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Welcome to the July 2026 newsletter

Group Exhibitions

Mindy Lee: Hold, acrylic and pigment on layered silk, wooden hoop, 39 x 38cm, 2024

Ruin & Repair

Artists: Roelof Bakker, Alexander Brattell, Lauren Burrows, Sydney Currie, Daniela Exley, Sarah Gillham, Samantha Guertin, Chris Shaw Hughes, Pippa Johnson, James Joslin, Lesley Greening Lassoff, Mindy Lee, Kheya Mahabir, Jason Molloy, Catriona Pavek, Nessie Ramm and Ben Stezaker.

Curated by Oliver Zephyr Chard and Danielle Friesen.

Sponsored and Supported by Hundred House Art & Industry Programme.

231 London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 6LU

Exhibition dates: 20 June - 11 July 2026

Opening times: Friday and Saturday 12 - 3pm. During the week by appointment • Admission free

Andrew Litten: In The Field, oil on canvas, 170cm x 170cm, 2024

Six by Six: The Human Figure in Contemporary Cornish Painting

Six by Six reflects a broader resurgence of interest in figurative painting in Cornwall, reaffirming the enduring, though historically overshadowed, presence of the human figure within the region’s artistic tradition. As contemporary Cornish artists increasingly engage with themes of embodiment, lived experience, and identity, the human figure has re-emerged as a compelling and vital subject of exploration. Bringing together the work of six painters, Six by Six examines the diverse ways in which human presence informs, shapes, and enriches painting in Cornwall today.

The exhibition includes paintings by: Samuel Bassett, Emma Digerud-White, Alice Kilpatrick, Marie-Claire Hamon, Jethro Jackson, Andrew Litten.

Projects 22, Off Trewiston Road, St Minver, Rock, Cornwall PL27 6PY

Exhibition dates: 29 June - 11 July 2026 • Admission free

Susie Hamilton: Red Eye

SALON

Paul Stolper is pleased to announce 'Salon', a group show featuring works by Susannah Baker-Smith, Helen Beard, Lauren Bryden, Sarah Hardacre, Susie Hamilton, Donna McLean, Grace O'Connor and Jemima Stehli. The exhibition spans a period of almost thirty years, focusing on paintings, prints, needlework, and sculptures.

Paul Stolper Gallery, 31 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH

Exhibition dates: 30 June - 14 August 2026

Opening times: Mon- Fri 10am - 6pm • Admission free

A Day in May

'A Day in May' was an open call from Auto Amor to make a painting in a landscape, with the works then being exhibited at Spirit Studios, Suffolk in collaboration with John Martin Gallery supporting The wildlife Trust.

Participating CBP Members: Barbara Howey and Mandy Payne.

Spirit Studios, Hill House Farm, Benham, Suffolk IPI7 IJJ

Private view: Friday 3 July 2pm - 7pm, Saturday 4 July 10am - 4pm, Sunday 5 July 10am - 4pm - Please note: Slots need to be booked through John Martin Gallery

Exhibition dates: 4 July - 1 August 2026 • Admission: £10

Find out more about Auto Amor projects on their website.

Enzo Marra, Incident, oil on canvas, 31cm x 22.5cm, 2026

THE LIDO OPEN: CALLING

The Lido Open: Calling marks five years of the open call painting prize, presenting works by past winners alongside those by the painters who selected them.

Judged by practitioners, The Lido Open positions selection as a peer act - one grounded in lived studio experience. The exhibition reflects painting as vocation: a sustained commitment shaped by discipline, material intelligence, and conviction. Across diverse approaches, what connects these works is not style but dedication - a shared understanding of painting as something returned to, tested, and affirmed over time.

Bringing together winners and judges, Calling offers a portrait of contemporary painting defined by commitment rather than trend, and by recognition rooted in practice.

Artists: Laura L Bell, Vincent Hawkins, Kristen Healy, Sophie von Hellermann, Lee Johnson, Enzo Marra, Olivia O’ Dwyer, Anne Ryan, Jack Shearing, Sukey Sleeper, Charles Williams.

