Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was a pioneering modernist painter and founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of influential English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the […]

Featuring thirty artworks, the exhibition, Painted Dreams, reveals Evelyn de Morgan’s progression as an artist, and her technical mastery as one of the most impressive artists of the late Victorian […]

Framing Fashion: Art and Inspiration from a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood, features a new selection of the designer’s ensembles from the private collection of Peter Smithson.  This show explores […]

Step into the enchanting world of Cicely Mary Barker (1895 - 1973), the creator of the much-loved Flower Fairies, in this playful exhibition.  Explore Cicely's journey as an artist. Follow […]

In a series of moonlit scenes women appear in various states of contemplation, their larger-than-life bodies bent into poses that are languid, sensuous, awkward and athletic. These dream-like visions are […]

Encounter the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions and experiences.  The exhibition presents the rich and complex lives of women in the Middle Ages, with over 140 […]

Grey Unpleasant Land, is a collaborative exhibition by Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane.  The exhibition examines the myth of England as a nation, and combines a range of media—including historical […]

(Re)Coded shares perceptions of data collection, use, dissemination and how these are understood and acted upon by Birmingham’s inner-city Caribbean diasporic communities.  This exhibition presents Vic Moyosola’s photographic portraits of project participants, alongside their own creative output made during a series of community workshops with Sadie Barnett.

The real subject of  Helen Ireland’s work is ambiguous, and is perhaps impossible to describe in words. In her working process we witness an endless build up of lines and colours, then revisions and re-workings until finally something new emerges. Her work has a sense of climate, weather and atmosphere but it is also intrinsically […]

The exhibition, 'Silence is a Powerful Sound' by  Ann Christopher, is a poignant and evocative show that features a series of new sculptures, works on paper, and selected pieces from previous decades. The title 'Silence is a Powerful Sound' reflects Ann's personal journey over the past three years.

Sikán Illuminations examines Belkis Ayón’s (1967 – 1999) brief but intense artistic career. She used a printmaking process called collography to produce richly detailed and enigmatic artworks, which recreate the cultural […]

Alya Hatta’s practice reflects her nomadic childhood, and her work reflects her vast personal archive, which includes everyday phone photos, evocative pictures and music videos found through casual Internet surfing, online archives and family group chats. These materials come into focus through a diasporic lens, from Southeast Asia to Southeast London, signifying stable identification as […]

Give Me an Inch showcases the work of six artists on the subject of entry points. Each artist presents a deliberate offering, permitting the viewer to decode their work via a key left out for them. These openings range from a knowledge of materials, found objects charged with history, framing devices and suggestions of narrative. The […]

I see his blood upon the rose, traces the history of the flower in art, its evolution from botanical illustrations to the opulent still-life paintings of the 17th century, their […]

This exhibition aims to reposition Carrington in the history of Modern British art that spans paintings, drawings and prints from across her career.   The exhibition includes film and photographs […]

This exhibition, Nightingale Night features 14 new paintings by Maggi Hambling, inspired by a night spent in the Sussex woodland guided by folk musician and conservationist, Sam Lee. The nightingales’ haunting […]

This is the first museum exhibition of works by Dora Carrington (1893-1932) in almost 30 years. As a significant contributor to British art during the interwar years and an associate of […]

A comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Erica Rutherford (1923–2008), one of the first openly transgender British artists.   The exhibition presents a survey of Rutherford’s work, with a show of paintings and works on paper from the 1970s to the 1990s, with a particular emphasis on her later series, The Human Comedy.  In the exhibition are two significant earlier […]

The exhibition, Faces of Flame, by Ekta Bagri focusses on sustainability, and incorporates unconventional materials such as pallet wood, and agricultural by-products into her ceramic creations.

An exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Susie MacMurray, revealing the artist’s delight in working with curious materials in unusual combinations, and a shift in her focus from the thematic towards the haptic.