Very colourful trees like different shaped balloons on a thin stem, of differing heights, on an orange background

Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust

Exhibition passed: 12 May 2025 – 31 August 2025

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Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust

Our new installation brings together recent works by Nicolas Party. Born in Switzerland in 1980, Party is well-known for his soft pastel works, site-specific murals and immersive installations. The latter are influenced by his early work as a graffiti artist, his training in graphic design and 3D animation, and his love of 18th century pastels – examples of which feature in our collection.

Within the exhibition, Party’s intimate oil on copper works comprising landscapes, still-lifes and portraits are shown in two intimate cabinet galleries.

In the Picture Gallery, he has created a large-scale mural responding to one of the works in our collection: A Brawl between Peasants by Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp (1612–1652). Party became interested in the work following extensive research into the Holburne’s collection after visiting in 2023. The mural will remain on display until 19 October.

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With additional support from:

The Holburne Contemporary Circle

Nicolas Party, Still Life, 2025, oil on copper, NPS-3084. Photography Adam Reich. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute
Nicolas Party, Mountains, 2023, oil on copper, NPS-2107. Photography Adam Reich. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute
Nicolas Party, Dinosaurs, 2023, oil on copper, NPS-2990. Photography Adam Reich. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute
Nicolas Party Portrait by Jo Hounsome Photography