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Join us for a weekend of performances, guided workshops, seasonal refreshments and creative activations, all celebrating the summer solstice alongside access to our major exhibition The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial. 

Your ticket includes:

• Performances, workshops and creative activations
• Themed drinks and refreshments on offer. Explore the world of G Spot – Gillian Anderson’s sparkling functional soda brand – through a botanical tasting experience designed to delight the senses. 
• Entry to The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial

What’s on Offer: 

Friday 19 June (6.30pm – 9pm)

• Solstice Straw Workshop: led by the Saatchi Gallery Learning team and artist Lucy Hook-Child, drawing inspiration from the traditional folkloric craft of sun wheel patterning. Lucy has a BA (Hons) in 3D Design Crafts and is a member of Straw Craftsmen. She has been researching and working with straw since 2023 after discovering that Corn Dolly Making and Straw Work are on the Heritage Crafts Red List of Endangered Crafts. 
• Performance by artist Bryony Ella: Stand of the Sun – a solstice ritual for the melting metropolis – is a unique storytelling experience emerging out of My Body is a Sundial, the artist’s sculptural work on display as part of The Sun and The Moon. Written and directed by Bryony Ella, the event features a live performance by Alleyne Dance, lighting by Rachel Sampley and a musical score composed by Bumi Thomas. 

Saturday 20 June

• 8.30am – 9.30am: Morning yoga – gentle invigoration with sun salutations and an energising flow. Arranged in collaboration with Varley, who are generously providing participants with yoga mats for grip, cushioning, and comfort throughout the session plus a gift bag to take home!
• 9.30am – 11am: Coffee break to refuel and recharge with Redemption Roasters
• From 11.30am: Enjoy an energetic Morris dancing performance by the Belles of London City, an antiracist, LGBTQIA+ inclusive group, who champion an expansive and inclusive view of English culture for all. Traditional folk rhythms, high jumping, audience participation and general horseplay mix to deliver a toe-tappingly infectious dance spectacle. 
• 6.15pm – 7pm: Sound bath with Aesop – Alis Rocca of Arise Wellbeing will host a sound bath session with higher-frequency crystal tones to celebrate peak light. The experience will feature aromatic Aesop formulations to enhance luminosity, replenish the skin and uplift the senses

Sunday 21 June

• 8.30am – 9.30am: Morning yoga, gentle invigoration with sun salutations and an energising flow. Arranged in collaboration with Varley, who are generously providing participants with yoga mats for grip, cushioning, and comfort throughout the session plus a gift bag to take home
• 9.30am – 11am: Coffee break to refuel and recharge with Redemption Roasters
• 2.30pm (Sun Rising gallery – Room 2): Solstice ritual – A special performance to celebrate the summer solstice. You are invited to bring a stone or token offering to co-create a spontaneous altar. The ceremony is led by the poet-playwright-ritualist John Constable (aka Crow) who evolved his magical practice at London’s Crossbones Graveyard, and has conducted rituals at festivals and sacred sites worldwide. Suitable for all; children must be accompanied. 
• 6.15pm – 7pm: Sound bath with Aesop – Alis Rocca of Arise Wellbeing will host a sound bath session with grounding, earth-toned Gongs and Himalayan bowls to honour the solstice. The experience will feature aromatic Aesop formulations to enhance luminosity, replenish the skin and uplift the senses.

Activities and offerings are subject to change. More updates coming soon. Book your ticket now to avoid disappointment! 

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Spectral Interference is a solo exhibition by London-based painter Anna Liber Lewis, presented with Hannah Payne Art. Bringing together a new body of work, it marks a rupture from her earlier grid-based paintings, embracing abstraction as a site of risk, embodiment, and perceptual instability.

Across paintings of varying scale, Liber Lewis leaves behind the grid and earlier line work. Structure remains, not as a fixed system, but as a generative structure that can be disrupted, softened, or pushed to breaking point. The surfaces evolve through cycles of editing and return: worked into, scraped back, reactivated, and at times deliberately destabilised. Old works are revisited and altered, reflecting a willingness to give up control in pursuit of something more alive.

Central to this body of work is an interest in high-stakes painting and the tension between abstraction and figuration, structure and the body, control and risk. Influenced by artists including Helen Frankenthaler and Carroll Dunham, Liber Lewis approaches abstraction as a physical, confronting act, where the mark carries memory, effort, and jeopardy. Gesture operates as a record of decision-making, endurance, and doubt.

The exhibition brings together significant new and recent works, including Embodied Other, My GRB Afterglow, and Very Rare Picture of Earth II, alongside large-scale canvases shown publicly for the first time. It represents her most ambitious institutional presentation to date, following her inclusion in Unreal City: Abstract Painting at Saatchi Gallery in 2024. 

Images courtesy of the Artist and Hannah Payne Art. Photography by Benjamin Deakin. 

