Depicting “‘inner landscapes” has always been Penelope Stutterheime's preoccupation. Drawing inspiration from dreams and the unconscious, her layered and textured paintings make use of intensely vibrant colour to create mesmerising abstract works in Merging.
A solo project by Glasgow-based artist France-Lise McGurn who exhibits six new paintings along with a site-specific wall painting in "Archaos". McGurn's paintings and drawings grow out of her personal archive of collected imagery found in film, art, advertising and television. Often working directly onto walls and floors, McGurn is also interested in the history […]
The work of two painters shown together for the first time, whose approaches to painting share a number of common elements. Lynne Cartlidge, whose main focus is on still life, uses the subject as an endless source of experimentation with light and shadow. Andy Waite's paintings of remembered landscapes, drawing upon the tradition of the […]
Everyone Is Lonely in Kigali, is a solo exhibition of work by Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, whose practice expresses what she describes as ‘an emotional cartography’. The works shown arose from a project bookmarked by two journeys to Brazil, marking a period of major emotional transformation and shifting perspective for Ng’ok. Taken in locations as varied […]
She Who Sees the Unknown is the first UK solo exhibition by Iranian-American artist Morehshin Allahyari. Researching dark goddesses, monstrous and Jinn female figures of Middle-Eastern origin, Allahyari’s work for the Media Wall ( a commission) considers the effects of digital colonialism and refiguring as a feminist practice, while devising a narrative through magic and poetic-speculative […]
A solo exhibition by Birmingham-based artist Joanne Masding, who is interested in the ways in which we perceive and experience objects and images, particularly with an increasingly digital and immaterial world. Whether it be in the world of museums and galleries or within the context of online experiences where we are saturated with images and information, […]
Drawing her inspiration from nature, Shona Barr's paintings reflect her continued interest in capturing and expressing the essential vitality of the Scottish landscape and climate, articulated through panoramic sea views, fields rolling into the distance, and dynamic floral canvasses. Colour is a key element in her work.
New Studio, is Fiona Lewis's first major show since 2015. There is a new exuberance in her drawing and painting, reflecting her delight in a new studio, printing press and everyday surroundings on the upper reaches of the River Deben in Suffolk. The structural marks in graphite and paint are bolder and more gestural, but there remains […]
Clare Bigger works in stainless steel which is weather resistant allowing a colour range from silver to bronze. Her sculptures are all about movement, whether capturing a dancer balancing on point, a sprinter in full flight or a bird of prey about to swoop. She works on both an intimate and monumental scale.
"I have always been fond of stories, listening to them, telling them, performing them, singing them. One way or another my life has been that of an observer and story teller” Photo-journalist Marilyn Stafford, who now lives in West Sussex, was born in Cleveland Ohio, in 1925. She originally trained as an actress, then studied drama at […]
Provocative and ambiguous, Cathie Pilkington’s sculptures make use of dolls in unexpected and challenging ways. Exhibited for the first time since its debut at the Royal Academy, Anatomy of a Doll responds to Degas’ famous figures of ballerinas, playing with ideas of form and representation: is it sophisticated high art or the mechanics of a handcrafted work […]
A collaborative work called Even Dust can burst into Flames, by Anna Barham, Kit Craig, Jeremiah Day & John Latham.
Facets is an exhibition of 30 glass bowls created by sculptor Rebecca Newnham in direct response to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum and its collection. The bowls will be displayed on the existing plate racks of the Dining Room, the Morning Room and the Conservatory. The individual pieces are unique and together form a cohesive […]
Fragments brings together an exciting new body of work, executed over the past two years, over which time Henrietta Hoyer Millar has become increasingly inspired by the wonder of the details in the English landscape: the minutiae of nature as opposed to the larger horizons of her earlier work. The current series of paintings describes places close […]
Rana Begum’s practice blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. It engages some of the movements of the past such as Minimalism and Constructivism with the same level of optimism and, at the same time, is fresh and relevant for today. She has been awarded the prestigious Abraaj prize, Art Dubai 2017. Her use of space, colour and form will transform the […]
Using oils Arabella Shand employs a delightful spectrum of seductive gentle colours with engaging compositions to lead the eye around the painting. Her main inspiration starts with domestic interiors and family life.
This Barbara Hepworth exhibition features over 30 works from our collection, tracing the artist's whole career. Examining Hepworth's early life in Wakefield, her training and the early carvings of the 1920 - 30s, right through to the iconic stringed forms emerging during the 1940s and her later, large-scale marble sculptures. The exhibiton also features important […]
Diana Croft is a painter and printmaker who specialises in linocuts and collographs inspired by nature and the landscape. The prints are often stylised representations of landscapes particularly the South Downs and have a strong sense of pattern and design. She often uses chine colle techniques (applying layers of handmade tissue to the print) to […]
The first solo show of photographic artist Maisie Cousins. Her approach to making images is hedonistic and performative as she explores topics such as sensuality, indulgence and body image. Maisie’s work comes from a desire to see femininity and sexuality in a positive and open way. Her work actively responds to destructive images aiming to […]
A retrospective to celebrate Kathleen Caddick's 80th birthday.