Rana Begum’s new Louvre series explores how different materials interact with light and considers texture, density, reflection and transparency. Uniform panels of glass, stone and metal are tilted and repeated to create suspended and wall-based works. Begum’s exhibition demonstrates a move towards a more meditative practice that seeks to distil and simplify, creating a space for […]
Neon Dreams, is an installation by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, a contemporary artist with a widely recognised practice shaped by popular media, history and punjabi cultural identity. The Glowing Canopies (2023) – the artist’s largest individual neon work to date – lights up the facade of the museum. The multi-coloured neon work presents delicate creations in […]
A Study of Saint Francis, is an exhibition by Ellie Cotton. In this presentation Cotton explores Saint Francis, the 13th century ascetic preacher and founder of the Franciscan order, through a series of paintings set in contemporary and surreal contexts. A son of a rich merchant, Saint Francis renounced his wealth and his family ties, devoting […]
Libby Heaney’s Ent- (non-earthly delights) is a new installation that merges large-scale sculpture with augmented reality (AR) to explore the transformative potentials and pitfalls of quantum computing. This latest iteration of Heaney’s Ent- project (2022–ongoing) continues her exploration of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, reflecting on both the promise and perils of our quantum future. […]
Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will End in Tears’. The exhibition is presented in a series of life-size dioramas; viewing paintings in a narrative sequence, as a story unfurls of a ‘femme fatale’ film noir character living in an imagined colonial outpost. You discover what happens when the main character […]
Tracing Time, is a new exhibition of paintings by Rebecca Salter PRA that presents works made over the last six years. The exhibition traces the artist’s preoccupation with line and materials, which have been a continued territory of exploration throughout her career. Presenting both small and large scale works, the exhibition showcases the breadth of […]
Nymphidia, is a presentation on Vortic by Konstantina Krikzoni. Groups of female figures inhabit Krikzoni’s fluid and painterly underwater scenes, which blend ancient and contemporary approaches to storytelling, shaped by her upbringing by the Aegean Sea. In this new body of work, Krikzoni disrupts narratives within historical and classical paintings and writings to reconsider the relationship […]
The exhibition, Testing the Objects of Affection is an overview of Alison Wilding's 50-year career, spanning work from 1975 to the present day. This exhibition provides an insight into the scale at which Wilding works. Small scale-sculptures made from an array of materials including bronze, alabaster, brass, copper, Iranian string, wax, forged iron, wire and […]
Studio Origins, is an exhibition by Lygia Clark (1920 – 1988). It comprises early works, often smaller scale, which function as studies and proposals for larger paintings and sculptures; many never exhibited before.
Inspired by the Brazilian song ‘Um Girassol da Cor de Seu Cabelo’, Claire Fahys’ exhibition 'Viento Solar, or ‘Solar Wind’, follows a residency in Mexico City reflecting on the pulsating spirit and light of the city. In her paintings Fahys pays close attention to colour planes and subdivisions, at the same time, she manipulates space […]
Simryn Gill's exhibition, includes photography, works on paper and sculpture, featuring works from the last six years. Shelter highlights the artist’s pivotal role in contemporary ecological discourse.
Mourning Marsyas, is an exhibition of new works by Marlene Dumas. The paintings in this show are created through a mixture of chance and intention, mostly evolving in a dance through time, combining very fast and focused actions with reflective pauses. Here, Dumas’s style as well as subjects move between being in and out of […]
For this series Alice Mann spent four years photographing drum majorettes in Western Cape and Gauteng schools. Her images capture the strength, confidence, and pride of the girls, all crucial character components in communities where opportunities for young women are far too slim. Alice explains, ‘Drummies is part of my ongoing work exploring notions of […]
The paintings in this exhibition form part of an ongoing series of works Yelena Popova calls Post-Petrochemical paintings. Of Dust and Breath is an ode to the land, life and the unique interconnected imprints we leave behind as we make our way through time and place, forging and crossing paths as we and our loved […]
In this project dedicated to Jewish Country Houses, Binet engaged with a rich historical narrative, steeped in memory and challenging to capture. The body of work is featured in the exhibition 'Discovering Jewish Country Houses'. There are over 20 captivating works by Binet, a master of analogue photography. Her stunning images reveal the beauty and deep […]
Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs is the merging of two collections – The Ingram Collection and the David and Indrė Roberts Collection – and includes work from artists including Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Sir Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Michael Craig-Martin, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Sarah Lucas, Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson. The exhibition juxtaposes world-class contemporary sculpture, […]
The exhibition, Visions of English Literature, casts a spotlight on Paula Rego's remarkable practice as a graphic artist, and in particular the British literary influences that inspired her most ambitious bodies of works in printmaking: Nursery Rhymes, Peter Pan and Jane Eyre. Showcasing each series of prints combined with unseen preparatory sketches, etching plates and other […]
For her debut exhibition, Daria Blum's, Drip Drip Point Warp Spin Buckle Rot, transforms the space into an enveloping, multimedia installation. Immersive video and sound pieces spark an evocative dialogue with the architecture of the gallery itself. Blum’s artistic practice draws on movement, choreography, and staging. Regular live performances are complemented by photographs.
Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition premieres a new Infinity Mirror Room and introduces works from a new series of paintings, entitled Every Day I Pray for Love. Created in a more intimate format, these paintings continue the artist's singular explorations of line and form. Often minutely detailed, with characteristically bold accents of colour, they evoke both microscopic and macroscopic […]
This exhibition interrogates Friendship as a fundamental human relationship that is essential to individual well-being and society. Taking place in the partner cities of Birmingham and Lyon, Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es also reflects on diplomatic friendships, and how regional capitals and cultural organisations can create new ways of living […]