Pallant House Gallery

We're currently changing our exhibitions. See below for room closures during this period. 🚛 New Wing: The first floor of the New Wing will be closed from the 10 – 30 May 2026. Historic House: The Historic House will remain open, allowing you to see both our collection artworks and our new exhibition, 'Pop and the Figure'. Print Room: This will remain open, allowing you to see our new exhibition, 'From Bawden to Hockney: The Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection'. Please be aware, spot closures may occur to facilitate the moving of artworks. 🔍 During our exhibition changeover, admission is half price. We will be open as normal from the 30 May 2026 with our new season of exhibitions! #PallantHouseGallery #Chichester #ArtGallery

🖼️ Two weeks to go... British Landscapes: A Sense of Place explores how artists from the 18th to the 20th century have responded to the landscapes of the British Isles. Bringing together works by more than 60 artists, the exhibition reveals landscape not simply as scenery, but as a powerful expression of memory, identity and emotion. From quiet lanes and chalk hills to industrial sites and abstract coastlines, these works reflect places shaped by labour, conflict and imagination, inviting us to consider how landscape continues to inform a shared sense of belonging. Opening 30 May at Pallant House Gallery. #PallantHouseGallery #BritishLandscapes #ModernArt

What does it mean to capture a sense of place? Published to accompany British Landscapes: A Sense of Place (30 May – 1 November 2026), this new catalogue explores how artists across the 20th century – and historic precedents including Thomas Gainsborough, John Sell Cotman and Samuel Palmer – responded to the changing character of the British landscape. From the influence of Post-Impressionism on Modern British artists, to the quiet intensity of interwar rural scenes, the revival of wood-engraving and etching, and the lyrical abstract visions that followed, the book reveals how landscape became a way of processing identity, memory and social change. Featuring 60 artists including Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, John Piper and Graham Sutherland, and illustrated with more than 160 images, the catalogue is written by @simonmartin_art with contributions from @harounhayward , alongside a moving memoir of Paul Nash by his friend and patron Clare Neilson, published here for the first time. Now available to pre-order via @pallantgallerybookshop Published by @yalebooks #BritishLandscapes #ModernArt #LandscapeArt

🎨 A collection shaped by curiosity, instinct and a lifelong engagement with art… We’re delighted to share a significant new addition to Pallant House Gallery’s ‘collection of collections’: a major bequest from the estate of Dennis Andrews, made possible with support from @artfund , alongside works generously gifted during his lifetime. Created together with his partner Christopher (Kit) Whelen, this collection reflects a deeply personal way of living with art, guided by memory, mood and experience. From early illustrated books to works by Edward Bawden, Ivon Hitchens, Eric Ravilious, Keith Vaughan and David Hockney, the collection they left to the Gallery has grown – through a combination of lifetime gifts and a final bequest – into a remarkable group of over 70 artworks and rare books. Dennis and Kit never set out to build a collection. Instead, they ‘side-stepped into art’ by acquiring works that spoke to them. As Dennis once reflected: 'Always look long and hard before you buy, unless of course impulse defeats you as it sometimes should…' Their extraordinary collection will now be shared with the public, continuing a legacy of generosity, and a belief in art as something to be lived with, and passed on. A selection of the works is featured in our current Print Room exhibition, open until the 9 August 2026. 🖼️: Edward Bawden (1903–1989), Ives Farm, Essex, 1956, Linocut in colours on paper, Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection, bequeathed with Art Fund support, (2025), © The Estate of Edward Bawden 🖼️: Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), Figure Beside a Pool, 1965, Gouache and pastel on card, Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection, bequeathed with Art Fund support, (2025), © Bridgeman Art Library 🖼️: Eric Ravilious (1903–1942), Submarine Dream from the Submarine Series, 1940-41, Lithograph on paper, The Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Gift (2008) 🖼️: John Minton (1917–1957), Figures at Dock, c.1948, Ink and pencil on paper, Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection, bequeathed with Art Fund support, (2025) #PallantHouseGallery #ArtFund #NewAcquisition

🎂 Happy Birthday to Paul Huxley! Born in London in 1938, Huxley has spent decades exploring the possibilities of abstraction, shaping a visual language defined by balance and structure. From his early inclusion in 'The New Generation' exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery to formative years in New York, where he encountered artists including Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler, Huxley developed an approach that reimagined the picture plane, breaking it apart and rebuilding it through colour, line and form. Works such as Modus Operandi X reflect this enduring style: compositions that feel at once precise and intuitive, where geometry becomes a space for interaction and rhythm. Alongside his practice, Huxley has played a vital role in shaping British art education, teaching at institutions including the Royal College of Art and supporting generations of artists. 🖼️: Paul Huxley (b. 1938), Modus Operandi X, Acrylic on canvas, Wilson Loan (2006), © Paul Huxley. All Rights Reserved 2026 / Bridgeman Images #PaulHuxley #AbstractArt #BritishArt #PallantHouseGallery

