https://drawingroom.org.uk/exhibition/drawing-biennial-2026/

Exhibition opens: 16 April – 23 June 2026

Online auction opens 12pm, Tuesday 9 June 2026 

Auction bidding ends 9pm, Tuesday 23 June 2026

Drawing Biennial 2026 returns with more than 300 newly commissioned drawings by leading international artists. The free exhibition at Drawing Room culminates in a two-week online auction fundraiser, with bidding starting at £400.

As Drawing Room prepares to mark its 25th anniversary in 2027, this twelfth edition of the Drawing Biennial brings together artists working at the forefront of contemporary practice, reaffirming drawing as a vital and enduring discipline.

Selected by a committee of Drawing Room’s Co-founders and Directors alongside invited curators and collectors, participating artists respond to themes spanning ecology, identity, spirituality, politics and imagined worlds. Each artist is invited to produce a new drawing on A4 paper, using any medium.

https://www.hastingscontemporary.org/events/odyssey/

Hastings Contemporary and Sussex Contemporary have partnered to launch our first Open exhibition.

Our first open exhibition celebrates the creative force of Sussex, bringing together artwork by over 150 artists from across the region. Each work offers a unique and personal reflection on the theme of Odyssey, journeying through time, place, imagination and experience.

The exhibited works were selected from over 2,600 entries, and span painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, film and installation, reflecting the ambition, diversity and creative bravery of the region.

This milestone, gallery-wide exhibition includes artists of international renown; Jennifer Binnie, Rachel Howard, Gary Hume, Martin Maloney, Alessandro Raho, Anne Ryan, Andrew Sabin and presents an exciting snapshot of artistic excellence in Sussex in 2026. All works will be available to purchase.

Exhibition Opens: Saturday 28 March

https://www.boleegallery.com/

Featuring works by Alicja Biala, Kate Friend, Rachel Howard, Nika Neelova, Cornelia Parker, and Clare Woods, this cautionary tale is reimagined to symbolise the universal experience of reflection.

Suspending time, the works explore the moments in-between—those fleeting spaces where past and future meet. A dialogue emerges between decay and rebirth, memory and material, as each artist memorialises flux and examines what it means to look back. From glass to fabric, dust to flowers, the chosen materials evoke nostalgia, gently rendering the fragility of memory.

The exhibition reclaims the nameless identity of Lot’s Wife, transforming her into a visual metaphor for reflection and transformation. Here, she is no longer a silent figure of punishment, but a symbol through which we see ourselves— caught between what was and what may come. Flowers — both fleeting and perennial—thread throughout the exhibition as emblems of memory and metamorphosis. Each artwork becomes a mirror, inviting us to confront our own moments of turning back.

This exhibition explores how modern and contemporary artists use landscape as a way to navigate the relationship between our mental lives and the world around us. Neither distant views nor simple reflections of the mind, the works in the exhibition treat landscape as an active, imaginative space where inner and outer worlds meet, reflect, and reshape each other.

Spanning a wide range of media, geographies, and perspectives, including those shaped by war, displacement and ecological precarity, the exhibition brings together works that engage with different kinds of landscape: figurative and abstract; real, imagined, and remembered; intimate or vast; welcoming or alienating. Each piece offers a space where mental states — ranging from melancholy and anxiety to calmness and resilience — are explored, confronted, or transformed. Through images of shifting weather, changing seasons, and diverse terrain, the works show how inner and outer landscapes are always in flux. Here, landscape emerges as a vital space of emotional resonance, reflection, and creative possibility.

Artists: Ai Weiwei, Anas Albraeche, Etel Adnan, Francis Alÿs, Yto Barrada, Giorgio de Chirico, Patricia Domínguez, Latifa Echakhch, Andreas Eriksson, Rachel Howard, David Jones, Kim Bohie, Koo Jeong A, Peter Lanyon, André Masson, Edvard Munch, Paul Nash, Nengi Omuku, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, David Shrigley, Alice Visentin, Frank Walter, Zheng Bo. 

In collaboration with: David and Indrė Roberts Collection, Estorick Collection, Ingram Collection of Modern British Art, Jerwood Collection, Kiang Malingue Gallery, Lisson Gallery, mor charpentier, Nicoletta Fiorucci Collection, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Trinity College Library.

