Highlights
16 - 22 March, 2026
New Art Highlights Include: Halldór Kristjánsson, Alke Schmidt, Emma Copley and Brighid Black
Duality of Horse, 2025 - 2026 by Halldór Kristjánsson
The painting echoes the Greek twins Sleep (Hypnos) and Death (Thanatos). The split form and circling swans suggest a passage between states, where stillness, surrender, and transformation coexist.
160 x 120cm
Duality of Horse
By Halldór Kristjánsson | 2026The River Flowing under the Bank of England Dreams of Power, 2021 by Alke Schmidt
Oil & acrylic on patterned cotton fabric. Painting showing the ruin of the dividends room of the old Bank of England under water, with wildlife taking over. I imagined that during to climate change the levels of the Thames and its tributary River Walbrook (which flows under the Bank of England) will rise and flood the Bank. The ruin is based on the John Soane-built predecessor of the current Bank, referencing the ruin craze of Soane's time.
90 x 115 x 4 cm
The River Flowing under the Bank of England Dreams of Power
By Alke Schmidt | 2021Swimmers on top, 2023 by Emma Copley
Gouache and watercolour on paper, 4 panels, from ‘Broken Paintings’ series
76 x 61cm (x4 panels)
Swimmers on Top
By Emma Copley | 2023Cave of Ice Mothers, 2019 - 2025 by Brighid Black
An inkjet print of an analogue photograph. Ink drawing and engraving has been used to modify the image. I took the original photograph in Upper Teesdale at a cave site that has featured in my work over recent years, particularly in the audio work Fissure (2019) and the performance Singing Over the Bones (2020). The cave entrance was photographed from inside on a freezing, snowy day. The constellation of Orion with the bright star Sirius is shown engraved against the blue/purple ink through the cave entrance. This star formation has changed little over millennia. The cave was the resting place of a woman from the Palaeolithic period whose remains were found during 19th century excavations. The work is part of an ongoing series of images exploring the deep time of the North Pennines (both the deep past and speculative deep futures), using modified prints of analogue photographs taken over a period of a few years.
21cm x 30cm
Cave of Ice Mothers
By Brighid Black | 2025Published
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