Frink-Blow-Lawson brings together the work of Dame Elisabeth Frink, Sandra Blow and Sonia Lawson, and explores their profound impact, still recognisable today. The work featured in this unique exhibition reflects the underlying tension between figuration and abstraction, which ran throughout the twentieth century. From Frink's haunting sculptures, including larger-than-life figurative works, to Blow's pioneering abstractions […]
A major new exhibition of new ceramics by Emilie Taylor, commissioned by Gallery Oldham. Taylor has a long-standing interest in representing the lives of people who exist in the gaps of society, which she describes as the Edgelands. Emilie’s latest body of work is inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone and Demeter, but in […]
Ths exhibition is a new series of raw and powerful paintings, frequently vast in scale, which were inspired by found photographic imagery the artist collects. These images often depict people at their most vulnerable, including in situations of conflict and confinement. Reinterpreted in oil paint using long, curved brushstrokes and sensuous colour, Clare Woods has […]
The works in this exhibition, drawn primarily from the Arts Council Collection, give insight into some of the counter-culture and anti-establishment movements of recent decades alongside work by artists who seek to make a difference, helping to suggest ways that we might contribute to change on an individual, community and even global level. Works include […]
This exhibition presents the story of the outstanding artist, designer and typographer Elizabeth Friedlander. The work of Friedlander (1903-1984) is instantly recognisable as mid-20th century design at its best, but few will know the name behind the art. Best known for her Penguin book covers and Bauer Type Foundry typeface ‘Elizabeth’; the exhibition touches on […]
Painter/marker Yvonne Crossley RWA discusses her practice in this fascinating lecture. Ten years ago, Yvonne set up The Drawing Gallery in central London and has worked since then as gallery director and curator. Throughout this time she has continued with her own practice which includes drawing, constructing, painting and print. This informal conversation will accompany Yvonne's exhibition […]
Exotic colour, bold brushwork, spontaneous draughtsmanship and crisply drawn detail characterise this stunning collection of oils, acrylics and watercolours by Jenny Wheatley in The Journey an exhibition inspired by her recent trips to India, Cuba, Spain anf Cyprus.
A hook but no fish, is the first UK solo exhibition of the New Zealand artist Sriwhana Spong. The exhibition follows the artist’s research into the Lingua Ignota, a language invented by twelfth century mystic Hildegard von Bingen during her 39 years at Disibodenberg monastery, Germany. Central to the exhibition is a new film titled a hook but no fish. For […]
Thunderstruck, is a new series of paintings by Pamela Golden inspired by both real and imagined images of Iraq from the past and present. Thunderstruck, the title of the exhibition, is taken from the AC/DC song American soldiers played whilst bombing in the Iraq War. In this series Golden explores a complex array of themes, […]
Joy Labinjo’s paintings draw on her British-Nigerian heritage and examine the complex relationship between identity, race and culture. In Belonging, Labinjo invites the viewer to step into large-scale canvases saturated with colours, patterns and people, reconfigured from her family photograph albums. She simultaneously connects with personal histories and uproots them, creating a new space of multiple histories […]
Julia Parkinson's work demonstrates a physically intimate exploration of materiality, transformation and scale over time. It is concerned with the interaction and tension between man made structures and those of nature, she uses methods of intervention to create unpredictable results. Kiting takes its name from the way in which small invertebrates move through the air at […]
Right Twice a Day is a new sculptural work by, Rachel Adams. Its design is a culmination of features drawn from a traditional grandfather clock and The Maiden, a guillotine that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The work responds to the context of The School […]
In this exhibition, First Amongst Equals, remarkable women who have shaped contemporary British society choose objects that speak to them from the Museum’s Collection. Spanning 300 years of social history, culture and philanthropy, selections enable visitors to see the Collection from different perspectives, to make connections between the past and the present, and to reflect […]
Bourgeois at Women House Rarely do many of us living in Europe have a chance to see exhibitions at NMWA, so UK Friends of NMWA are popping over to Paris to catch Women House before it travels to NMWA in March 2018. The exhibition: Women House Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and […]
New photographic works by three early career artists, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin and Lua Ribeira, enabled by the second, biennial, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. Alejandra Carles-Tolra is interested in the relationship between individual and group identity and how one identity influences the other. In Where We Belong she explores themes of belonging, femininity and escapism by following […]
Lisa Milroy's first solo exhibition in London, Here & There, will bring together a selection of Lisa's paintings from the past fifteen years, in which she explores her approach to still life through the lens of making, looking, touch and transformation.
Andrea Geyer’s critically-oriented work ranges across media, incorporating text, photography, painting, sculpture, video and performance. If I told her explores the complex politics of time, in the context of specific social and political situations, cultural institutions and historical events. From her early investigations into urban environments and notions of citizenship to more recent research into women’s […]
An exhibition of recent work from the last four years by Bridget Riley, her third solo exhibition with the gallery. Spanning three floors of the 24 Grafton Street location in London, Recent Paintings 2014-17 includes wall paintings and works on canvas as well as a group of related studies that focus on two themes: works in […]
Caroline Achaintre’s sculptures often resemble masks. They appear in cultures throughout the world, and have the potential to take on a life of their own, conjuring ‘characters’ in the mind of the viewer. The title of this exhibition refers to the mask worn by the shape-shifting French criminal Fantômas, invented by writers Marcel Allain and […]
Eve, is an exhibition of contemporary art that celebrates the female form and the fateful origins of womanhood. Incorporating mythical themes from the Genesis story - with particular focus on The Fall, heavenly wrath, nature and rebellion. Eve brings together a collection of drawings, installations and photographs inspired by nature’s first heroine, as well as showcasing female empowerment within […]