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 […]
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 […]
This celebration of the shortest forms of writing – from short stories to essays, song writing, poetry and journalism – brings us four days of discussions, workshops and family events, featuring leading and emerging voices across literature, journalism, the arts, environment, language, culture and more. Names to look out for include William Boyd, Jeanette Winterson […]
Experience rarely-seen early drawings by one of the most popular and recognisable artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937). From a box of matches on a table to bunches of spring onions and leeks, David Hockney’s works exemplify his ability to find beauty in the more intimate and seemingly ordinary aspects of life, encapsulating Hockney’s […]
