popular media, history and punjabi cultural identity. The Glowing Canopies (2023) – the artist’s largest individual neon work to date – lights up the facade of the museum. The multi-coloured neon work presents delicate creations in […]
A Study of Saint Francis, is an exhibition by Ellie Cotton. In this presentation Cotton explores Saint Francis, the 13th century ascetic preacher and founder of the Franciscan order, through a series of paintings set in contemporary and surreal contexts. A son of a rich merchant, Saint Francis renounced his wealth and his family ties, devoting […]