Roger Fry is famous as the critic and curator who brought Post-Impressionism to Britain, but he was also a painter in his own right and this exhibition is the first for 25 years to bring together his portraits, landscapes and interiors, particularly from the period he spent in Paris in the 1920s. Organised in partnership […]
Discover a range of ticketed events across the famous farmhouse’s outdoor and indoor stages, plus a free fringe programme of demos and ‘how-to’ sessions. Meet gardeners and growers, artists and activists, designers and thinkers, browse the plant & makers market and the City Books pop up shop, and enjoy the walled garden in full bloom. […]
Two weeks of readings, interviews and performances from a world-class cast of writers, actors and performers. This year’s menu includes Withnail & I actor Richard E Grant, Lewes-based folk legend Shirley Collins, and novelist, poet and playwright Deborah Levy. Travis Alabanza delivers the flagship Charleston Monologue.
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.
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.
Morris and Lett-Haines lived and worked together for 60 years in Cornwall, Paris, and Suffolk, where they founded the East Anglian School of Painting at Benton End. Prominent artists in their own right (though Haines subordinated his career to further that of his partner), they also nurtured many talents including Maggi Hambling and Lucian Freud. […]
One of the biggest inspirations for modernist art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant was the garden that surrounded Charleston: both were keen gardeners, transforming the muddy, overgrown patch of land they moved into, in 1916, onto an imaginatively structured, richly scented, brightly coloured paradise (with quite a lot of help from Maynard Keynes). Charleston […]
The annual festival of art and ideas returns to its bucolic home turf for its 35th edition on 16 May, bringing with it a list of speakers as exciting and illustrious as ever. Speakers include Succession creator and Peep Show co-creator Jesse Armstrong, the inimitable Grayson Perry, journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis, and comedy legend […]
This charming ink-on-paper drawing, 'Mother and Child', is by Duncan Grant. We've used it to illustrate a wonderful opportunity for those of you interested in life drawing. Silvia MacRae Brown will be leading an informal day of life drawing at Charleston in Firle on Tuesday May 7, offering the chance to sketch life model Francesca […]
According to Patrick Heron, Matthew Smith was 'a master of colour' and 'easily the most important English painter of his generation.' Smith was something of an English Fauvist, who studied under Matisse before WW1 became a pioneering force in British Modernism. Heron, born 40 years after Smith, was heavily influenced by his compatriot's exploration of […]
Through spring all the way to the early autumn months, Charleston are offering an exclusive first solo showcase of Anne Rothenstein's collages and paintings, foregrounding her dreamy yet emotive scenes of landscapes and objects. Rothenstein draws her inspiration from her personal experiences and memories that are illustrated through oil paints and her key colour palette.
This exhibition showcases ten Bloomsbury works sourced exclusively from private collections. These works include a recently discovered portrait of Vanessa Bell painted by Duncan Grant, and an experimental portrait by Bell of her friend Molly MacCarthy. These works will only be on display for this ten week show, and tickets are limited, so book ahead […]