About Hannah Payne Art
Hannah Payne Art is a nomadic gallery platform working between Oxford and London, supporting emerging and mid-career artists through ambitious exhibitions, institutional collaborations and dialogue-led programming. The gallery champions artists at pivotal moments in their careers, fostering the development and presentation of new work through thoughtfully curated exhibitions and partnerships.

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Curated by BSMT Gallery, States of Transition, a new body of work by Perspicere, continues his meticulous exploration of the human condition through thread. Each piece is built by wrapping thread around nails, layer upon layer, colour upon colour, until a photo-realistic portrait emerges from thousands of intersecting lines.

Perspicere, Latin for “to see clearly” or “to see through”, subjects that very idea to scrutiny. Veil-like forms and shifting surfaces complicate the act of seeing, while the work itself changes depending on distance, reflecting the way perception is fluid and unreliable.

This new series turns toward the uncertain space between one state of being and another, between presence and absence, visibility and concealment. Meaning is not immediately given but gradually uncovered, inviting an active process of looking, questioning, and reconstructing what is seen. 

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A tender show with no malice, no demands, anger nor political agenda. Just little birds with little words spoken softly. Why blue? The truth is, I don’t know. I didn’t consciously think about it… Perhaps I was “feeling blue” and that made me see blue… perhaps because blue is such an everyday colour that we see, and yet one so deep at times, we could get lost in it. 

Perhaps I just love the colour…

And why the kiss…? Because something magical lives in that immediate connection, sometimes so magical that it can live in our hearts and minds for a long, long time.

I wanted to catch that moment.

To hold that kiss, that first touch, to immortalise it to more than memory. The hope, the future, the past, and the present, created like all my sculptures, made to be touched. To be felt under the hand. 

From big hands to little sticky fingers; I don’t mind. 

I made these sculptures with human intention. 

I make them for human touch. 

I make them for everyone. 

Kiss the Birds is an exhibition presented by STASH. 

Please note that this exhibition will close at midday on Sunday 7 June. 

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For our sixth collaboration with the internationally acclaimed RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the 2026 garden brings together contemporary art, thoughtful planting, and public participation with kinetic artist Lucy Gregory, garden designer Naomi Ferrett-Cohen, and supporter ING. The garden celebrates the simple pleasure of gathering together outdoors such as in a park or meadow, and the positive effect nature can have on us.

Guests are invited to venture down the garden path into a surreal environment of interactive, anthropomorphic tree-like structures that hug the space. As visitors push the sculptures into motion, they trigger a joyful, spiralling dance that gradually settles into a playful, slapstick wobble as momentum slows. 

Inspired by mechanical toys, Victorian automatons and early animation devices, she constructs large-scale figurative ‘kinetic collages’, where abstracted ‘cutouts’ or black and white imagery are mounted on engineered steel frames. Gregory’s practice upends the traditional ‘look, don’t touch’ mentality, instead encouraging play and curiosity through interaction with the artworks. The viewer becomes the engine, activator and performer, intertwined with the work itself, as they bring the sculptures to life through participation and touch.

The project is supported by ING, whose commitment to advancing sustainable practice and supporting cultural initiatives reflects a shared belief in the value of nature, creativity and collective responsibility. 

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The Gallery is currently closed for installation and will reopen on 21 May 2026. We thank you for your understanding and apologise for any inconvenience. 

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From grassroots heroes to Wembley icons, the Emirates FA Cup and Adobe Women’s FA Cup are competitions which have long been celebrated as a fundamental part of British culture. They are home to unforgettable moments of unquantifiable magic that have both shaped the evolution of the society in this country and been shaped by the country itself.

The Art of Possibility invites you to explore what makes these historic competitions so special through the unique lens of art. Spanning three galleries, this is a first-of-its-kind exhibition that brings together newly commissioned artworks, historical artefacts, unseen photography and immersive digital experiences that celebrate 150 years of FA Cup culture. 

Our first and second galleries invite you to step into the moments that have defined the FA Cups. The space features a curated range of newly commissioned artworks from global artists including Carlo Bellmann and Soldier, as well as immersive and sculptural installations by Lazerian, Grace Clifford and Sally Barton. The space will also feature pre-existing work by contemporary artists such as Slawn, who created a special edition tribute to the Men’s FA Cup trophy. Each of the artist’s work centres on key moments in respective Cup histories, demonstrating how core values such as inclusivity, democracy, community, and respect come to life both on and off the pitch.

Our third gallery looks towards the future – and how creativity and modern culture have impacted the game. Through creative workshops and forward-looking visual experiences, visitors are invited to imagine the next chapter of Cup history where new voices, new stories and new possibilities continue to shape the nation’s most loved football competitions.

Moving between past, present and future, The Art of Possibility showcases the FA Cups as a platform of belief, ambition, and creativity. 

