Sofia Stevi makes paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Drawing inspiration from literature, philosophy and the everyday, her works bring together a wide range of references, from the writings of […]

Monika Sosnowska's solo exhibition features an entirely new body of work and is the artist’s inaugural exhibition in the gallery’s London space. In recent times Sosnowska has further developed her dynamic approach to materiality in which architectural and sculptural elements are hewn together in disorienting new configurations. Entitled ‘Structural Exercises’, the presentation comprises seven distinct […]

Cornelia Parker RA OBE is one of the UK’s foremost artists. Known across the world for her groundbreaking installations and sculpture, this intimate exhibition, One Day this Glass will Break, features Parker’s most recent work – a series of largescale photogravures and Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (2017) which has never been shown outside London.  This […]

A celebration of women in British art - past, present and future. In a year of national milestones, the RWA marks the impact of female artists on our country's artistic […]

From its foundation to the present day, the RWA has had women artists at its heart. This diverse exhibition takes a walk through the RWA’s fascinating history and shines a light on the artists that shaped it. Women of the RWA reflects on key artistic moments across three centuries. Alongside works by the Academy’s longest […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]