For the first time in a generation,
Wolteron Hall, located in the Norfolk countryside, is opening its doors and inviting the public to explore its immense and astonishing history by way of its exciting new ‘Arts & Culture’ programme. Bringing the house’s history together with new commissions by leading, world-class creatives, as well as a residency initiative, Wolteron Hall is the latest institution to engage with contemporary arts to enrich and diversify its past for today’s audiences.
Under the directorship of Simon Oldfield (the curator and arts advisor who oversaw the cultural rejuvenation of heritage buildings on Mount Street and Carlos Place) the programme at Wolteron Hall will include major exhibitions, commissioned artworks and workshops and projects with the local community. The inaugural exhibition sets the tone for this: Sea State, features new work by Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson and is co-curated by Oldfield and with Gemma Rolls-Bentley.
Sea State responds to Wolteron’s location near the North Sea coastline, and is a timely, contemplative and compelling response to our ever-more-fraught relationship globally with the ocean. Hambling and Robertson – who have never exhibited together before – both share an abiding connection to the coast and across Wolterton’s impressive Marble Hall and Portrait Room present site-specific works inspired by the sea’s unpredictable and mighty nature.
