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Sophie Ruigrok: today I feel relevant and alive

Sophie Ruigrok’s solo exhibition 'today I feel relevant and alive' brings together a new body of pastel drawings completed over the last two years. Grounded in the artist’s interest in Jungian psychoanalysis and concepts of the collective unconscious and archetypes, Ruigrok creates work that investigates the extremities of human emotion. Ruigrok’s subjects are drawn from various sources; movie stills, found photographs, and appropriations from art history are fused with her autobiographical encounters, memories and photography.

Alec Soth | A Pound of Pictures

Sean Kelly is delighted to announce A Pound of Pictures, Alec Soth’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. This new body of work brings together images Soth completed between 2018 and 2021. As is often his custom, Soth began A Pound of Pictures by taking a series of road trips, in this case on a quest to further explore a deeper connection between the ephemerality and physicality of photography as a medium.

Beano: The Art of Breaking Rules | Somerset House

Beano: The Art of Breaking The Rules at Somerset House Landscape

First released in 1938 and still crafted weekly from its home in Dundee, Beano has always applied one simple rule - rules should be broken. Set to be a show like no other, this landmark exhibition explores both Beano’s and contemporary art’s unruliness and irreverence, through the eyes of extraordinary artists who embody the Beano spirit of rebellion.