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So long as breath controls my being: Love and Marriage Portraiture in Renaissance Europe

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Join guest curator Lucy Whitaker for an evening of discovery and exploration of marriage portraiture in the Renaissance. The social and political implications of wedlock, its rituals and ceremonies, and the way these aspects interacted with the fine and decorative arts, will be underpinned by an ultimately elusive and current question: how to convey deep...

£15.00

Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries "Sheer pleasure everywhere you look" Ali Smith, The New Statesman This major exhibition celebrates Lucie Rie (1902–1995), one of the most accomplished and influential potters of the twentieth century....

Sarah Biffin

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. Sarah Biffin (or Biffen), (1784—1850), also known by her married name Mrs. Wright, was an artist working in the first half of the nineteenth century. This exhibition will be the...

Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. "A fascinating show reveals John’s radical side" Mark Hudson, The Independent "One of my shows of the year. John emerges as a soulful, inventive, brilliant presence." Waldemar Januszczak, The...

Henry Moore in Miniature

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. General Entry tickets include all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. Members free.   The Holburne Museum is delighted to present Henry Moore in Miniature, a survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in...

Joshua Donkor: I have more souls than one

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

The Holburne is pleased to present a display of recent works by Joshua Donkor (b. 1997, UK), a Ghanian-British painter who grew up in Bath.   His work is deeply personal, using portraiture to reflect family history, identities and experiences, exploring how feelings of belonging and estrangement play out through different generations. Donkor approaches portraiture...

Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Featuring major names of 20th century art including Francis Bacon, Peter Blake, Pauline Boty, Richard Hamilton, Gerhard Richter and Andy Warhol, Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol brings rarely-seen works together to explore the ways artists are inspired by photography.   The exhibition focuses on the period in the mid 20th century, particularly...

Diedrick Brackens: Woven Stories

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

We were pleased to present the first exhibition in the UK by Diedrick Brackens (b. 1989, Texas, US) in spring 2025.  Born in Texas in 1989, his hand-crafted works employ techniques from West African weaving, quilting from the American South and European tapestry-making to create works that explore American history, African American and queer identity,...

Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

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...

Mural by Nicolas Party

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

In the Picture Gallery, Nicolas Party 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. Born in Switzerland in 1980, he is well-known for his...

Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

In the 250th anniversary year since his birth, this is a rare opportunity to see some of Turner’s finest watercolours from a private collection. The exhibition showcases Turner at his most experimental and gestural. The selection of works also place him among notable contemporaries including Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman, to highlight the era...

Bath Unlimited at the Holburne

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Ever wondered what connects the stunning Supertrees in Singapore, the iconic Olympic Park Stadium, and Everton Football Club’s new home? The answer lies right here in Bath. This is your chance to see how our city’s talent has helped design global landmarks and leads the market in sectors from Finance to Defence.   Join us...

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