A huge thank you to everyone who came to see our William Nicholson and Caroline Walker: Mothering exhibitions. From quiet moments in the galleries to the many, many messages you’ve left behind (and shared online), it’s been a joy to see how deeply these works have resonated. We’ve loved reading your reflections, spotting your posts, and watching these exhibitions take on a life beyond our walls. It’s what makes putting on shows like these so special. As we move between seasons, there will be a more limited offer in the Gallery until our new exhibitions open on 30 May 2026. Keep an eye out for a post tomorrow with everything you need to know about what’s on during this time. We’d love to hear from you! Which piece stayed with you the most this season? ✨ #PallantHouseGallery #CarolineWalker #WilliamNicholson

We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Two Painters (2025) by Ishbel Myerscough RA. Painted for our exhibition Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists (2025), this compelling double portrait depicts Myerscough and Chantal Joffe painting one another. A moving reflection on friendship, artistic identity and the passage of time, the work captures a creative dialogue that has evolved over decades, since they first met at art school. Through its intimate composition and sensitive observation, Two Painters celebrates the enduring influence of companionship on artistic practice and offers a powerful contemporary perspective. It speaks to a long tradition of artists’ self-portraiture, with a humorous twist in its playful depiction of two painters jousting in their bras. We warmly congratulate Myerscough on her recent election as a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts – a richly deserved honour recognising her outstanding contribution to British art. Acquired with generous support from Crankstart, the painting enriches our collection of modern and contemporary British portraiture. It is now on display in Room 8 of the historic house at Pallant House Gallery, where visitors can experience it firsthand. Ishbel Myerscough (b. 1968), Two Painters, 2025, oil on canvas, acquired with support from Crankstart (2025) #PallantHouseGallery #IshbelMyerscough #WomenArtists @flowersgallery @ishbelmyerscough @royalacademyarts

Today marks VE Day, a moment of reflection and remembrance. On 8 May 1945, the end of the Second World War in Europe brought relief to a nation forever changed. British cities, communities and landscapes bore the marks of conflict, and artists turned to the land not just to record what they saw, but to process what was being lost in real time, and to imagine what might come next. As an official war artist, Graham Sutherland bore witness during the conflict itself. In Devastation 1941: City Panorama (1941), ink, crayon and gouache a bombed urban landscape is reduced to stark fragments. It shows a city seen through the immediacy of destruction – a direct response to wartime Britain as it was unfolding. Alongside this, artists such as Paul Nash explored more interior, shifting relationships to place, where landscape becomes part memory, part imagination. This VE Day, we’re reflecting on how artists responded to a world being reshaped by war, and how 'place' became something more emotional and complex. To read more about these stories of ruin and renewal, visit the full blog via the link in our bio. 🖼️: Graham Sutherland (1903–1980), Devastation 1941: City Panorama, 1941, Ink, crayon and gouache on paper, Kearley Bequest through Art Fund (1989), © Estate of Graham Sutherland This work will feature in our upcoming exhibition British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, opening 30 May 2026. #VEDay #BritishLandscapes #PallantHouseGallery

We’re pleased to announce @danthepot , Stand 100 as the winner of The Emmanuel Cooper Prize 2026 🏆 Awarded by the Craft Pottery Charitable Trust and Pallant House Gallery, this major acquisition prize, now in its 11th year, recognises a maker whose work makes a significant contribution to contemporary ceramics. In 2026, the winning work will enter the collection of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. Selected by Chief Curator Melanie Vandenbrouck and Head of Collections Sarah Norris. Dan Kelly’s wheel-thrown pieces are deeply influenced by the urban environment, a longstanding source of inspiration. The figure also plays a central role in his practice—not only in how forms are described, but in how they relate to one another, like members of the same family. His work also draws on traditional and historical ceramics from Europe and the Far East. Doors are now open. Friday morning tickets are sold out—remaining sessions are filling fast. Tickets are available online or at the door, with advance booking recommended. 🕙 Opening Hours: Friday 8 May: 10am–6pm Saturday 9 May: 10am–6pm Sunday 10 May: 10am–5pm 📍 Olympia West Hall 12 Blythe Road London W14 8UX See you at the show! #CAL2026 #contemporaryceramics #londonart #ceramicartlondon #ceramics *Featured pot for illustration purposes

