Visiting exhibitions helps inform our members' work and gives them creative fuel. Here's their pick of recommendations of what to see this Summer in London and further afield.
Vanessa Bell by Roger Fry Gardening Bohemia: Bloom Outdoors at The Garden Museum until 29 September 2024 is recommended by potter Kate Sealey Rahman and jewellery designer maker Michele Wyckoff Smith.
A small exhibition but well worth the visit it 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, who presided over Garsington Manor; and garden designer and writer Vita Sackville-West and the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle.
A small exhibition but well worth the visit it 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, who presided over Garsington Manor; and garden designer and writer Vita Sackville-West and the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle.
Art Without Heroes at the William Morris Gallery on until 22 September 2024 and is highly recommended by our Japanese textiles artist and teacher Rob Jones of Romor Designs who writes about it here.
The exhibition is The most wide-ranging exhibition in the UK dedicated to Japanese folk-craft.
The exhibition is The most wide-ranging exhibition in the UK dedicated to Japanese folk-craft.
Graciela Iturbide: Shadowlines at The Photographers Gallery until Sunday 22 September 2024.
Recommended by textiles designer maker Sue Copeland as a fantastic exhibition in which you discover the world of the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mexico City) which she presents in black and white - or as she describes it, as "an abstraction of the mind."
Recommended by textiles designer maker Sue Copeland as a fantastic exhibition in which you discover the world of the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mexico City) which she presents in black and white - or as she describes it, as "an abstraction of the mind."
Six Lives of Henry VIII at the National Portrait Gallery until 8 September 2024.
Ros of Papershades says: "The NPG has pulled together a fascinating exhibition about the six women who married King Henry VIII. Some of them, like Katherine Howard, have almost been erased from history and only a very few, miniature, portraits survive. Each wife has her own gallery and includes images of the people who surrounded her in her life, along with artefacts and objects, handwritten letters, inscriptions in books and very personal jewellery. It’s riveting!"
Ros of Papershades says: "The NPG has pulled together a fascinating exhibition about the six women who married King Henry VIII. Some of them, like Katherine Howard, have almost been erased from history and only a very few, miniature, portraits survive. Each wife has her own gallery and includes images of the people who surrounded her in her life, along with artefacts and objects, handwritten letters, inscriptions in books and very personal jewellery. It’s riveting!"
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520 - 1920 at the Tate Britain until 13 October 2024.
Two paintings in the exhibition are by artist Nina Hamnett - the great aunt of Muswell Hill Creatives' founder Rachael Booth-Clibborn. Look out for 'Still Life with a Blue Jug' and 'Der Sturm' as shown in exhibition catalogue here.
Two other paintings by Nina now sit within the Tate Britain's permanent collection - 'The Landlady' and 'A Gentleman with a Top Hat'.
Two paintings in the exhibition are by artist Nina Hamnett - the great aunt of Muswell Hill Creatives' founder Rachael Booth-Clibborn. Look out for 'Still Life with a Blue Jug' and 'Der Sturm' as shown in exhibition catalogue here.
Two other paintings by Nina now sit within the Tate Britain's permanent collection - 'The Landlady' and 'A Gentleman with a Top Hat'.
Also on our list to visit:
The Biba Story, 1964-1975 - Textile Museum, Bermondsey until 8 September 2024
New Life: Rembrandt and Children - British Museum until 6 October 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at National Gallery from 14 September - 19 January 2025
Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall at the Courtauld until 22 September 2024
Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art at the Courtauld until 6 October 2024
Expressionists, Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider at Tate Modern to 20 October 2024
Further Afield:
Henry Moore in Miniature at The Holburne Museum, Bath until 8 September 2024
Bloomin' Brilliant - The Life and Works of Raymond Briggs at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft until Sunday 27 October 2024. You'll find pieces from the Romor Designs Japanese collection in their shop at this wonderful museum.
The Biba Story, 1964-1975 - Textile Museum, Bermondsey until 8 September 2024
New Life: Rembrandt and Children - British Museum until 6 October 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at National Gallery from 14 September - 19 January 2025
Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall at the Courtauld until 22 September 2024
Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art at the Courtauld until 6 October 2024
Expressionists, Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider at Tate Modern to 20 October 2024
Further Afield:
Henry Moore in Miniature at The Holburne Museum, Bath until 8 September 2024
Bloomin' Brilliant - The Life and Works of Raymond Briggs at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft until Sunday 27 October 2024. You'll find pieces from the Romor Designs Japanese collection in their shop at this wonderful museum.
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