The Lido Stores, 2 Ethelbert Terrace, Margate CT9 1RX

Private view: Saturday 11 July, 7pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 11 July - 13 September 2026

Opening times: Friday - Saturday 11am - 4pm Sunday 10am - 2pm • Admission free

Tarantella installation

Tarantella

'Tarantella' is a curatorial project involving sixty artists who have been invited to paint a small board in a colour significant to them, then give their colour a name: whether poetic or more representative, taking inspiration from household emulsion charts. The boards are assembled in a grid, looking like a scrambled and chaotic Paint Colour chart.

Individual responses reveal much about each artist's approach to colour, working practices, memories and narratives.

The exhibition, curated by Jenny Sutton and Sean Williams, features contributions from CBP members Mandy Payne, Jo Whittle and Sean Williams, as well as many others with art practices which connect to Sheffield and beyond.

Prosaic Projects Gallery, Bloc Studios, Sheffield S1 4RE

Private view: 19 July, 2pm - 4pm

Exhibition dates: 8 July - 6 September 2026

Opening times: Please contact Sean Williams @swseanwilliams to arrange a viewing

Admission free

Helen Thomas: Common Whitlowgrass Smyth Street, acrylic on panel

There is Room in the Bag of Stars

‘There is Room in the Bag of Stars’ takes its title from Ursula Le Guin’s essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’(1986) in which Le Guin presents the anti-heroic historical narrative of the bag as the first cultural device. Suggesting that seductive stories of spears and violence have led humanity to an unnatural world-conquering situation, she argues for a life story over the traditional killer story. Fiction, she tells us, can hold diverse, interconnected narratives rather than focusing on a single, heroic, and linear conflict.

Artists in the Pearls Collective respond to this provocation, through their respective painting practices. Each piece drawing upon the idea of painting as a metaphorical carrier for ideas. A quietly radical retelling which foregrounds the unheroic and vital narratives we ignore at our peril.

Exhibiting artists: Abigail Hampsey, Alison Critchlow, Fiona Stirling, Hannah Wooll, Helen Thomas, Ingrid Christie, Jayne Simpson, Jen Orpin, Joanna Whittle, Kate Jacob, Katie Tomlinson, Lela Harris, Mandy Payne, Matilda Wainwright, Nancy Collantine, Roberta Cialfi, Ruth Murray, Sarah Feinmann, Sarah Grant and Susan Gunn.

Terrace Gallery, 4 Frederick Terrace, London E8 4EW

Private view: Thursday 9 July, 6pm - 8.30pm

Exhibition dates: 10 - 26 July 2026

Opening times: Sat-Sun 12 - 6pm • Admission free

Ruth Calland: Gialu, oil on paper on board, 76cm x 61cm, 2024

The Sidney Nolan Art Prize (inaugural exhibition)

Inspired by the legacy of pioneering Australian modernist artist Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992), the Sidney Nolan Art Prize invited artists to explore art that engages with emotion and human identity in relation to society and/or the landscape, environment, plants, and animals.

The brief for this new prize recognises Nolan’s ambitious and restless curiosity and concern, and commitment to art as a way to address acute and current questions of human experience, and how we relate to one another and our world.

Includes work by CBP member Ruth Calland.

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, Herefordshire LD8 2LL

Private view: 11 July, 11am - 4pm

Exhibition dates: 11 July - 4 October 2026

Opening times: Weds - Sun 11am - 4pm

Admission: Free with admission to the Sidney Nolan Trust (£6.30)

Day Bowman: Marking Out the Boundaries 8, oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 145cm x 164cm

Britten Pears Arts Open 2026

The inaugural Britten Pears Arts Open 2026 including work by CBP member Day Bowman.

Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP

Private view: Saturday 25 July, 12 - 2pm

Exhibition dates: 25 July - 30 August 2026

Opening times: Mon - Sun, 11am - 7pm • Admission free

Juliette Losq: Rocaille Ensauvagée, 127cm x 91cm Ink, acrylic and watercolour on paper

Drawings from the Roots to the Rooftops

A group show of drawings by Frederick Terpstra, James Robert Morrison, Juliette Losq, Emma Wilde and Alice Bulmer.

