Relative Strength, is a site specific installation of video and ceramic works by Phoebe Collings-James. The installation presents objects as if suspended in motion, or repurposed outside their standard material form. […]
Blood, Sea, is a solo exhibition of new paintings by British artist Aimée Parrott. In this new body of work, Parrott incorporates sculptural elements within her paintings in order to explore the […]
Following in the traditions of classical fine art, and inspired by Gainsborough’s watercolour study, Kate Westbrook explores the myth of Diana and Actaeon. Written by the Roman poet Ovid and […]
For “Discovered in the Making” Katherine Gili presents a particularly exciting and innovative grouping of work that demonstrate a range of approaches and sensitivity in her sculptures. ‘Katherine’s ambition for […]
Zoë Paul works primarily with sculpture, textile and drawing to explore the character of domestic spaces, both in architectural and social terms, and in particular, the point where the threshold […]
The ground-breaking work of Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986) comes to the Museum this summer. Corita was an artist and famously charismatic educator whose work reflected her concerns about poverty, racism […]
Women in Focus is a year-long exhibition that explores the role of women in photography, both as producers and subjects of images. The exhibition draws on works from the permanent photographic […]
Get with the Action explores the ground-breaking work of Corita Kent (1918-1986). Corita was an artist, a famously charismatic educator and a Roman Catholic nun based in Los Angeles during the 1960s. A contemporary of Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha, her vibrant screenprinted banners and posters drew on pop and modern consumer cultures and became […]
Accompanying our exhibition Corita Kent: Get With the Action, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft invited leading international designer Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan to take over the museum’s Wunderkammer in a surprise visual display. The show connects to Myerscough’s Belonging project touring Sussex and will sit alongside their interactive kinetic installation Sign Machine (2016), which will be updated for the […]
A collaboration with Turner nominated artist Anya Gallaccio and the Castle after conservation work, provides a moment in time where an artist takes over the castle and offers visitors something really special and unique to see. It is an an immersive experience, as Anya is known for her use of organic material and plans to […]
Chloe Lamb currently lives and works in Hampshire and exhibits regularly in both the U.K and the U.S. This will be her debut exhibition with this Gallery
Me and My Gurls, is an exhibition of new and recent works by Molly Soda. On view will be a series of aluminium and acrylic prints, videos on TV screens and iPads, printed balloons and a physical archive from a YouTube video’s comment section.
Artist and Muse, is a solo exhibition by Austrian artist Anita Witek. Showcasing her photographic series based on two paintings by Egon Schiele – a self-portrait and a portrait of his model and muse, Wally Neuzil. This presentation was first shown at the Leopold Museum in Vienna earlier this year, where its collection of modern Austrian […]
Lubaina Himid, is currently Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Central Lancashire. Making Histories Visible, an ongoing interdisciplinary research project based at the university, led by Himid, continues to be a sustained exploration of the contribution of black visual art to the cultural landscape. As part of her exhibition, Himid will use traditional […]
Tanya Gomez mainly works in limoges porcelain, using a range of approaches in her throwing to create forms that will capture qualities of fluidity, movement, and provide a sense of space. Gomez makes these works conscious of natural phenomena and dramatic landscapes, emphasising colour, form, and the diverse qualities of the sea. She lives on […]
Vanessa Gardiner’s most recent paintings explore her chosen places in Portland, Cornwall and Skye with relish and confidence. She paints in a dynamic geometric style enlivened with lyrical curving lines of hills and pathways. Her colours may be opaque and crisp or more translucent and weathered, scoured and scored, washed back and reapplied, to give […]
This is a performance by six dancers that takes place on a floor of seven tonnes of wet clay. Using materials that remain, the work will unfold into a summer-long exhibition. RITE: On this Pliant Body we slip our WOW! offers a layered reinterpretation of a pivotal moment in modernism’s history: Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of […]
Phyllida Barlow creates a permanent site-specific commission for the collection at Jupiter Artland Foundation, for their tenth anniversary. Nestled in the woodland, Quarry brings together three sculptural objects made from concrete and steel, with Barlow’s signature textural surfaces. The work features two trunk-like columns rising from the landscape and culminating in their own 'skyframe', that looms […]
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos has a studio where her team of skilled makers work on large and small projects. Vasconcelos is conscious that while it is vital to keep traditional Portuguese craft skills - ceramics, knitting and crocheting alive, it is necessary- not just to make craft (that is repeating the past) but to add […]
Karen Kilimnik’s latest exhibition brings together works from across four decades in her career as one of the most important representatives of figurative painting, sculpture and installation. Included in the exhibition is an early example of her sculptures, as well as early drawings, and more recent paintings and prints in her delightful and darkly humorous […]