Pasquarosa Marcelli (1896 - 1973), known simply as 'Pasquarosa', exhibited in the 1920s. A century later her work, From Muse to Painter', returns to the capital in a new show featuring some SO paintings and drawings on loan from Rome's Archivio Nino e Pasquarosa Bertoletti, and other private collections.
Conversation Galante brings together a diverse group of painters whose works celebrate conversation, playfulness and intimacy. Collectively, their paintings conjure an imaginary forum distinct from the politics of the city or the court, where gender, identity and societal roles are unfixed. This group exhibition consists of works by: Nina Chanel Abney, Ana Benaroya, Katherine Bradford, France-Lise McGurn, Sofia Mitsola, GaHee Park, Henning […]
"Duet", is a two-person show featuring the works of Nancy Shaver and Sherman Sam, which brings together the artists' paintings and sculpture. "Duet" considers the potentialities of material beyond the role of conventional narrative. Contrasting redefinition with resistance, the exhibition parallels the artists' explorative and unbounded approaches in developing personal modes of meaning.
Reflecting the movement of the oceans and rivers that have been used to transport cotton, yarn and enslaved people throughout history, Lost Threads traces the paradoxes of textile production and circulation by engaging with its material implications.
Olivia Bax unveils exciting developments to her practice in the form of mobile, dynamic works. A new body of table sculptures is presented on custom-built furniture, alongside three wall works including the sculpture after which the exhibition is titled: Floss. The word refers to the act of behaving in a way intended to attract attention. […]
In her exhibition When I Draw, Shuvinai Ashoona makes drawings which engage with the complexities of life, land and community in the Canadian Arctic, through fantastical motifs and modes of storytelling. The work interweaves scenes from everyday Arctic life with imagery associated with Inuit animism and shamanism.
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. […]
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 […]
The Time of Our Lives focuses on the pioneering drawing practices of women artists, and their impact on feminist activism from the 1980s until today. The exhibition showcases the work of key artists, examining drawing's versatility as a medium and the ways it has been used by women to raise consciousness around social and political […]
Shuvinai Ashoona makes drawings which engage with the complexities of life, land and community in the Canadian Arctic, through fantastical motifs and modes of storytelling. In her exhibition When I Draw, the work interweaves scenes from everyday Arctic life with imagery associated with Inuit animism and shamanism.
Bitch Magic, is an exhibition that brings together a cross-generational group of women and non-binary artists who align with 'the feminine', and whose work offers radical feminist perspectives through themes associated with folklore, the magical, or the esoteric. The works in the exhibition span a variety of media-sound installation, performance, painting, drawing, photography and sculpture.
Judith Godwin’s work, Expressions of Life, comprises a focused survey of works dating from the 1950s to the end of the century. Associated at the start of her career with the Abstract Expressionist movement, this show of Godwin’s work richly illustrates the artist’s enduring influence over the landscape of American art despite the challenges she […]
Gillian Lowndes (1936-2010) was one of the most daring and original artists of the post-war period. Trained as a potter, her work hovers between craft and fine art, pottery and sculpture. The exhibition Ceramics, focusses on Lowndes’ work from the 1980s to the 2000s, showcasing a small number of tabletop and wall pieces which reflect […]
'Fruitful Lands' narrates the story of a mystical realm, where utopia and dystopia are intertwined in the lyrical portrayal of human nature Colette La Vette's practice borrows attributes from Rococo aesthetic, characterised by elaborate and ornamental decorations, lightness, delicate chromatic palette, and a focus on the fantastical. Yet, while fascinated by the gentle romanticism and […]
Uman's ebullient visual vocabulary reflects her expansive cross-cultural experiences. With nods to self portraiture and fictional topographies. Her paintings fluidly navigate in-between realms to explore both the physical and spiritual, intertwining abstraction, figuration, meditative patterning, and a reverence for the natural world. This exhibition, Darling Swettie, Swettie Darling, displays a selection of large-scale paintings with lavishly […]
The exhibition, Thinking of You, I Mean Me, I Mean You, by Barbara Kruger features a unique selection of site-specific installations covering the walls and floor of the gallery spaces, moving image works and multiple soundscapes.
Anna Perach explores the dynamics between personal and cultural myths. Her work engages with historical narratives through the depiction of enigmatic female characters that dwell precariously at the threshold between states: inside and outside of their bodies. For this exhibition Perach produced a new body of work based on the concept of the monstrous feminine, […]
A solo exhibition surveying 50 years of work by Jacqueline Poncelet. Her work is characterised by a restless exploration of materials and making that is evident throughout her practice. In the Making presents works from different eras side by side, offering experiences of the artist’s inquiry and rigorous exploration of process across diverse bodies of […]
Monica Sjöö (1938 – 2005) was a co-founder of the Goddess movement and this exhibition traces her deep commitment to gender and environmental justice. The artist, self-described as a ‘radical anarcho/eco-feminist and Goddess artist, writer and thinker involved in Earth spirituality’. As an activist, she co-founded Bristol’s Women’s Liberation. Sjöö protested against the Vietnam war […]
Light, memory and the history of photography are some of the abiding themes in this show which brings together several new bodies of work and a moving image piece. These collectively examine the effect of light as it passes through and around objects, casting fleeting shadows and evoking distinct atmospheres. Barriball is interested in trying […]