2022 I have more souls than one "People and stories are ultimately what influences my work, this is why I often describe my practice as visual narration. A lot of the work I make is also deeply personal and stems from my family history, particularly my Fathers upbringing our Ghanaian heritage. The new body of...
Book your day ticket in advance here or just turn up on the day and purchase entry tickets at our Information desk. (Friends and Members no need to book in advance). Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection Regardless of their social status, most women were expected to be competent...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection A sumptuous collection of rarely seen drawings by one of our most popular and recognisable artists The Telegraph ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hockney at his most irresistible" Lucy...
Doors open 6pm, Garden Cafe open for drinks, Love Life exhibition open 6 to 7pm Award-winning film Director Bruno Wollheim in conversation with Chris Stephens, Holburne Director and curator of the critically acclaimed exhibition of David Hockney’s drawings Love Life, share what they have learned about David Hockney – the man and his art. Bruno...
Pop Down, Zone in, Chill out Join us for our Up Late on Friday 26 August 5pm – 9pm. During the evening you can enjoy: FREE entry to our collection galleries Reduced entry to Hockney: Love Life Cocktails in the Garden café and Terrace DJ Pablo Tinte Enjoy FREE access to our collection galleries...
Director of the Holburne, Chris Stephens has worked with David Hockney several times over the last fifteen years. Rich with illustration, personal anecdote and historical facts, this talk will demonstrate how all of Hockney’s art reflects a heartfelt belief in the pleasure to be derived from the ordinary things around us, from the images of...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection In 2019 the Holburne received a bequest of 35 objects from the estate of sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993). The artworks included sculptures, drawings, etchings,...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection This exhibition brings together major sculptures by two of the towering figures in modern European art: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917). It focuses...
Watch the Museum's Director, Chris Stephens, give a tour of the exhibition. Richard Smith was one of the most innovative and celebrated painters in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. Seen as the father of Pop Art, a mentor to numerous artists including David Hockney, he repeatedly sought to reinvent the language of painting....
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship with Art Fund New video animations featuring famous paintings in the National Gallery and the Holburne Museum, Bath, have been created...
Enjoy FREE access to our collection galleries and discounted entry to our exhibition. Our Garden Café will be open throughout the evening serving , wine, beers, and special themed cocktails. *FREE entry to museum for all* NO BOOKING REQUIRED Museum trail / Free face painting / Fancy dress competition - dress to impress us...
Art as Social Activism! Friday 25 November 5-9pm Take part in creating a large-scale mixed-media artwork inspired by Nalini Malani’s My Reality is Different. Respond to and reinterpret the Holburne ’s 18th century collection, challenging perceptions of gender, nationality, empire, and colonialism. Come, respond and create inspired by the Holburne’s collection of 18th century paintings and feel safe...
