Reena Saini Kallat’s exhibition Common Ground, is a carefully woven tapestry of themes, investigating notions of borders, migration, inequity and citizenship. In Kallat’s powerful work maps, rubber-stamps, flags and the constitutions of nations become tools to address political and social boundaries and global inequalities.
A major survey of photographer Hannah Starkey, which traces the development of her work across two decades. Throughout her career, Starkey’s meticulously choreographed photographs have determinedly engaged with how women are represented in contemporary culture, an issue which is now centre stage. Starkey reveals women in moments of private reflection, alienation or social interaction that […]
An exhibition of work by the four artists nominated for the Turner Prize 2022: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin. Heather Phillipson presents RUPTURE NO 6, which conjures up what she calls ‘a maladapted ecosystem, an insistent atmosphere.’ Charged with colour, video and kinetic sculpture, and augmented with a brand-new audio composition;’ […]
‘Discover Manet and Eva Gonzalès’ is the first in a series of exhibitions that look at a single painting from fresh and unexpected perspectives. Eva Gonzales (1847–1883), the daughter of a prominent writer, entered Manet’s studio in 1869, at the age of 22. This exhibition is a chance to find out more about her; her […]
Hayley Tompkins once described her process as one of trying really to see something. Turning her gaze on everyday objects, she uses paint, photography and film to mark them, and mark them out, as things we might like to look at too. This exhibition, Far, brings together a selection of work made since 2007. It […]
Althea McNish was the first Caribbean designer to achieve international recognition and one of the most influential and innovative textile designers in the UK. This exhibition explores McNish’s extraordinary career and her transformative impact on mid-century design, along with her enduring influence today. Highlights include items from McNish’s recently uncovered personal archive – much of which […]
Bharti Kher's exhibition includes delicate mixed media drawings, as well as complex and textured bindi drawings, and a new, large-scale, site-specific version of Virus; conceived and executed annually as a 30-year on-site project using bindi drawings and text. Alongside these the artist presents sculptures and installations, interwoven with a rich mix of materials, resonant with cultural and political […]
Conflagration is Jala Wahid’s presents a new body of work exploring the relationship between Britain and Kurdistan, through the lens of oil. The installation approaches oil as the symbolic material through which nationalism, statelessness, colonialism and Kurdish identity are explored.
The exhibition, Strange Clay: Ceramic in Contemporary Art, examines the plasticity and the possibilities of ceramics. Artworks on show encompass fantastical creatures and uncanny representations of the everyday, as well as ranging from small abstract works to large-scale installations that take the medium beyond the kiln. Strange Clay explores the possibilities of thinking through making. Artworks […]
There is a remarkable story of Sarah Biffin (Beffin), (1784-1850), who has been overlooked by historians. Those who have attempted to illustrate her life often perpetuated previously held misconceptions and Biffin’s artistic reputation has suffered as a result. This exhibition, established upon ground-breaking primary research, will present Biffin’s artistic achievements and represent her history.
This exhibition is a major survey of work by over 100 women artists working in the UK from 1970 to 1990. Through their creative practices, women’s liberation was forged against the backdrop of extreme social, economic and political change. Women in Revolt! focusses on a hugely diverse range of artists and a wide variety of […]
P4aM2aRF! is an exhibition by Nicole Wermers, the title of which resembles code or password, and stands for ‘Proposal for a Monument to a Reclining Female!’ It alludes to the public realm and its interactions with the (female) body. The exhibition features two main groups of work: a new series of photographs of locked bicycles […]
Iona Hutley’s practice traverses the realm of painting, from classical realism to figuration and abstraction. Her abstract works invoke the basest of emotions and harken back to the gods of old as referenced by their titles. She uses color, material, and technique to create a sensuously primal expression of universal experiences of love and life. […]
An online exhibition of works by Dyani White Hawk. As a Sičáŋğu Lakota artist, White Hawk’s practice is informed by a Lakota worldview, which places at its centre, the interrelatedness between all life and the land. Her visual language is inspired by the histories of Lakota abstract art forms such as beadwork, porcupine quillwork and parfleche painting, as […]
Fiona Connor’s work draws attention to specific objects and architectural spaces and seeks to investigate and interact with social arenas such as public parks, night clubs or exhibition venues. By utilising processes of reproduction and simulation, Connor’s sculptural language challenges how we interpret often overlooked peripheral forms and spatial details within these sites of exchange […]
Metamorphoses, is an exhibition of works by Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), who created an extensive body of work that intersected with some of the most important movements and figures of the twentieth century. A bridge between European Modernism, in particular Surrealism, and American Abstract Expressionism, Sterne’s work stands as a testament to her independence of thought, moving freely […]
Annie Montgomerie’s work explores childhood and the emotions intertwined in that precious stage of life. Combining this with a love of animals. Annie creates childlike figures with expressive faces conveying a range of magnified mental states that a child may experience in different situations.
Reincarnation is a key theme in the work of mother/son artistic duo, Xavier Spiller-Cameron + Moira Cameron, who have been working together for the past five years. They have created an oeuvre of stark, almost-brutalist, but also greatly expressive works that adhere to their own strict set of codes. Firstly, the concept of reincarnation arises metaphorically, in that […]
In Grace Weaver’s new paintings, Trash-Scapes, we see a few figures, some things scattered about the plane, minimal hints to places and locations: rubbly roadsides and barren parking garages. They are remembered places. Places, she recalls, ‘one has been to, which then go on to exist in the mind without being fully realized … memories the […]
The presentation of an Invites exhibition by Rebecca Parkin that responds to genres of fan art, horror films, and cosplay, Parkin uses traditional methods of pop culture illustration to interpret the changing landscape of fantasy, gender and sexuality. Building from her ongoing 'Green Women series', Parkin recreates depictions of women – seen throughout art history, […]