As we prepare for our first exhibition of 2026, we’re taking a look at our programme for the year.
Listening to the earth
24 September – 13 December 2026
‘Listening to the earth’ explores the practices of an intergenerational group of artists who work with the earth as subject, but often also as material. Participating artists include David Alesworth, Mohammad Alfaraj, Emii Alrai, Ali Kazim, Mary Lemley, David Nash, Abigail Reynolds, Ro Robertson, Tanoa Sasraku and Anwar Jalal Shemza. Working in a variety of materials – including dust, foraged natural pigments, ash and pieces of slate as well as photography and field recording – the artists in this exhibition use a language of drawing in its most expanded sense, posing the question, ‘what might we learn if we listen to the earth with all our senses?’
‘Listening to the earth’ is curated by Hammad Nasar, Director of Programmes & Content, Ibraaz, London; co-curator of British Art Show 9 (2021-22); inaugural Executive Director of the Stuart Hall Foundation, London (2018-19); Head of Research & Programmes at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong (2012-16); Arts Director for the Festival of Muslim Cultures (2006-7) and, co-founder (with Anita Dawood) of the pioneering hybrid arts organisation, Green Cardamom, London (2004-12).
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