‘CHER MAITRE’: WINSTON CHURCHILL & WILLIAM NICHOLSON For Sir Winston Churchill painting was his “escape from the pressures of public affairs.” He began painting in 1915, during the First World War and continued for the rest of his life. Working in oils, he was drawn to painting landscapes, seascapes, still life and architecture. Churchill befriended numerous artists, amongst them Walter Sickert, Augustus John and Paul Maze, but the most important friendship was with William Nicholson, whom he described as ‘Cher Maitre’ (Dear Master). He was to declare that Nicholson was “the person who taught me most about painting.” Nicholson not only painted a portrait of Churchill and his wife Clementine taking breakfast (with their cat) at their home Chartwell in Kent (3) and drew an affectionate caricature (2); he also regularly painted alongside him at Chartwell (6, 8, 9,10). Sadly Nicholson’s portrait of the Churchills no longer exists - the artist was never happy with it and borrowed it back to make changes in advance of an exhibition at the National Gallery in 1941 - destroying it in frustration. However the study is now at Chartwell (4) in the room where it was painted. In his still lifes (11,12,13) Nicholson was renowned for his ability to capture the reflection in a lustrous vessel, a quality Churchill sought to emulate in his own paintings (16). Nicholson encouraged Churchill to cool down his exuberant palette and in the studio at Chartwell there are two paintings of the swimming pool, painted side by side on a summer’s day in 1935 (WN 5, WC 6). There are also several Nicholsons of the black geese (8,9) at Chartwell. • The exhibition ‘William Nicholson’ is @pallanthousegallery until Sun 10 May. • Winston Churchill: The Painter opens at @wallacemuseum on 23 May. I will be giving a talk there (and online) on Churchill and Nicholson on 8 June. On 26 June it is the 60th anniversary of @chartwellnt opening to the public - you can visit Churchill’s studio and see several works by both artists in the house. @nationaltrust @southeastnt #chartwell #winstonchurchill #churchill #williamnicholson #modernbritishart

🚨 Last chance to see our William Nicholson exhibition… Closing this Sunday (10 May 2026), this landmark exhibition is the first major survey of Nicholson’s work in over 20 years. Spanning his entire career, it brings together celebrated still lifes, portraits and landscapes alongside his bold poster designs and distinctive book illustrations. From the striking Beggarstaff posters to delicate woodcuts, intimate family portraits and luminous paintings, the exhibition reveals the full breadth of Nicholson’s practice. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to rediscover one of the most versatile figures in Modern British art. ★★★★ – The Times 🖼️: William Nicholson (1872–1949), Jennie as Infanta, 1913, Oil on canvas, Eric and Rosayn Anderson, courtesy The Fine Art Society 🖼️: William Nicholson (1872–1949), Silver Casket with Red Leather Box, 1920, Oil on panel, Private Collection 🖼️: William Nicholson (1872–1949), Snow in the Horseshoe, 1927, Oil on canvas board, Private collection, courtesy Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert 🖼️: William Nicholson (1872–1949), C is for Countess From An Alphabet, William Heinemann, London, 1897, Hand-coloured woodcut on paper, Private collection 🖼️: William Nicholson (1872–1949), Rose Lustre, 1920, Oil on panel, Private collection, courtesy Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert #WilliamNicholson #PallantHouseGallery #ModernArt

✨ Pop and the Figure 🗓 8 May – 3 November 2026 Discover how artists reimagined the human form in an era transformed by mass media, celebrity culture and social change. Pop and the Figure presents Pallant House Gallery’s internationally significant Pop Art collection through the lens of the body, revealing a dynamic return to figuration in the 1950s and 1960s. Featuring works by Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Jann Haworth and Colin Self, the exhibition explores how artists captured the spirit of a rapidly changing world. From celebrity and social liberation to the shadow of nuclear war and the allure of advertising, these striking works reflect the defining themes of a generation. Don’t miss this vibrant celebration of Pop Art and its enduring impact. 🎟 Tickets available via our website. 🖼️: R. B. Kitaj (1932–2007), Priest, Deckchair and Distraught Woman, 1961, Oil on canvas, Wilson Gift through Art Fund (2006), © The Estate of R. B. Kitaj #PallantHouseGallery #PopArt #ArtExhibition