Cromwell Place Exhibitions May-June 2023

Cromwell Place

5 Mar – 06 May
Lehmann Maupin
Working between Los Angeles and Akwidaa, Ghana, Gray’s photo-based work aims to destabilise assumptions about the veracity of photography and provoke reconsiderations of long-accepted norms and beliefs about the medium.

Lehmann Maupin First Floor

Sohan Qadrī: The Seer
21 Mar – 20 Aug
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadrī (1932–2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed artists deeply engaged with spirituality. Qadrī abandoned representation early on in his long career, incorporating Tantric symbolism and philosophy into his vibrantly coloured minimalist works.

Gallery 8

Moon Jar: The Untold Story
03 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
The Moon Jar is a sculptural form that became an icon in contemporary ceramic history and is celebrated in both the UK and Korea. Echoing the shape of a floating full moon, the traditional white Moon Jar, made from two porcelain hemispheres, dates back to the Joseon Dynasty (14th-19th centuries).

Arc Gallery

Hiroshi Senju: There Is Still a Light
03 May – 21 May
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
The New York-based artist Hiroshi Senju, renowned for his monumental waterfall images installed in public spaces and museums around the world, arrives at Cromwell Place with a new series of paintings.

Pavilion Gallery

Curator Tour: Walk-through with the exhibition curator, Lloyd Choi
07 May – 2 p.m.
Korea Craft & Design Foundation and Lloyd Choi
A tour discussing themes and artist practices used by Korean ceramists, and presented by curator Lloyd Choi.

Arc Gallery

Artist Talk: Meet the Korean Moon Jar Artist, Ree Soo-jong
09 May – 6:30 p.m.
London Craft Week
In collaboration with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation, Lloyd Choi Gallery is delighted to be in conversation with Korean artist Ree Soo-jong, in an inspiring Artist Talk.

Arc Gallery

Weightless
10 May – 14 May
Maud & Mabel
Maud & Mabel is pleased to present Weightless, an exhibition showcasing the works of eight established and emerging international artists from Japan, Sweden, Italy, the US and UK.

Gallery 12

The Crafts of Qatar: The Art of Al Sadu Textile
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
Produced by the local community of women weavers, the exhibition showcases the “craft of Al Sadu from Qatar”, presented as a part of an installation made of wood and textiles produced in 2022-2023, and accompanied by “The Majlis. A Journey to Qatar”, a 16-minute film by Caravane Earth, 2022.

Gallery 10

Workshop: 360° Sari
10 May – 5 p.m.
London Craft Week
Take a closer look at the sari with Sanjay Garg, Rashmi Varma and Malika Verma. Join us for a workshop presenting the multifarious garment, accessed through drape, textile, motif, memory & more.

Gallery 3

Raw Mango at London Craft Week: A weeklong celebration of Indian textiles and garments – Exhibition, sale and workshop
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
Raw Mango draws from the colours, philosophies and cultures of India to create a unique voice, questioning place and perspective through design. With roots in craft and community, its relationship with handloom began in 2008 as an investigation of possibilities.

Gallery 3

Material Beings
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
An artist-led show pushing the conceptual nature of craft practice through a radical rethinking of materiality. The exhibition brings together artists Max Bainbridge, Chloé Rosetta Bell, Abigail Booth, Marlène Huissoud, Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer, Francisca Onumah, Frances Pinnock and Marcin Rusak.

Lavery Studio

Weaving Taiwan: The Multicultural Textiles and Baskets
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
The exhibition features weavers’ techniques and the cleverly-knitted patterns deriving from the abundant multi-ethnic craftsmanship in Taiwan. The fabrics and baskets shed light on the living wisdom, aesthetics, ethnic group identification and cultural inheritance hidden inside different cultures.

Gallery 7

Charmaine Watkiss, Delita Martin, Tessa Mars: Your Presence Does Not Escape Me
10 May – 03 Jun
Tiwani Contemporary
A group exhibition featuring female artists Charmaine Watkiss (UK), Delita Martin (US) and Tessa Mars (Haiti).

Gallery 6

For Nothing Is Simply One Thing
10 May – 14 May
Canopy Collections
Canopy Collections are delighted to present their fifth exhibition at Cromwell Place, For Nothing Is Simply One Thing. This new group show will bring together the work of international artists who celebrate, bend, and embrace traditional craft techniques.

Gallery 1

Imprint of Iran
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
The exhibition showcases the works of three young Iranian artists, whose contemporary interpretations are directly rooted to Iranian ancient crafts of Embroideries, Mirror Mosaics, Woodworks and Ceramics. All the works in this exhibition capture the spirit of the climate we live in.

Wing Gallery

Mind, Hand and Time: Dahye Jeong
10 May – 14 May
London Craft Week
The exhibition presents Korea’s unique culture through the works of Dahye Jeong, winner of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022, and showcased for the first time outside if South Korea.

Gallery 5

In conversation: Nature and Place in Ceramics and Textiles
12 May – 6 p.m.
London Craft Week
Curator Sarah Griffin will lead a talk between textile artist Abigail Booth and ceramicist Chloé Rosetta Bell.

Lavery Studio

Artist Talk: Roya Khadjavi Projects
13 May – 3 p.m.
London Craft Week
Complementing the exhibition, Imprint of Iran, Roya Khadjavi Projects will be hosting an Artist Talk.

Wing Gallery

Artist Talk: Caravane Earth Foundation
13 May – 11 a.m.
London Craft Week
Join Al Sadu Master weaver, Maytha Sayed, and Farah Al Yasin, Head of Caravane Earth Creative Residency

Gallery 1

Live Ceramic Performance: Salt Remains
13 May – 2 p.m.
London Craft Week
Chloé Rosetta Bell will perform the last act of unravelling, washing, and sanding the ‘Salt Remains’ from her series of ceramic vessels on display in the exhibition, Material Beings.

