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Viewing Beatrice Hasell-McCosh: Of Silence and Slow Time

This bijou show is one to tell your friends about. Installed across the Garden Museum, now housed in the magnificently restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, Of Silence and Slow Time features a series of monumental oils and small works on paper by Beatrice Hasell-McCosh. Based between London and Cumbria, the British painter looks to natural forms and the tradition of landscape painting to explore emotional themes linked to place and human connection.

Inspired by the Cumbrian garden she grew up in, this body of new work charts the seasonal changes during the 2020 lockdown. ‘I drew comfort from the routine of making small watercolour sketches in the garden,’ she says. ‘As humans shrunk away from each other the reassuring continuity and cycle of nature became completely absorbing to me. Over a period of six months, I watched and drew from the same spots continuously seeing plants grow up, crowd together (in antithesis to human society) blooming and dying and being replaced with the new.’

As you meander around the lofty Nave, you’ll encounter verdant foliage, alliums, primulas and tulips, executed in a palette of rich, earthy hues, every which way you look. Cocooned from the hustle and bustle of London’s busy streets, you’ll experience a sense of calm immediately woosh over you. Never has the Garden Museum looked — or felt — so good.

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Dates
29 June 2022 — 24 July 2022

Viewing Laura Gannon

Laura Gannon is having a good year. She’s showing work in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition and at the forthcoming edition of Frieze London in Regent’s Park. She’s also enjoying her second solo show at Kate MacGarry in London.

Installed across the main space of the gallery, the exhibition brings together new painted works on linen, with punctures, apertures and interwoven elements painted in bold, simple inks and acrylic, and a new film titled Glass House, which looks at a modern church on the west coast of Ireland and the relationship of Ireland to modernity and the landscape.

Shown together, they reveal Gannon’s enduring interest in themes of temporality, light and space, as well as the act of mark making itself. Few works will make you actively look — and think — as much as these will. Get yourself to Shoreditch sharpish.

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Dates
24 June 2022 — 23 July 2022

Doing Queer Frontiers 2022

Queer Frontiers 2022 is set to be the biggest and most daring pride edition yet. Presented by Artiq, which was founded by Patrick McCrae in 2018 to champion LGBTQ+ creatives and improve inclusivity and diversity in the art world, it features works by emerging and established artists, including Chris Hawkes, Natalia Lewandowska and Kevin Anaafi-Brown.

In keeping with Artiq’s charitable mission, at least half of the proceeds from the exhibiton sales will be donated to the Albert Kennedy Trust and Outside In. The former supports LGBTQ+ young people who are homeless of at risk of homelessness, while the latter provides a platform for artists who face significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation.

This year’s exhibition sees Artiq partner for the first time with Link, along with Soho Estates and headline sponsor, specialist insurer and arts supporter, Hiscox. ‘Our ethos is to bridge the divide between the corporate and cultural words and our partnership with Link perfectly encapsulates that,’ says Patrick McCrae, CEO of Artiq and founder of Queer Frontiers.

As you plot your plan for Pride in London’s 50th anniversary celebrations, make sure Queer Frontiers is top of your list.

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Dates
30 June 2022 — 10 July 2022
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