Garage Gallery, 39 Wingfield Road, London E17 9NN

Private view: 24 July, 6pm - 8pm

Exhibition dates: 25 July and 26 July 2026

Opening times: 10am - 5pm • Admission free

Day Bowman: Vertical Landscape 16, 30cm x 25cm, 2025

The Hogarth Prize

In its inaugural year, the Hogarth Prize recognises outstanding contemporary British artwork and creativity across a range of practices and ideas including work by CBP member Day Bowman.

With an emphasis on traditional techniques, original thinking, and Hogarth’s rebellious ideals of invention and challenge, the Prize will be awarded to an individual artist whose work demonstrates exceptional technical skill and meaningful engagement with contemporary culture.

The exhibition will be held at Hogarth’s House (the former home of William Hogarth), now a historic house, contemporary gallery, and learning centre in Chiswick, London.

Hogarth Lane & Hogarth's House, Great West Road, London W4 2QN

Private view: Tuesday 28 July, 6pm - 8pm

Exhibition dates: 28 July - 6 September 2026

Opening times: 12 noon - 5pm daily. Closed Mondays.

Admission: Exhibition free; house ticketed.

Art Fairs

Monica Metsers

Art In The Pen

Monica Metsers will be exhibiting her landscape oil paintings at 'Art in The Pen' for the first time as part of their 20th Anniversary Event.

Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton BD23 1UD

Exhibition dates: 15 - 16 August 2026

Opening times: 9am - 4pm

More details and tickets available via the website.

Continuing Solo Exhibitions

Miranda Boulton: Garlands and Wreaths II, oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 150cm x 120cm, 2025

Chain of Flowers

Chain of Flowers, an exhibition of new oil paintings by Cambridge-based artist Miranda Boulton will open at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery this May. Boulton’s practice explores ideas around memory and time, referencing the traditions of still life painting and abstraction with a mixture of vigorous and delicate marks.

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Norwich NR1 3JU

Exhibition dates: 16 May - 6 December 2026

Opening times: 10am - 5pm • Admission: Ticketed - please see website

Continuing Group Exhibitions

Silent Disco '26

An annual group exhibition curated by Graham Crowley in his studio building in Wickham Market, Suffolk. Each year, a few days before the opening, Rob Dunt and Graham make a 'walk & talk' video which Rob uploads to his YouTube channel, ArtTop10. This year we will be joined by Justin Hibbs.

Susan Absolon, Fabio Almeida, Sharon Beavan, Jackie Berridge, Juan Bolivar, Sasha Bowles, Robbie Bushe, David Caines, Simon Carter, Pete Clarke, Christopher Cook, Graham Crowley, Sally Crowley, Leigh Curtis, Karen David, Rosalind Davis, Karen Densham, Robert Dunt, Jenny Eden, Ferha Farooqui, Bill Feaver, Sarah Florence, Caroline Gorick, Sarah Grant, Justin Hibbs, Roland Hicks, Joanna Hyslop, Phil Illingworth, Anna Johnson, Willem Keys, Mindy Lee, Kevin Leverington, Peter Liversidge, Iain McKillop, Donna McLean, Kate Murdoch, David Orme, Fleur Patrick, Richard Perry, Phil Porter, Alex Price, Loubna Rizqi, Eleanor Rodwell, Sabrina Shah, Twinkle Troughton, Joanna Whittle, Kate Wilson.

Greystone House, 87 High Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk IP13 0RA

Exhibition dates: 29 June - 9 July 2026

Opening times: Flexible by appointment only, call 01728 747833. Closed Sundays.

Admission free • Website

To view the exhibition please email [email protected] or phone 01728 747833.

Paul Smith: The Mixer, oil on panel, 25cm x 20cm, 2026

The Football Art Prize 2026

The Football Art Prize has announced its 2025/26 shortlist, selecting over 75 works from around 900 entries submitted by artists across the UK and internationally.

The Football Art Prize exhibition will take place at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield before travelling to the National Football Museum, Manchester from November 2026 - February 2027.