Admission is free, with booking recommended to guarantee entry. 

Please note: Gallery 3 will close at 12PM on May 10 for an Adobe Women’s FA Cup watch party. 

The Art of Possibility: Workshops and Activations

Step into a world of creativity at The Art of Possibility exhibition, with bespoke workshops designed to bring the love of art and football together. Whether you’re inspired by an iconic FA Cup moment, personal memory or the artworks on display, this is an opportunity to lean into your artistic side and create something uniquely yours. 

Workshops are free to attend and open to all levels and ages. Spaces are limited, so advance booking is required to secure your place. All materials are provided courtesy of The Football Association. Just turn up, and have fun. 

Shirt Customisation with Jordan Dawson: Saturday 9 May only

Get creative in this customisation session led by artist Jordan Dawson. Known for his bold doodle style and standout football boot customisations, Jordan will guide you through transforming a blank t-shirt into a wearable one-of-one piece of art. Experiment with stencils, freehand doodling, and expressive mark-making. No rules, just creativity. Walk away with a design that’s all yours.

Book a slot between 11.00-12.00
Book a slot between 15.10-16.10 

Shirt Embroidery with Nicole Chui: Saturday 9 May only

Forget perfection, this workshop is all about unfiltered expression. Nicole Chui invites you to embroider your football shirt using simple, disruptive hand stitches. This workshop isn’t about neat backstitches; it’s about “messy” mark-making through stitching that mirrors the energy of the beautiful game. Get all your friends asking where you got your unique hand-stitched tee from.

Book a slot between 12.20-14.50
Book a slot between 16.30-18.00

Design the ‘Unity Cup’ with Thomas Lyte

In Gallery 3, have fun and get creative on Adobe Express by designing your own Unity Cup. Envisioned as a bridge between these two historic tournaments, the fictional trophy brings together the legacy of both the men’s and women’s FA Cup competitions and welcomes new perspectives on inclusion and representation across the two sides of the game.

Thomas Lyte, The FA’s official silverware provider, will select one special design to be re-produced in physical trophy form which will then be unveiled across the Emirates FA Cup and Adobe Women’s FA Cup social media channels between the two respective finals. 

No prior booking is required for this activity, and will be operated on a first come, first served basis. 

*Please note: The Unity Cup will not be used in any official capacity and and is instead an FA & Thomas Lyte marketing campaign designed and produced as part of The Art of Possibility exhibition. The selected design will be produced in accordance with pre-set guidelines and templates provided by Thomas Lyte. The original creator of the selected design will be informed by The FA.

Step into Wembley with a VR experience

Ever imagined what it would be like to score the winning goal in an FA Cup Final? Well, now you can. With our unique virtual reality headset experience, you can test your skills by trying to score the winning penalty at Wembley Stadium.

No prior booking is required for this activity, and will be operated on a first come, first served basis. 

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Textile Art Redefined explores the innovation and creativity of contemporary fine art textiles. Showcasing work by 15 visionary artists, from the UK and across the globe, the exhibition both celebrates the vibrancy of textile art today and expands its very definition.

Curated by Helen Adams and inspired by her book Fine Art Textiles, the show brings its pages to life in the Gallery. In an increasingly digital world, creating by hand has taken on a new appreciation. Visitors are invited to see how century old techniques including embroidery, quilting, weaving, knitting and crochet are used in textile art today.

Featured artists:
Ian Berry
Caroline Burgess
Chiachio & Giannone
Signe Emdal
Kaffe Fassett
Anne von Freyburg
Sara Impey
Deniz Kurdak
Kenny Nguyen
Simone Pheulpin
Benjamin Shine
Jakkai Siributr
Jenni Dutton
Magda Sayeg

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Girls Who Devour brings together three interconnected bodies of work by London-based British-Malaysian-Chinese artist Caroline Wong – Cats and Girls, Hungry Women, and Picnics and Parties. Across pastel drawings and mixed-media paintings, Wong explores femininity, appetite, desire, and excess through scenes of convivial consumption and intimate female gathering.

The exhibition positions voracity as a feminist method. Wong’s women feast, drink, spill, and linger within feverish, highly saturated, sensorial environments, transforming acts of eating into gestures of female agency and pleasure. Appetite emerges as an aesthetic modality through which women reclaim bodily autonomy and resist historical expectations of restraint and delicacy, reversing their longstanding positioning as consumable objects.

Oscillating between exuberance and unease, these scenes evoke the complexities of desire and self-knowledge. Pleasure borders on loss of control, and indulgence becomes both liberating and vulnerable. Throughout the exhibition, Wong’s tactile mark-making mirrors the immediacy of eating and touching, producing images that are both visually striking and sensorially evocative. 

Adapted from text by Sophie Guo, curator and art historian at the Courtauld Institute of Art.