Fahreinissa Zeid's vibrant abstract paintings are a synthesis of Islamic, Byzantine, Arab and Persian influences fused with European approaches to abstraction. Many of her abstract works are monumental and demand attention.
The Seasons in Quincy is the result of a five-year project by Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe and Christopher Roth to produce a portrait of the late intellectual and storyteller John Berger. […]
A new large-scale installation by London-based artist Emma Hart for the sixth edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. The commission is the result of the artist’s six month bespoke residency which started in June 2016 and was divided between three Italian cities: Milan, Todi and Faenza. Mamma Mia! is the culmination of an investigation into pattern, from […]
Grosse’s large scale and site-specific works engulf both interior and exterior spaces, unhindered by the traditional boundaries of the pictorial field. In the South London Gallery’s main exhibition space, Grosse has made the void the dramatic centre of her project, masking the floor with a large foam stencil, then painting over it and the surrounding […]
A rare opportunity to see Dame Paula Rego's preparatory drawings for her paintings, providing an insight into her remarkable draughtsmanship and the development of her ideas. The exhibition, The Sketchbooks draws […]
In Stones of Peace we encounter and experience various aspects of Sheila Hicks’ practice, from densely woven linen panels to soft sculptures and large scale Boules of intertwined yarns. While creating the show, […]
The pieces selected by Lubaina Himid are all by women artists, and occupies one room within the gallery. At the centre of this display is her 1987 series of watercolour drawings, ‘Scenes from the life of Toussaint L’Overture’, about the former slave who led the Haitian revolution. The meticulous detail within this series, and its […]
This is the first major UK retrospective of Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973), one of the most important, yet for many years, overlooked artists of the 20th century. The exhibition, […]
Lotte Laserstein (1898 – 1993), started her career in the Berlin of the 20s and 30s, and was one of the first women to complete her studies at the Academy […]
A major exhibition of new works by British artist Marie Harnett, celebrating fleeting moments of drama, beauty and suspense from contemporary film is opening soon. Still includes several new series of drawings and prints by Harnett who is known for her highly detailed, meticulous drawings, derived from film stills. Harnett comments, “My interest lies in transforming a digital […]
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 […]
A collaboration with Turner nominated artist Anya Gallaccio and the Castle after conservation work, provides a moment in time where an artist takes over the castle and offers visitors something really special and unique to see. It is an an immersive experience, as Anya is known for her use of organic material and plans to […]
Rana Begum explores 'colour, light and form' and the way in which these interact. Blurring the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture, her work ranges from drawings, paintings and wall-based sculptures to large-scale public art projects. Begum is influenced by the geometric abstraction of minimalism and constructivism and the work of artists such as Agnes Martin, […]
The first UK retrospective of American documentary photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) and first major UK solo exhibition of British contemporary photographer Vanessa Kinship. This exhibition celebrates Dorothea Lange’s photographic vision from her early studio portraiture and iconic ‘Migrant Mother’ to the post-Pearl Harbour internment of Japanese-Americans and changing face of the social and physical American landscape after […]
Marking a century since the first women won the right to vote, 'Women Power Protest' brings together modern and contemporary artworks from the Arts Council Collection and Birmingham’s, to celebrate female artists who have explored protest, social commentary and identity in their work. Showcasing pieces by celebrated artists including Susan Hiller, Lubaina Himid, and Mary […]
This exhibition, Aerials is Zoe Leonard's first at the gallery, and focuses on a series of aerial photographs created in the mid to late 1980s.
To mark the centenary since women first voted in the UK, Libby Sellers and the Design Museum host a two-day series of talks on women in design. The workshop commemorates the suffragettes’ ultimate victory, and provide a stark reminder of the need to improve gender equality in the industry, By exploring historical injustices, and analysing contemporary […]
An exhibition of late works by British abstract painter Sandra Blow. Blow was a leading figure of the abstract movement in Britain in the second half of the twentieth-century. The exhibition features eleven large-scale works, made in paint and collage, which testify to her masterful use of colour and material. Throughout her career, Blow’s works […]
On the face of it, Phyllida Barlow’s vibrant, large-scale sculptures are always at the point of tipping off an edge, becoming too heavy and unbalanced to stand freely, or overrunning the places she builds them in. But this is all a brilliant illusion. This spring, Barlow is creating entirely new, site-specific work in our day-lit Gabrielle […]