Drawing the Unspeakable

Towner Eastbourne Devonshire Park, College Rd, Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Much-loved broadcaster David Dimbleby steps down from his ten-year tenure as Towner’s Chair in grand style. Together with his daughter, artist and writer Liza Dimbleby, he has curated an exhibition featuring 300 drawings, by artists dead and alive, including – draw a deep breath – David Bomberg, Louise Bourgeois, Edward Burra, Prunella Clough, Elisabeth Frink, […]

Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury

Pallant House Gallery 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex

In her short lifetime, ‘the most neglected serious painter of her time’ (Tate director Sir John Rothenstein) rarely exhibited her work, which she never signed, and was better known for her association with the Bloomsbury group than her artwork. Carrington received a flurry of recognition late last century, with a major retrospective of her portraits […]

Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious

Dulwich Picture Gallery College Road, London, London, United Kingdom

Nearly a decade after its much-celebrated Ravilious exhibition, Dulwich Picture Gallery will exhibit the work of Tirzah Garwood. The show, curated by Ravilious and Edward Bawden curator James Russell, will feature oil paintings, wood engravings, pencil sketches, experimental marbled papers, and collaged paper constructions. This promises to be a real treat for Sussex art lovers […]

TRANSMISSIONS – or The Psychoshadowery of John Logie Baird

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery John's Place, Bohemia Rd,, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom

A collaboration between former ROSA cover artist Geraldine Swayne and Jude Montague, this fascinating exhibition looks at the work of inventor John Logie Baird through an esoteric lens. Baird is famed for his invention of colour television, and as such the exhibition fosters a televisual element, looking at transmissions alongside paintings whilst incorporating esoteric ideas […]

Tadek Beutlich: On and Off the Loom

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Polish-born Tadek Beutlich was an innovative textile artist and relief-print maker, inspired by folklore, modernism and the horrors of war. He was much influenced by Ethel Mairet, who he was introduced to as a student, and moved into her former home and studio, Gospels in Ditchling, after her death. There he produced much of his […]

Material World at Gallery North

Gallery North 70 High Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Hailsham is a town with the full gamut of amenities, with the notable exception of a good art gallery. No more! Enter Gallery North. Throughout 2025, the fledgling venue has an intriguing programme running. Kicking things off in February is Material World, a showcase of contemporary textiles. Be sure […]

Sussex Craft Week Open Call: UNDOINGS Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Craft 

Marine Workshops Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Presented by Sussex Contemporary Part of Sussex Craft Week 2025 Undoings explores works on the threshold between the made and unmade. This fascinating open-call exhibition invites UK-based makers, artists, and craftspeople to respond to the theme UNDOINGS. Our ambition is to present work by contemporary UK creatives and, in doing so, identify a shared aesthetic […]

Michelle Roberts: Red, Blue, Up

De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill, East Sussex, United Kingdom

A major new exhibition of the colourful paintings and drawings of Bexhill-based artist Michelle Roberts, covering the last 15 years of her prolific career. Red, Blue, Up is programmed in collaboration with award-winning arts charity Outside In (following Roberts winning first prize in its national open exhibition, Humanity, in 2023), and Project Art Works, a […]

Inventing Post-Impressionism

Charleston Firle, Lewes, East Sussex

Charleston are revisiting Roger Fry’s seminal Grafton Gallery Post-Impressionism exhibitions of 1910 and 1912, with a major show featuring paintings and works on paper by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro, both from Charleston’s collection and that of the Barber Institute.

Izumi Kato

Charleston Firle, Lewes, East Sussex

Izumi Kato is known for his vividly coloured, enigmatic creatures that are as fascinating as they are strange. This is the first institutional exhibition of Izumi Kato's work in the UK.

JULIA OAK: THROUGH THE PORTAL AND THE PEN

Oxmarket Contemporary St. Andrew’s Court off East Street, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Curated by Vivienne Roberts and Jennifer Gilbert, this is an exhibition celebrating the life and work of british artist Julia Oak, featuring drawings, scrolls, sketchbooks and textile works. Julia sadly passed away on 30 January 2025 after a strong battle with cancer, but was aware of the exhibition, being very involved in its planning, and […]

Resonance – Marks of Memory, Person and Place

Oxmarket Contemporary St. Andrew’s Court off East Street, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Oxmarket are delighted to welcome a group of artists exhibiting under the title Resonance - Marks of Memory, Person and Place. The exhibition brings together fellow artists whose work, though in different mediums, shares the same resonance and qualities. By looking to the landscape they explore themes of memory, place, people and the marks and […]