We've put together our top picks of exhibitions to go and see this month. Our makers love visiting exhibitions to explore colour, shape and form and to inform their creative practices. Our list includes their recommendations as well as those from our supporters. We hope you feel inspired to get out there and enjoy all the brilliant art on offer in London and beyond.
Eternally Yours: Care, Repair & Healing
Somerset House, London
until 25 September 2022
Rob of Romor Designs and Michele of Wyckoff Smith Jewellery both recommend a visit to the Eternally Yours exhibition at Somerset House. Rob is an expert in Japanese repair and teaches these techniques in person and online. Michele has enjoyed practicising visible mending techniques over the last couple of years.
Free Exhibition. More information here
Somerset House, London
until 25 September 2022
Rob of Romor Designs and Michele of Wyckoff Smith Jewellery both recommend a visit to the Eternally Yours exhibition at Somerset House. Rob is an expert in Japanese repair and teaches these techniques in person and online. Michele has enjoyed practicising visible mending techniques over the last couple of years.
Free Exhibition. More information here
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine
The William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4PP
Until 11 September 2022
Our weaver Cecilia of By Cecil spent a morning recently at the William Morris Gallery seeing Althea McNish's work. She says of it "the colour and print work are exquisite and I thoroughly recommend a visit".
Free admission. More information here.
The William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4PP
Until 11 September 2022
Our weaver Cecilia of By Cecil spent a morning recently at the William Morris Gallery seeing Althea McNish's work. She says of it "the colour and print work are exquisite and I thoroughly recommend a visit".
Free admission. More information here.
Sheila Hicks 'Woven Wonders' Installation
Coal Drop's Yard, King's Cross
Until 16 October 2022
Cecilia is also drawn to the Sheila Hicks Installation - Woven Wonders - at Coal Drop's Yard.
"Woven Wonders is a vast and floating sculpture transforms the space into an explosion of colour and moving forms, responding directly to its unique setting."
More information here
Coal Drop's Yard, King's Cross
Until 16 October 2022
Cecilia is also drawn to the Sheila Hicks Installation - Woven Wonders - at Coal Drop's Yard.
"Woven Wonders is a vast and floating sculpture transforms the space into an explosion of colour and moving forms, responding directly to its unique setting."
More information here
Small is Beautiful in London - A Miniature Art Exhibition
79-85 Old Brompton Road, London
Extended until 4 September 2022 due to popular demand!
Amy at The Idle Bindery says the Small is Beautiful exhibition is "excellent". MHC supporters Lynsey and Bethan have been and loved it too.
“Small is beautiful, Miniature Art” is the most important European exhibition to compile the work of 34 local & international miniature artists and present 143 miniature artworks to the general public. After the undisputed success of the #MiniatureArt phenomenon on social networks, the exhibition offers exclusive access to the magical and sometimes unusual worlds of some of the greatest artists in the movement."
Book via the website.
79-85 Old Brompton Road, London
Extended until 4 September 2022 due to popular demand!
Amy at The Idle Bindery says the Small is Beautiful exhibition is "excellent". MHC supporters Lynsey and Bethan have been and loved it too.
“Small is beautiful, Miniature Art” is the most important European exhibition to compile the work of 34 local & international miniature artists and present 143 miniature artworks to the general public. After the undisputed success of the #MiniatureArt phenomenon on social networks, the exhibition offers exclusive access to the magical and sometimes unusual worlds of some of the greatest artists in the movement."
Book via the website.
Thanks to MHC supporters Lynsey & Bethan for the images!
WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR
Design Museum, London
Until 16 October 2022
Ros at Papershades recommends the fun exhibition at the Design Museum about the sounds which make you feel a bit weird or really happy! Ros says "Apparently Bob Ross, artist, has a voice which has that ASMR whisper and the sound of brush on canvas is a sound which invokes great pleasure - well, I agree!".
Design Museum: "Millions around the world are part of an online community who experience ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response): a physical sensation of euphoria or deep calm, sometimes a tingling in the body, triggered through sound, touch, and movement.
This is the first exhibition of its kind to lift the world of ASMR out from your screen and into physical space. Step into an acoustically tuned environment and understand how people are using new and existing tools and materials to navigate our complex world."
Tickets from £7.20. Online booking essential.
Design Museum, London
Until 16 October 2022
Ros at Papershades recommends the fun exhibition at the Design Museum about the sounds which make you feel a bit weird or really happy! Ros says "Apparently Bob Ross, artist, has a voice which has that ASMR whisper and the sound of brush on canvas is a sound which invokes great pleasure - well, I agree!".
Design Museum: "Millions around the world are part of an online community who experience ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response): a physical sensation of euphoria or deep calm, sometimes a tingling in the body, triggered through sound, touch, and movement.
