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Upcoming events & exhibitions, 2026

Luna Arts: Open Day

Exhibition, talk, demonstration, films
Sunday 8th March,11:00am - 5:00pm
Free admission
To book a free place on the talks  - https://buytickets.at/lunaarts/2057193

Creative health organisation Luna Arts is hosting an Open Day. The event will share project work developed over the past year as part of their Arts Council-funded research and development project, Conversations about Death & Dying through Creativity.

Photo of church interior looking down the centre aisle towards the chancel. It is dark, peole are sat in the pews and a large screen shows a projected image of a landscape.

Artist Dagmara Rudkin will be exhibiting her bespoke Sacred Wings burial shrouds, a meaningful and sustainable alternative to coffins, suitable for natural and traditional burials and cremation. She will be available throughout the day to share her shroud-making practice and discuss co-designing a personal shroud using treasured fabrics.

Photograph of a burial shroud and a wicker stretcher, on the ground in a woodland setting

Dagmara Rudkin, will also give a visual talk at 3:00pm, including a case study of a recently completed shroud made in collaboration with someone receiving care at St Catherine’s Hospice Crawley, followed by a shrouding demonstration.

Landscape photo, taken looking across a headland and out to sea. There is a fence and whispy, smoke-like trails in the air.
Luminance in Flux, photo by Wendy Pye

Throughout the day, Soul Films - a collaboration between Luna Arts’ Wendy Pye and Sybil Ah Mane (Flexible Films) - will be screening on a continuous loop. Soul Films are sensitively produced short films that remember and celebrate someone who has died or is nearing the end of life. Each film is linked to a QR code on a memorial plaque placed in a meaningful public space, creating a lasting legacy and an alternative form of memorial.

Alongside this, Wendy Pye will be showing a selection of photographs and film poems from projects she has created over the years that explore themes relating to mortality. Wendy will be available throughout the day to talk informally about her work and will give a short talk at 2:00pm on the process of making a Soul Film.

To book a free place on the talks  - https://buytickets.at/lunaarts/2057193

Be curious and pop in to say hello!

 

Brighton & Hove Women's History Group:
Discovering Women’s Working Lives in Brighton and Hove since the 1800s

Book launch, exhibition & talk with Maria Hogg, Gerry Holloway and Jenny Stroud.
Saturday 14th March, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Free admission

As part of Women’s History Month, Brighton & Hove Women’s History Group will be giving a talk and selling their latest book, ‘Women of Brighton and Hove – An Anthology-Volume 2’.

Painting of a lady wearing a red cloak, gold chains and a black cap, she is holding a scroll in her gloved hand.
Margaret Jane Hardy MBE, the first female Mayor of Brighton. Portrait courtesy of Brighton & Hove Museums.

The Brighton & Hove Women’s History Group aims are to research local women’s lives and to publish and give talks on our findings. In this talk we shall introduce you to our work and offer examples from our research on women in public life and women musicians.

After the talk there will be time to share your own stories and talk about Women’s History generally over tea and cake.

The event is free to attend but there will be a charge for tea and cake. 

More from Brighton & Hove Women’s History Group here: https://brightonwomenshistory.org.uk/

 

Hove Civic Society present: Spring Salon

Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd March, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Free admission

The Spring Salon at The Regency Town House brings together an outstanding group of artists for a vibrant exhibition of contemporary painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography in the heart of Hove.

Hove Civic Society Spring Salon continues a tradition of artistic excellence, presenting beautiful and intriguing work by twelve exceptional artists, with all profits supporting the Society’s environmental and public art projects in Hove. From the sublime to the surreal, the beautiful to the beastly, the innovative to the traditional, the Spring Salon promises to delight and surprise. Each artist brings a distinctive way of seeing, offering visitors a rich and varied creative experience.  

Grid arrangement of five artworks and exhibition text.

Spring Salon featured artists:

Pierre Diamantopoulo, whose sculpture Flight of the Langoustine stands on the Hove Plinth, returns with exuberant figures and imaginative mythical creatures.

Roger Edwards’ unique stone sculptures, influenced by the ‘lower forms of life’ he studied as a boy, are humorous, absurd, and unforgettable.

Jake Fern’s portraits use light, shadow, and bold colour to capture personality and mood, with the human face as the central focus.

Alberto Martinez presents whimsical townscapes that fuse Brighton with memories of his native Cuba, using vivid colour and enigmatic scenes.

Simon Royer explores natural history through meticulous animal paintings and quirky sea-life sculptures, often reflecting themes of survival and environmental concern.

Aksorn Rukpong transforms Brighton into dreamy, luminous cityscapes through glittering effects of light and shadow.