Jealous is excited to announce ‘Quick On The Draw’: an all-star line-up of unique artist drawings displayed under one roof, opening on Thursday 30th October.

The collection brings together original works from Jessica Albarn, Danny Augustine, Charming Baker, Dave Buonaguidi, Stanley Donwood, Noel Fielding, Rachel Howard, David Shrigley, Jonathan Yeo, and Nettie Wakefield.

A departure from Jealous’ signature print shows, the exhibition is a quietly confident exploration into the intimate language of drawing: how it can be both the genesis of an idea and its resolution.

Original works that are sharp-witted and intricate, ‘Quick On The Draw’ showcases the artists’ raw talent stripped back to its purest form. From self-deemed ‘quick shit drawings’ to in-depth studies and whimsical caricatures, each work invites the viewer to take a glimpse into this nuanced collective of artists’ minds.

Deconstructing the minds behind some of Jealous’ most successful and iconic screenprint editions, this exhibition is an intimate and thoughtful collection curated by Gallery Director Dario Illari.

‘Quick On The Draw’ will run from 30th October – 15th November at Jealous Gallery, 53 Curtain Road EC2A 3PT.

The Warehouse is a contemporary art space in Atlanta’s Westside exhibiting the private collection of John and Sue Wieland. Over 400 artworks explore the rich and multiple themes of house and home and features work from nearly 300 national and international artists.

https://thewarehouse.org/

Image: Louise Bourgeois / Rachel Howard

Meeting House, 2009
Acrylic, oil and household gloss on canvas
48 x 36 in (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

Cast a Cold Eye by William Davie is published by Doris Press, an independent publishing house based in England, established and developed under the direction of Rachel Howard

Eight essays and revised reviews make up Cast A Cold Eye, unified by a deep sense of curiosity. William Davie critically engages with established narratives and excavates what has fallen between the cracks of history. He examines under appreciated aspects of artistic production, such as Helen Frankenthaler’s highly innovative woodcut prints and argues why printmaking should be considered Paula Rego’s principal medium, and why the late works of Frans Hals deserve renewed attention.

Davie tells the story of how the excitable rediscovery of Vermeer by Théophile Thoré-Bürger in the mid-19th century brought renewed focus to an enigmatic artist who, though hidden in plain sight, might one day be seen as a forerunner of artistic innovation during the Dutch Golden Age and who is only now receiving proper scholarly appreciation. He explores the convoluted and often Sisyphean efforts of historians and curators to bring overlooked artists into the recognised architecture of Western art history.

From the tireless efforts of Gordon Parks to depict the struggle of African Americans, to the extraordinary compassion of Lorelei Guillory in the wake of her six-year-old son’s murder, and the empathetic curiosity of Jan Arriens, founder of Lifelines, Davie draws meaningful connections between artistic practice and human resilience.

He traces the enduring power of Francisco de Zurbarán’s didactic use of light in 17th-century Spain, and Toko Shinoda’s quest to transcend the trappings of modernist calligraphy and patriarchal postwar Japan, journeying to America and back again, in search of the artistic freedo and confidence that would come to define her 107-year-long life and career.

William Davie’s writing needs no images; his ekphrastic style and meticulous research are more than enough.

https://www.doris.press/store/p/cast-a-cold-eye-by-willaim-davie

War and the Mind is a free exhibition at IWM London exploring war’s many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day. What motivates people to start and support wars? How do humans think, feel and act during conflict? How do we make sense of the devastating conflicts that have shaped our world?

Artists included: Tunji Adeniyi Jones, Leon Bakst, Pierre Bonnard, Celia Cook, Katy Dove Anya Gallaccio, Sarah Gillespie, Jann Haworth, Lubaina Himid, Rachel Howard, Tess Jaray, Mark Lancaster, Langlands & Bell, Georges Lemmen, Robert MacBryde, Susie MacMurray, Tim Mara, Enid Marx, Hormazd Narielwalla, Paul Nash, Eduardo Paolozzi, Glyn Philpot, Bridget Riley, Rebecca Salter, Colin Self, The Singh Twins, Soheila Sokhanvari, Scottie Wilson, Edouard Vuillard.

‘Pattern: Rhythm and Repetition’ is a celebration of how patterns shape our world. Visit Rooms 15-17 from 9 November 2024 to 27 April 2025 to discover how artists have used ornamentation to tell stories and connect across cultures.