🌱 Bursting back into life, Festival of the Garden returns 18–21 July!

We couldn’t help ourselves, we had share a few names....

Sam Lee 🌷 Zadie Smith 🌸 Chris Packham 🌺 Ingrid Pollard 🌻Arit Anderson 🌻 Fergus Garrett

Click here to find out more: bit.ly/4aEdolt

What did Old Mrs Barnes know about Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece? Hepworth painted her c. 1937 but signed the picture (now in a private collection) as Preece, as she always did. An untold story revealed The Charleston Trust in Lewes. Read our take: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-quee…

How willing was Dorothy Hepworth to subsume artistic identity in Patricia Preece? Did Stanley Spencer go into marriage No.2 with eyes open? Where does personal choice merge into economic survival? More Qs than As The Charleston Trust. #UntoldStory my review gowithyamo.com/blog/art-histo…

Spring at The Charleston Trust #Sussex

I'm going to be a total fangirl!! 😃🌟
I'm going to the Charleston Festival in May to see Sathnam Sanghera
The Charleston Trust

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Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story The Charleston Trust

Until Sep 8 'In this exhibition we unveil the untold story of a remarkable duo exploring their life through paintings & drawings'
Details: charleston.org.uk/exhibition/dor…
#Lewes #TheCultureHour

The curious and intriguing tale of Dorothy Hepworth & Patricia Preece The Charleston Trust in #Lewes . Hepworth painted the pictures, signing them as her lover Preece. Stanley Spencer bought The Green Divan (c. 1935, The Court Gallery). Read about the show: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-quee…

🙌 Two new exhibitions announced🙌

Opening soon at Charleston in Firle:

🎨 ‘Matthew Smith: Through the eyes of Patrick Heron’

💭 ‘Anne Rothenstein’

Discover bold hues, dreamlike scenes and shared palettes...

🗓️ 1 May-13 October. Tickets on sale now.
charleston.org.uk/exhibitions/

The garden at the The Charleston Trust was treated as a living canvas by artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant who filled it with flowers they loved to paint. Join Arit tonight at 8pm on BBC Two to find out more 🙂 🌸 #GardenersWorld #Gardening #FlowersOnFriday #ArtHistory

Good morning!

#art #sussex The Charleston Trust Towner Eastbourne #Lewes #Eastbourne The Art Shuttle Bus is a brilliant idea - and great value! charleston.org.uk/sussex-art-shu…

This special 35th #CharlestonFestival 2024 brings together today’s most exciting #artists #thinkers #changemakers together for 10 days.
#LennyHenry #NitinSawhney #MeeraSyal #NicolaSturgeon #GilbertandGeorge #DavidNicholls #KalianeBradley #JesseArmstrong #LucyPrebble
+ more ...

Lewes is now home to Charleston’s sister gallery.
The original Charleston is a beautiful farmhouse in #Sussex , known for being home to the artists' collective known as the Bloomsbury group.
Charlotte went to see their latest exhibition:
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The Charleston Trust

The special bus route allows visitors to visit multiple arts venues and see the wider region in one trip

The Charleston Trust
Towner Eastbourne

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Four fire places and a cupboard at Charleston Farm House, Firle. Such an enchanting place, and so loved and cared for by The Charleston Trust

Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story The Charleston Trust

Until Sep 8 'In this exhibition we unveil the untold story of a remarkable duo exploring their life through paintings & drawings'
Details: charleston.org.uk/exhibition/dor…
#Lewes #TheCultureHour

🚌 All aboard, The Sussex Art Shuttle is back ..
We’re so excited to announce that the hop-on-hop off bus service returns this weekend ...
The Charleston Trust #Sussex #art #culture

🤫 Now Open!

Uncover the extraordinary story of Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece. Two radical artistic collaborators who nurtured a secret that endured until the end of their lives.

🗓️ 27 March – 8 September at Charleston in Lewes.

🎟️ bit.ly/dorothyhepworth

🚌 All aboard, The Sussex Art Shuttle is back!

We’re so excited to announce that the hop-on-hop off bus service returns this weekend, Sat 30 March and will run until 27 October.

See where art will take you...

👀 Find out more: charleston.org.uk/sussex-art-shu…

🙌 Since September we've been delivering free family workshops at our Lewes venue, in partnership with Tenants of Lewes District. We want to say a huge thank you to all the families for coming along, and to the community leaders and artist educators who made this possible.