The exhibition includes work by CBP members Karl Bielik and Paul Smith.

Exhibition dates: 15 June - 13 September 2026

Opening times: Tues - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. Closed Mondays • Admission free

Lesley Bunch: Shadow Sculpture 36, oil on aluminium, 60cm x 50cm, 2024

Where Silence Breaks

Where Silence Breaks features the work of Caroline Ashley, Lesley Bunch, Sonja Kresojevic, and Réka Laklia Ritt. Material, texture, and surface become central languages, with works that explore transformation, reflection, alchemy, and repetition. Across painting, textile, sculpture, and object-based practice, each artist creates work that holds tension between form and fragility, presence and absence.

Art Forward Gallery, 12-14 Whitfield St, London W1 2RF

Exhibition dates: 11 June - 11 July 2026

Opening times: Tues - Fri (11am - 5pm), Saturdays by appointment only, Sunday & Monday - closed • Admission free

Susan Absolon: Memory and Forgetting #4, 2026

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

Held every year without interruption since 1769, the Summer Exhibition showcases a diverse array of contemporary works, including prints, paintings, films, photography, sculpture, and architectural works. It features a mix of art by household names and emerging talent.

The exhibition includes CBP members Susan Absolon, Day Bowman, Robbie Bushe and Susie Hamilton.

Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

Exhibition dates: 16 June - 23 August 2026

Opening times: Tuesday-Sunday 10am - 6pm, Friday 10am - 9pm • Admission: Ticketed via Royal Academy of Arts website

Poster & graphic design courtesy of Patrick Morales-Lee

Turps Margate Show

Two venues, one show. An end of programme exhibition of works by the artists currently enrolled on the inaugural Turps Margate Off-Site Programme, installed across two grass-root project spaces in Margate. Included work by CBP member Susan Absolon.

The Romantic, 39-41 Sweyn Road, Margate CT9 2DD and Creative Land Trust, 8-12 Harold Road, Margate CT9 2HT

Exhibition dates: 27 June - 5 July 2026

Opening times: Weds - Sun 11am - 4.30pm • Admission free • Instagram

David Lock: El Muniria, 2017

Gender Stories

Featuring works by David Hockney, Catherine Opie, Grayson Perry, Rene Matić, Zanele Muholi, Del LaGrace Volcano and David Lock, this ground-breaking exhibition explores the role art can play in questioning traditional gender roles.

Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EL

Exhibition dates: 16 May - 31 August 2026

Opening times: 10am - 5pm Daily (closed Mondays)

'RUBICON' by Joan Ainley & David Ainley

Enfolded Journeys

Enfolded Journeys' is a touring exhibition of 28 new artists’ books made by artists from many countries in response to themes suggested by the title: travel, displacement, geographies and borders, and migration in recent times and in the past as the effects of such movements of peoples, whether compelled or voluntary, may resound through generations.

Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BZ

Exhibition dates: 15 April - 18 July 2026

Opening times: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 4pm, Sunday CLOSED

Continuing International Exhibitions

Lesley Bunch: Shadow Sculpture 42, oil on aluminium, 40cm x 40cm, 2026

The Gloaming Plane

The Gloaming Plane brings together artists exploring the shifting space between painting and drawing - a zone where images remain in motion and resist fixed definition. "Gloaming," with its evocation of dusk and perceptual in-betweenness, offers a metaphor for this transitional field.

Includes work by CBP members Enzo Marra, Joshua Uvieghara, Stephen Newton, Andrew Crane, Karl Bielik, Emma Tod, Lesley Bunch and Jenny Eden,

35blumen Gallery, Westwall 80b, Eingang: Zum Alten Grüner Weg, 47798 Krefeld, Germany

Exhibition dates: 12 June - 12 July 2026

Opening times: Fri 6pm - 10pm, Sat 6pm - 10pm, Sun 3pm - 6pm • Admission free

Susie Hamilton: Underground

The Shared Now

Group show of German and UK artists including CBP member Susie Hamilton.

Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg, Germany

Exhibition dates: 28 April - 6 September 2026

Opening times: 10am - 6pm • Admission free

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