This is the first exhibition of its kind to lift the world of ASMR out from your screen and into physical space. Step into an acoustically tuned environment and understand how people are using new and existing tools and materials to navigate our complex world."
Tickets from £7.20. Online booking essential.
Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe
Modern Art, Oxford
Until 21 August 2022
Michele Wyckoff Smith describes this exhibition as "inspiring, majestic, iconic and powerful. Ruth Asawa overcame adversity and racism in her life, but continued to be true to herself and her art, all whilst raising a family."
"Citizen of the Universe takes a unique look at the visionary artist, educator and activist Ruth Asawa (b. 1926, Norwalk, CA – d. 2013, San Francisco, CA). The exhibition features her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire, and celebrates her holistic integration of art, education and community engagement through displaying prints, drawings, letters and photographs."
Free entry. More here.
Modern Art, Oxford
Until 21 August 2022
Michele Wyckoff Smith describes this exhibition as "inspiring, majestic, iconic and powerful. Ruth Asawa overcame adversity and racism in her life, but continued to be true to herself and her art, all whilst raising a family."
"Citizen of the Universe takes a unique look at the visionary artist, educator and activist Ruth Asawa (b. 1926, Norwalk, CA – d. 2013, San Francisco, CA). The exhibition features her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire, and celebrates her holistic integration of art, education and community engagement through displaying prints, drawings, letters and photographs."
Free entry. More here.
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
The Wallace Collection, London
Until 16 October 2022
Amy of The Idle Bindery enjoyed visiting this exhibition which "displays American 20th-century hand-drawn animation alongside French 18th-century art to reveal the surprising and enchanting connections between these two artistic movements."
Book here
The Wallace Collection, London
Until 16 October 2022
Amy of The Idle Bindery enjoyed visiting this exhibition which "displays American 20th-century hand-drawn animation alongside French 18th-century art to reveal the surprising and enchanting connections between these two artistic movements."
Book here
Cornelia Parker
Tate Britain, London
Until 16 October 2022
MHC supporter Karen recommends a trip to the Tate Britain see the Cornelia Parker exhibition. She says there's something for everyone.
Tate Britain: "Cornelia Parker is one of Britain's best loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists. Always driven by curiosity, she reconfigures domestic objects to question our relationship with the world. Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, she engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights." Book here.
Tate Britain, London
Until 16 October 2022
MHC supporter Karen recommends a trip to the Tate Britain see the Cornelia Parker exhibition. She says there's something for everyone.
Tate Britain: "Cornelia Parker is one of Britain's best loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists. Always driven by curiosity, she reconfigures domestic objects to question our relationship with the world. Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, she engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights." Book here.
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And there's more....
Isabelle of Isabee: "I have visited The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy this year. I thought the exhibition was very well curated, with over 1400 works of art. It invited the viewer to look up, left, right and all around. I spent over two hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. I always find artists I have photographed in my early career, and that is great fun!"
Amy's looking forward to visiting the Gold Exhibition at the British Library which features 50 spectacular manuscripts from around the world. On until 12 October. Book here.
Thanks to Mollie of Art With Mollie for spotting that Queer Britain, a new museum, has just opened in Granary Square, King's Cross. We Are Queer Britain - marks the 50th anniversary of the UK's first Pride March. It is a riot of voices, objects and images from the worlds of activism, art, culture and social history covering over 100 years of queer life. More here.
Michele has her eye on The Rana Begum: Dappled Light exhibition at The Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery. The exhibition "presents a solo exhibition of work by artist Rana Begum RA, with striking works which explore the perception of light, colour and form and blur the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting." Open until 11 September 2022. More here.
Isabelle of Isabee: "I have visited The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy this year. I thought the exhibition was very well curated, with over 1400 works of art. It invited the viewer to look up, left, right and all around. I spent over two hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. I always find artists I have photographed in my early career, and that is great fun!"
Amy's looking forward to visiting the Gold Exhibition at the British Library which features 50 spectacular manuscripts from around the world. On until 12 October. Book here.
Thanks to Mollie of Art With Mollie for spotting that Queer Britain, a new museum, has just opened in Granary Square, King's Cross. We Are Queer Britain - marks the 50th anniversary of the UK's first Pride March. It is a riot of voices, objects and images from the worlds of activism, art, culture and social history covering over 100 years of queer life. More here.
Michele has her eye on The Rana Begum: Dappled Light exhibition at The Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery. The exhibition "presents a solo exhibition of work by artist Rana Begum RA, with striking works which explore the perception of light, colour and form and blur the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting." Open until 11 September 2022. More here.
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