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 […]
"Rise and shine" and join us on 23 January for breakfast and a private tour of The Ned, one of London’s newest and “coolest” hotels, according to The Telegraph. Kate Byrant, Head of Collections for Soho House Group, will lead us on a tour. Fascinating fact: more than 90% of the art at the Ned […]
Interlocutor is a major new commission by Rachal Bradley, produced by Gasworks through the Freelands Artist Programme, and in partnership with Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart. Bradley is interested in organisational structures, processes and relations, how these shape meaning and code the relations between individuals and society. This includes, but is not limited to, art and the contexts in […]
Der Kuss, is an exhibition of Rachel Howard’s newest paintings and sculptures, which focuses on internal and external violence, the violence of the mind and the body. Der Kuss, the kiss, is a delicate point of intimate contact, of love or betrayal. The exhibition is divided into two rooms, in the first are paintings of grids and lines, […]
An exhibition of works by Korean artist Minjung Kim, who was traditionally trained in Korean watercolour painting and calligraphy from the age of nine, Kim is among the few female heirs of the Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome painting) movement, having studied under one of its masters, Park Seo-Bo, at Hong Ik University, Seoul. This major exhibition, The Memory […]
The you in us, is a new commission and the first solo exhibition in an institution by London and Oran-based artist Lydia Ourahmane. Comprising installation, sculpture and sound, Ourahmane’s exhibition continues her ongoing engagement with the emotional, psychological and political charge of material and place. Informed by personal encounters, Ourahmane’s work raises questions surrounding systems of […]
An exhibition of the recent works of Serpil Mavi Üstün and Hatty Butler. The two emerging artists were awarded a joint exhibition as they won the runner-up and the visitors choice prize during the Royal Arts Prize at La Galleria Pall Mall in 2017.
An exhibition showcasing the vibrant paintings of Anne Redpath. As well as being an RWA Academician and Associate Royal Academician, Redpath was the first woman elected as a Royal Scottish Academician. Featuring works from the RWA permanent collection and loans from the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. Born in Scotland and moving from Galashiels to Hawick aged […]
In this exhibition Ala Younis’s presents her major new installation Plan for Feminist Greater Baghdad (2018), co-commissioned by Delfina Foundation and Art Jameel. The new work brings to the fore the significant contribution made by female artists, architects and other influential characters to the development of Baghdad and its modernist monuments, complementing Younis’s 2015 work. […]
Eloise Hawser's exhibition, By the Deep, by the Mark, takes you on a journey through a three dimensional mind-map of sculptures, audiovisual displays, medical hardware and archival materials. Featuring maps, models and measurements of the River Thames alongside cutting-edge diagnostic ‘phantoms’ (specialist machines rarely seen outside of a hospital or laboratory which are used to calibrate medical […]
“I have been artist in residence with various dance companies since 2015". "The works on exhibition Lines of Action are poster storyboard and drawings from these experiences. In the act of drawing I try to live the force of the dancers moment. I call this 'drawing the verb, the line of action'. Only afterwards when the […]
Join our 2010 "Woman to Watch", Rose Wylie, as she leads us around her acclaimed exhibition Quack, Quack at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery. “The freedom and courage of Rose Wylie shows a way forward for painting in this century.” The Guardian Rose Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her daily encounters and a […]