Current Exhibitions

Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy
Visitors to the exhibition will enjoy deciphering the allegories and symbols, as much as the aura of peace and calm in the space in contrast to the outside cauldron of Trafalgar Square. The exhibition is free to enter. Mary Phelan

Siren City: Photographs of Naples
Johnnie Shand Kydd has captured Naples and anyone interested in the meaning of see Naples and die will surely find a clue here...
Nehrain Khalifa

Sargent and the Sea
I had always thought of artist John Singer Sargent as a painter of glossy, high-concept portraits for wealthy sitters. The roots of his career saw a more immediate response to his environment, less defined and refined, but fresh, bewitching and very beautiful...
Mary Phelan

Rude Britannia: British Comic Art
The comic is about making a serious point, points we can’t make in other ways, says Martin Myrone, curator of this exhibition, now open at Tate Britain. This exhibition explores the comic in British art from the seventeenth century to the present day. Mary Phelan

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera
This exhibition is as troubling as it is beguiling, as shocking as it is entertaining. Ultimately, the images are about us; what we do, what we view and how we are viewed - essential viewing for all students of photography, surveillance and human nature. Mary Phelan

Henry Moore
Reclining Figure, Moore's stature from 1929 is on display at the Tate Exhibition. Although it is much worn, we see Moore?s ability to transform hard stone to soft flesh. The figure has the same massive proportions as a Michelangelo sculpting, but it has shed the 'realism' of the Renaissance in favour of another quality.... Mary Phelan