The drawings and paintings on show are the work of six women who worked as war artists during the First World War. They provide an interesting perspective on women’s roles during the war, and on the relationships between men and women in a variety of wartime situations.
The exhibition, Chinwag, presents an array of Alice Irwin’s new works, including colourful, multi-layered screenprints and etchings, complemented by sketches and preparatory studies that offer insights into her meticulous creative process. Through diverse shapes, sizes, and colours of Irwin’s cast of characters, the exhibition presents a dialogue on the range of personalities in social gatherings and […]
The exhibition, The Lightclub of Batavia, showcases a combination of new and existing works by Sinta Tantra. It features iridescent gold and Prussian blue paintings that adorn the Manor’s walls and platforms, complemented by brass sculptures. These pieces, shimmering in the changing light of the day and changing seasons, offer a unique sensory experience similar to […]
An Idea of a Life, responds to everyday histories of the women-led community who lived in Barking Abbey from c.666AD through to the early 16th Century. This exhibition tells stories that are both imagined and informed by archaeological finds, records and ongoing research emerging from the site of the former Abbey. The exhibition holds newly […]
Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity, presents a selection of work from a career that spans six decades, the exhibition includes large early paintings through to more recent works. Snowden works with oil paint and pastels as well as acrylic and collage to create her expressionist, distorted, monumental figures, capturing the psychological essence of her subjects – […]
Manual Labour is an immersive environment, comprising film, sculpture, print and sound, the exhibition explores the process of becoming a mother, and its creative and destructive power. The exhibition includes a choreographed mechanical sculpture which considers the physical act of labour. The work captures the beauty and struggle of the transition in the sculpture’s brutal, […]
An exhibition of vivid, colour-filled textiles by post-war designer Shirley Craven. The exhibits are displayed together for the first time in over 60 years alongside newly acquired unique works from her days as a Student at the RCA.
Anne Rothenstein’s work transports viewers into a space where colour and form intertwine with everyday objects and landscapes to create profound emotional scenes. Using delicate layers of oil paint washes, Rothenstein builds a distinctive palette, layering her compositions with a luminous quality of depth and texture. Drawing inspiration from found imagery, personal experiences, and memories
Show me the World Mister, is an exhibition by Ayo Akingbade comprising two new film commissions. Shot in location in Nigeria, The Fist and Faluyi are Akingbade's most ambitious productions to date, building upon her continued interest in history, place-making, legacy and power.
Laura Aldridge’s extraordinary installation LAWNMOWER creates a space “Where materiality might absorb or encourage certain feelings.” The work combines luscious colour and sensual texture with handmade and collaged qualities. Richly glazed ceramics, elements sculpted in modroc and fishing floats are illuminated among soft folds of fabric. Aldridge creates a “Push and pull between dualities, such as […]
Dame Magdalene Odundo's artistry is renowned for its fusion of historical and contemporary influences, exploring themes of diasporic identity and the symbolic significance of objects. Throughout the exhibition, Odundo's handcrafted sculptures, often evocative of the human form, are strategically placed to accentuate their diverse cultural references. A centrepiece of the display is a monumental ceramic […]
This exhibition explores the gardens of the Bloomsbury group, Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors, centres on four extraordinary women and the green spaces they surrounded themselves with: writer Virginia Woolf and her garden at Monk’s House; her sister artist Vanessa Bell, whose garden and studio was at nearby Charleston; arts patron and photographer Lady Ottoline Morrell, […]
Spanning 400 years, this exhibition, Now You See us: Women Artists in Britain 1520 - 1921, follows women on their journeys to becoming professional artists. From Tudor times to the First World War, artists such as Mary Beale, Angelica Kauffman, Elizabeth Butler and Laura Knight paved a new artistic path for generations of women. They challenged what it meant to be […]
The Shape of Things, questions the idea that still life is a lesser genre, showing how important it is to artists and society. Featuring a ‘Who’s Who’ of Modern and Contemporary British artists, the exhibition digs into still life’s rich symbolism and how it has pushed boundaries and new ideas. The exhibition shifts from 17th-century […]
A retrospective of the work of artist Beatriz Milhazes, who is known for intensely colourful, large-scale abstract canvases. The exhibition, Maresias traces the evolution of her artistic approach over the past four decades. Milhazes is influenced by multiple sources including Brazilian and European modernism, Catholic iconography, Baroque colonial architecture, and the vernacular culture and heritage […]
Vanessa Bell (1879 –1961) was one of the leading artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group. This focused display in Project Space comprises 3 paintings, 1 woodcut and 8 works on paper. It includes her masterpiece 'A Conversation', as well as the bold, abstract textile designs she produced for the Omega Workshops, which aimed to abolish the […]
The work of Phyllida Barlow (1944 – 2023) is a celebration of the artist’s transformative approach to sculpture, and marks the gallery’s 10th anniversary that was inaugurated by Barlow’s solo exhibition ‘GIG’ in 2014. Over a career that spanned six decades, Barlow took inspiration from her surroundings to create imposing installations that can be at […]
Spanning the River Lea, On WindTides is a large-scale text installation by Helen Cammock that explores movement, migration and change. It consists of a short prose, on either side of a 60-metre cable bridge just north of Cody Dock. One side of the bridge reads ‘we fold ourselves across the tides,’ whilst the other side reads ‘from […]
Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo prompts visitors to reconsider preconceptions, explore how we can connect with the Rococo today and examine the impact of display on art interpretation and historical re-evaluation.
A major UK survey of visual activist Zanele Muholi. The exhibition is based on the artist’s 2020-21 exhibition at Tate Modern and will include new works produced since then.