Yesterday & The End, an exhibition of new paintings by Julia Maiuri, weaves together scenes of vampires, imposters and the stars of yesteryear. Maiuri's exhibition shifts between cinematic notions of time and a painterly language of memory. In this new series of paintings, the artist continues her longstanding interest in the history of cinema, stitching […]
This exhibition of new paintings by Christine Ay Tjoe, focusses on the human condition. Ay Tjoe’s expressive works address themes of philosophy and spirituality, attempting to connect with our most powerful emotions and deep psychological fears.
This exhibition by Sophia Vari provides an overview of Vari’s work over the past 20 years. The exhibition includes sculptures in marble, bronze and silver, together with oils, collage and watercolours on canvas. A prominent theme in the exhibition is the power and strength of women; the artist is a believer in a divine feminine […]
Artist, activist, writer and eco-feminist Monica Sjöö (1938-2005) was unwavering in her advocacy for gender justice, eco-feminism, matriarchy and social equities. This retrospective exhibition charts her life work and considers the relationship between art, spirituality and politics. The Great Cosmic Mother showcases Sjöö’s large-scale paintings created in response to the wide-ranging feminist and environmental campaigns she […]
Towner Eastbourne is hosting the Turner Prize 2023, the world’s leading prize for contemporary art, as the centrepiece of their centenary celebrations.
In this exhibition of recent works by Inès Longevial, she finds in Le vicomte pourfendu (the first volume in Calvino's "heraldic trilogy") a particular echo of aesthetic biases that have been running through her work for several years. A true point of convergence, the motif of the half, the double, and by extension the idea of […]
It’s in anonymity we experience true freedom. It’s in our youth we play the game. In Femcel, Amanda Wall navigates a path between disassociation and transcendence, peeking into the gestalt of the sexless sex objects, the zeitgeist of the post-post-modern woman. As we traverse the narrative space, we descend into rapid cycles of detachment and foreboding, enshrouded by the cherubic […]
The Revenge of the Wise Woman, is a tableaux vivant performance by Paulina Olowska starring artist Julie Harman Dovan. This installation of paintings and performance is a montage of visual and aural influences, spanning experimental Soviet theatre, craftsmanship, and modernist rhetoric. Encompassing painting, sculpture, printmaking, neon, and performance, Olowska’s distinctive practice is a multisensorial world […]
Miranda Forrester's exhibition titled 'Arrival', focusses on the domestic intimacy of the artists’ relationship and anticipation of her new-born baby and growth of the Forrester’s family. The joy of parenthood is met and observed through the challenges the artist faced, as being the non-birthing mother and many other questions she raised during her journey.
Tania Kovats makes drawings, sculpture, installations and large-scale time-based projects that explore our experience and understanding of the natural world. Best known for her sculptures and drawings, her work encompasses a range of creative strategies, from map-making to writing, and she is also active as a curator, teacher and author. Kovats‘ enduring themes are the […]
A series of paintings by Helen Flockhart, titled In Elysian Fields.
This new exhibition by Fiona Tan, Footsteps (2022), is a 97-minute video installation made by Tan at the invitation of Amsterdam’s Eye Film-museum. It combines archival film footage from the museum’s collection, with a voiceover of letters written to the artist by her father while she was a student in the late 1980s.
Sharing a common thread of combining autobiography and activism, and working across a wide range of media including painting, photography, film, animation, wall drawing and site-specific installation, these practices activate a wide range of conversations around community and belonging, friendship and intimacy, migrant and diasporic storytelling and queer world-making. In The World Belongs to us, […]
Kindness and Hospitality from a Foreigner includes a suite of new oil paintings featuring Chinaza Agbor’s distinctive fusion of figurative and abstract elements. Solarised patterns and planes of colour intersect with luminous skin tones as Agbor explores the inner workings of Black female sexuality.
The Song of Psyche: Corners of a Soul's Otherworlds, steps into a realm where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary, and the familiar takes on an otherworldly allure. Nicola Turner and Edward Bekkerman present in this exhibition, the dialogue of seemingly opposite, albeit intuitional, dreamscapes. The juxtaposition of difference, however, is a key to the […]
From epic visions to intricately envisaged details, this exhibition celebrates some of the finest fantasy creators. It reveals how their imagined lands, languages and creatures came into being, and delves into the traditions of a genre that has created some of the most passionate and enduring fandoms. Journey from fairy tales and folklore to the […]
An exhibition of Kim Lim’s work offering unparalleled insight into the artist’s life and work. Space, Rhythm & Light, displays over 100 artworks created over four decades by Lim, alongside extensive archive material, most of which has never been seen publicly before, to show the full breadth of Lim’s work.
Ekkyklema, is an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Jenny Saville. The project’s title refers to a wheeled platform that was used to move interior scenes into the audience’s view during antique productions of Greek tragic drama, and alludes to the artist’s search for a pictorial language with which to confront our […]
Alia Farid works in film and sculpture, giving visibility to less commonly recognised histories, which are often diminished by Western hegemony. Farid’s exhibition brings seemingly disparate sites in relation to each other, creating a trans-regionalism that challenges national boundaries.
'Aetheric', an exhibition by Byzantia Harlow evolves from her long-standing exploration of spirituality and healing processes. In parallel to her artistic career, Harlow practices as a psychic medium. Harlow’s spiritual beliefs are informed by family history and personal experiences, including a near-death experience as a young child.