25 May – 6 Oct 2024Â
Project SpaceÂ
Vanessa Bell (1879 –1961) was one of the leading artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group, the avant-garde community of artists, writers and philosophers who pioneered literary and artistic modernism in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century.
This focused display in the Project Space will be the first devoted to The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s significant collection of Bell’s work. Comprising 3 paintings, 1 woodcut and 8 works on paper, it will include her masterpiece A Conversation, as well as the bold, abstract textile designs she produced for the Omega Workshops, led by influential artist and critic Roger Fry in London, which aimed to abolish the boundaries between the fine and decorative arts and bring the arts into everyday life.
The display will highlight one of the most cutting-edge artists working in Britain in the early 20th century.
Included with Gallery Entry.
A Summer of Art at The Â鶹ÊÓƵ
If you are booking tickets to visit from 14 June – 1 Sept 2024, select ‘Mayne+Gallery Entry’ ticket at check out and enjoy a summer of art at The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery, including:
- Entry to Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art and Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall
- Entry to Roger Mayne: Youth
- Entry to the permanent collection
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![A modernist-style painting of a brown and white jar with three lilies in it. The vase is large, sitting on top of a green-brown framed chair with a rattan brown base. The background, seemingly a wall, is light brown with a black line pattern across it.](/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P.1935.RF_.25_c-600x0-c-default.jpg)
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lates – Summer of Art
Fri 30 Aug 2024, 18:30 – 22:30
Enjoy an evening of world-class art, cocktails and music surrounded by The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s collection of masterpieces. Join us for a last chance to see Roger Mayne: Youth and our summer displays after hours, plus live DJ’s and more.
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