In 2019, the NGO Médecins Sans Frontières – also known as Doctors Without Borders or MSF - commissioned award-winning cartoonist Ella Baron to travel to its field hospital in Pibor, South Sudan. She spent several weeks interviewing and sketching staff and patients about the difficulties in accessing maternity care in this remote rural region. Rising […]
Discover the hidden history of Hartlepool in a series of exhibitions by world-renowned illustrator Jonny Hannah. Jonny has plumbed the depths of local memory to reveal the strangest stories and most curious characters from past and recent history to present a vision of the town as it’s never been seen before. This summer, the Museum […]
Explore the vibrant diversity of Japanese graphic arts in this bold exhibition which bridges the worlds of fine art, commercial illustration and counterculture. Presented by Japan House in London. The work of a selection of 60 Japanese artists is presented, with late 20th-century innovators Tanaami Keiichi and Yumura Teruhiko featured alongside a number of emerging […]
GLASSHOUSE presents Trash Dolls, a solo exhibition of recent drawings by New York based artist Aurel Schmidt. The works that make up Trash Dolls are the latest in an ongoing series of the same name: since 2019, Schmidt has been transforming the detritus of her environment into characters that embody the psychosomatic effects of a […]
Why not kickstart your summer with a visit to the BA7 Summer Exhibition at Walcot Chapel? Illustrators Penny Ives, Nadine Wickenden and Kate Davies have joined forces with the artists Kate Flood and Teresa Foster and the printmaker, Carole Anne Tonge, to produce this truly exceptional show. Over the course of the week you will be able […]
This exhibition explores the topic of Perspective, recognising as stated in the poem, that there are as many perspectives in any given situation as there are eyes in a room. An exhibition by Nicholas Ferguson at Coningsby Gallery. “What if art is the elixir to human suffering?” I believe imagination, expressed through the arts, […]
This exhibition brings together work in a variety of media, created by James through his Queer River research project. Drawings, photographs and films reflect on the process of coming to know rivers and other wetlands, through collaborative, creative and embodied practices, to understand what they need from us, and what we can gain in return. […]
This summer, a new exhibition of unseen drawings by Eileen Cooper RA, spanning the years 1977 to 1983, will go on display at Huxley-Parlour, London. As well as giving an insight into Cooper’s early practice, this exhibition looks to contextualise her work as fundamentally linked to the radical feminist politics of that era. The exhibition […]
The award-winning Northern Festival of Illustration is back in Hartlepool for a fifth time this summer. This time the festival has a distinctly nautical feel to tie into the Tall Ships Race and extend the fun through the summer months. The Northern School of Art, who run the festival, have announced the main programme and […]
London’s open city message has developed over time to form diverse communities, cultures and vibrant subcultures full of life and celebrations of their own. Illustrated Guide to London does just that. ROSL Visual Arts Curator Robin Footitt has brought together the brightest talents in contemporary illustration, art and design to produce a highly-anticipated summer exhibition […]
A new exhibition coming to Society of Illustrators in New York. John F. Gould (1906 – 1996) had a long career in art, both as an artist and as an art instructor. He was a well-known lecturer on art, particularly oriental art. In 1957, John and Mary Gould established the Bethlehem Art Gallery in Cornwall, […]
