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Annie Swynnerton
This display celebrates Annie Swynnerton's trailblazing work as a painter and campaigner for women's rights
Beauty as Protest: 1845–1905
The men and women of the Pre-Raphaelite circle question mainstream Victorian culture and ideas
Beijing East Village: Intimate Collaborations
Explore performances and photographs created in Beijing’s ‘East Village’, where experimental artists were inspired by and worked with each other.
In Full Colour: 1960–1970
Social changes, popular media and a new spirit of optimism inspire artists to embrace vibrant, colour-saturated imagery
Creation and Destruction: 1960–1966
In the 1960s artists in Britain adopt a radical approach to question society’s values, merging art with life
Francis Bacon and Henry Moore
Bacon and Moore’s dynamic figures explore the relationship between form and space
Henry Moore
From the comfort of family to the destruction of war, Moore’s sculptures and drawings explore enduring subjects
Ideas into Action: 1965–1980
Artists begin working with ideas and images that can be rapidly transmitted in an increasingly interconnected world, addressing political and …
Fear and Freedom: 1940–1965
The Post-War era is one of immense social change and dramatic geopolitical realignment. Artists give visual expression to the experiences …
Construction: 1955–1965
As Britain begins to rebuild, some artists use new materials in dialogue with modern design and architecture, believing art can …
Aubrey Williams: Cosmological Abstractions 1973–85
This display explores Williams’s involvement with ecology, cosmology, music and pre-colonial civilisations
Hetain Patel: Don't Look at the Finger
Hetain Patel’s work reflects on how cultural identity is communicated through performance and popular culture
Rosa Barba
In these two works, Barba interrogates the medium of film and its ability to articulate space and time
ARTIST ROOMS: Lawrence Weiner
The texts in these two rooms are activated as they are read
ARTIST ROOMS: Art and Text
The works in these rooms explore the use of written language in art
ARTIST ROOMS: Art and Text
The works in these rooms explore the use of written language in art
Guerrilla Girls
This display shows the work of the anonymous feminist collective who use daring text and phrases to expose injustice in …
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Bopape’s video is i am sky explores her relationship to both land and cosmos, as well as wider themes of …
Anna Barham
In Magenta, Emerald, Lapis, Anna Barham uses puzzles to explore the changing structure of words and how meaning is …
Toil and Terror at Sea
Turner was fascinated by the darker side to life at sea. He painted storms, shipwrecks and terrifying atmospheres over and …