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Christmas Opening Times
We will be open as usual except for the following dates – Christmas Eve – 10am – 3pm, Christmas Day and Boxing Day – Closed, New Years Eve – 10am – 3pm

Exhibitions

Landscape
and
Imagination

From Gardens to Land Art

21 March 2024 - 16 June 2024

an elegant, thoughtful tour of the place of landscape and gardens in our culture

Financial Times

Opening Times

Tue – Sun: 10am-4.30pm

Mondays: Closed, except bank holidays

Galleries are open 10.30am – 4.30pm

Christmas Opening Hours
Christmas Eve: 10am – 3pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: Closed
27 – 29 Dec: Open as usual
New Years Eve: 10am – 3pm
New Years Day: Open as usual

About the
Exhibition

 

You could explore how artists and designers reimagined nature in this delightful exhibition.

Guest-curated by Professor Christiana Payne, it showcased how artists like JMW Turner, Nicolas Poussin, Ian Hamilton Finlay and Anya Gallaccio have shaped landscapes over time. From grand 17th-century gardens to modern land art, you could discover how artists have interacted with the designed landscape.

From the formal grounds of the 17th and 18th centuries to smaller flower-filled gardens of the 19th and 20th centuries, artists and garden designers have made their mark on the landscape around them. Today, environmentally conscious land artists undertake earth moving schemes which echo the grand planting schemes of the past.

This exhibition questioned whether these artistic visions of the ideal landscape have warped our concept of what is truly natural and how art can work together with nature to reverse the decline of our green spaces.

Children and families imagined their own colourful and fantastical landscapes through playful interactive activities in the exhibition galleries.

Landscape and Imagination is supported by The Anson Charitable Trust, The Finnis Scott Foundation and The Golsoncott Foundation

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