Lavery Studio

In Conversation: Ambition and Scale in Contemporary Sculpture
14 May – 2 p.m.
London Craft Week
Gallerist Sarah Myerscough will lead a talk between artists Max Bainbridge and Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer.

Lavery Studio

Space to Breathe: Cory Wright, Derges, Goldsworthy, Lindsay
17 May – 21 May
Camu Art Ltd
An exhibition centred on the creative and physical processes of four renowned artist-photographers, creating unique forms of expression within the remit of landscape and nature art and photography.

Wing Gallery

of her own nature
24 May – 04 Jun
A3 – Arndt Art Agency
A solo presentation of major works by one of Australia’s foremost female artists, Del Kathryn Barton. This exhibition will include some of the artist’s largest paintings to date.

Pavilion Gallery

GBS Fine Art: A Collection
24 May – 28 May
GBS Fine Art
Following on from our participation in Eye of the Collector, GBS Fine Art will remain in London for a further week, taking up residence at Cromwell Place with a collection of works by both represented artists and others we regularly work with.

Gallery 10

The Wild Iris
31 May – 04 Jun
Casa AmaCord
A debut presentation for Chilean artist José Cori in London, showcasing a fantastical repertoire of colourful works on paper, filled with distinctive imagery that emanates from the myriad of drawn lines rendered into free-flowing scenes where colour takes precedence.

Gallery 10

Going Beyond
31 May – 04 Jun
Taste Contemporary
A two-person exhibition of work by textile artist Michael Brennand-Wood and ceramic artist Anne Marie Laureys.

Gallery 12

Mondes Hypothétiques
31 May – 04 Jun
TIN MAN ART
Featured in the Financial Times in January and identified as ‘one to watch’ at this year’s London Art Fair, Marie Elisabeth Merlin’s (b.1968) debut London solo show, exploring which explores human and animal, migration and the power of nature, was hotly anticipated.

Wing Gallery

Through the Strata
31 May – 04 Jun
Selma Feriani Gallery
A solo presentation of artist, Yann Lacroix, showcasing his paintings, blurry memories of time and place; exotic foliage, abstract architecture, reflections of utopias from within the artist’s imagination guided by his travels and experiences.

Gallery 11

Entanglement
31 May – 04 Jun
The Finch Project
The show explores the work of five contemporary Australian artists whose shared origins conjure an effortless dialogue between their artistic expressions. Landscape and cultural influences become common ground, binding a myriad of mediums and methodologies which converge in an engaging curation.

Gallery 5

Peter Matthews: Crosscurrents
31 May – 04 Jun
Informality
Informality is delighted to announce its upcoming solo exhibition titled ‘Crosscurrents’,  showcasing new paintings, video and drawings with British artist Peter Matthews.

Gallery 1

Cromwell Place x Philharmonia Orchestra: Three Trios
01 Jun – 6:30 p.m.
Cromwell Place
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Cromwell Place present a series of concerts reflecting on the themes of current exhibitions.

Pavilion Gallery

Melting a False Monument
07 Jun – 11 Jun
Janet Rady Fine Art
A solo presentation of paintings by contemporary British-Iraqi artist Athier Mousawi. His canvases pile up tonally energetic forms within bombastic yet precarious compositions that jumble together to form surrealist landscapes.

Wing Gallery

LEBANON | UNTITLED
07 Jun – 11 Jun
Janet Rady Fine Art x Artscoops
In a joint presentation, and as part of the Middle East week, Janet Rady and Artscoops present Modern and Contemporary Lebanese Art.

Gallery 12

Beyond: Emerging Artists with Abu Dhabi Art
07 Jun – 11 Jun
Abu Dhabi Art
Beyond: Emerging Artists is an annual programme organised by Abu Dhabi Art. The programme enables three commissioned artists to create or develop new work through funding and curatorial support. The commissioned works are exhibited first in Abu Dhabi and then internationally in diverse locations.

Gallery 10, Gallery 11

The Secret and the Sacred
07 Jun – 11 Jun
Galerie Isa
Bringing together the work of four talented artists, including Arthur Lemaitre, Eeman Masood, David Brian Smith and Waswo X Waswo, the exhibition will explore the realms that lie between reality and the imagined, in which all the artists operate.

Gallery 1

An Exhibition to Celebrate Bosch UK’s 125th Anniversary
14 Jun – 18 Jun
Bosch UK
Celebrating Bosch UK’s 125 Anniversary, their rich heritage of innovation and social commitment in the UK and Ireland. Interwoven stories of inventing for generations, set over three centuries: branching from automotive to home heating.

Pavilion Gallery

In Residence III
21 Jun – 02 Jul
Ting-Ying Gallery and Oliver Sears Gallery
Curated by Brian Kennedy, the exhibition features gallery artists and some key international artists. It is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with essays by Sean Rainbird, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland and Emma Crichton-Miller, Editor of The Design Edit and fine art writer.

Pavilion Gallery

Arabic Calligraphy Workshops by Soraya Syed
23 Jun – 3 p.m.
Shubbak Festival
Enjoy this hands-on session with artist and calligrapher Soraya Syed. Working with ancient materials in a contemporary context, connect with earthly tools and materials.

Gallery 12

Duration 01 May 2023 - 30 June 2023
Times see individual venues
Cost see individual venues
Venue Cromwell Place
Address 4 Cromwell Place,, London, SW7 2JE
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