Mainly focusing on the figure, Huma Bhabha’s work addresses themes of colonialism, war, displacement and memories of home. Her influences are wide ranging, from ancient Egyptian statuary, African art, Classicism, Cubism and German Expressionism to science fiction and horror films. This exhibition spans the last two decades of Bhabha’s work, bringing together an impressive cast […]
Our latest commission, Forest on Fire, developed by contemporary artist Lucy Skaer is available for viewing digitally. The installation is inspired by the image of the Tauroctony, the iconic centrepiece of Roman Mithraic mysteries. The Tauroctony depicts the god Mithras slaying a bull, surrounded by strange but precise images telling the story of recreation and the […]
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 […]
This is a major exhibition of existing and new work by South Korean artist Haegue Yang, who is renowned for her vast and non-binary artistic languages. The materiality and aesthetics of her work are derived from her inventive methods, from using industrial and everyday materials to labour-intensive and craft-based procedures that create creature-like sculptures. The resulting […]
Rajni Perera’s bold and intricately crafted paintings, sculptures, textile works, and installations explore issues of ancestorship, hybridity, futurity, and identity through the lens of science fiction. Influenced by a range of visual references including Indian miniaturisim, Astro-blackness, paleontology, magical realism, scientific illustration and fashion as well as her personal experiences of migration, Perera’s works evoke […]
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.
Sara Barker’s work blurs the lines between sculpture, painting and drawing, as well as between figuration and abstraction and between imagined and physical spaces. Not quite sculptures and not quite paintings, her work typically explores the boundary between those disciplines. Her recent work has been large-scale and has involved working within angular, indented aluminium trays […]
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 the Sky, McMaster draws upon themes of memory, migration, genealogy and time as she retraces the footsteps of her ancestors. Her images explore the intersections […]
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 […]
‘Lost Summer’ is a solo exhibition of new work by Alys Tomlinson. The Lost Summer series consists of Tomlinson ́s recent prom portraits photographed in June 2020 as lockdown eased and is accompanied by ‘Night Wanderings’, taken during lockdown as part of the artist’s daily exercise. The prom portraits capture the poignancy of a lost summer […]
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 […]
Chila Kumari Singh Burman creates a new work for Tate Britain’s iconic façade. Blending styles and materials, Burman's feminist practice spans printmaking, painting, installation, and film. Drawing on her Punjabi heritage and Liverpudlian […]