Hazel Reeves, specialises in portrait bust and public art commissions in bronze and has undertaken prestigious award-winning commissions such as the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester and the Sir Nigel Gresley statue at King’s Cross.

Eve Shepherd combines portraiture and mythology in bronze and ceramic works ranging from miniature to monumental, with influences compared to Rodin, Donatello, and Camille Claudel.

David Streeter won his first photo competition aged 12.  Photography has been a big part of his life ever since and many accolades have followed. Watch out for the unexpected.

Jackie Summerfield creates figurative sculptural ceramics, bringing life and character to portrait busts, wall panels, and stylised animals.

Serena Sussex reveals the wonders of nature in expressive landscapes and seascapes, working in oil and acrylic on canvas and pebbles.

Jonathan Wright’s Constellation was the first sculpture on Hove Plinth, now in prominent position at Hove Museum. A ‘small but perfectly formed’ maquette of Constellation will be at the Spring Salon.

Press Release can be downloaded here.

 

Installation, sound, light and meditation: 
'A Place to Breathe Slowly'
by Claire Knill & Julian Deane / The Woodchester Piano Company

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March, 11:30am - 4:00pm
Free admission

A Place to Breathe Slowly is a collaborative installation bringing together suspended sculpture and immersive sound to create a calm environment within The Regency Town House.

Photo of mobile comprising suspended coloured Perspex in a variety of geometreic shapes.

Claire Knill’s large-scale mobile moves gently with light and air, its shifting forms casting colour and shadow through the room. Surrounding the work, Julian Deane’s slow-evolving soundscape unfolds over time, creating a soft field of sound that responds to the space, inspired by the Japanese concept of Kankyō Ongaku - 'environmental music' - created not for performance, but to shape atmosphere and support a quieter pace of attention. The intention is simple: to create a space where people can breathe slowly.

Photo of mobile comprising suspended coloured Perspex rods arranged in fan-shapes.

Together, the installation transforms the Town House into a temporary retreat — a calm interior world set apart from the pace of the city.

Visitors are welcome to sit, lie down, wander, or stay as long as they wish.

Alongside the installation, the weekend will include a morning sound environment, a large-scale projection performance of Deane’s film The Plough shown through the suspended sculpture, and a guided Regency Sound Walk exploring deep listening in the surrounding streets. For more info on the ticketed sessions please see the artists social media.

www.claireknill.com

@claireknillart

@woodchesterpiano company

If you'd like to see one of Claire's mobiles going round and round and round in our drawing room, try this: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQYoMMgCWrY/?hl=en

 

Exhibition: Africa Inspired

Wednesday 1st - Sunday 12th April, 
times 11:00am - 5:00pm, (7:00pm Tuesdays), close at 4:00pm on the last day.
Free admission

Paintings and sculptures by Guy Portelli and Megan di Girolamo; paintings by Tara Winona and Adrienne Parker.

Guy Portelli has created many large sculptural pieces for private collections and public monuments in the USA and UK.

Guy's book ‘Modern British Sculpture’ is the most comprehensive book on the subject. Elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and founder of Escape Art Centre in Tonbridge, Guy is often invited to talk and demonstrate to arts groups, schools and professional societies.

Guy first came into public prominence with his appearance on Dragons Den in 2008. He will be working on a mosaic in the galley during the exhibition.

Large circular mosaic set withing a gold painted surround.
Mosaic by Guy Portelli

 

Megan di Girolamo studied art at High Wycombe College, Hornsey College and South Glamorgan Institute. Her unique sculptures are coiled in one piece, about a centimetre in thickness and contain no supports or armatures. The sculptures are ceramic; glazed and raku fired. Outdoor work is fired to stoneware temperatures and decorated with slips and glazes. Commissions can be cast in bronze or resin at the client's request.

Megan's work is often based on the unique relationship between mother and child, capturing the heat and weight of the child who will at any moment wriggle away, or the balance as the child moves in it̛̛s parent's arms with no fear of falling. There is also a darker side to Megan's work, capturing humanitarian crisis and world problems with disturbing images of homelessness, famine and war.

 

An artist and a writer, Tara Winona celebrates a love affair with nature. Tara seeks to capture the spirit of nature, to give her a voice; to tell the story of being alive and her own journey through life. Her paintings of wildlife become self-portraits, a vehicle to tell a story. Animal portraits emerge from swirls of paint, emotions and memories flow - until the boundaries between creature and artist become blurred.

Painting of an owl in flight with wings outstretched, viewed from head-on.
Painting: Fly Well My Dear Friend, by Tara Winona

 

Adie Parker, in her own words: "I love working with my hands, so glue, gesso, collage, dribbles, textures and big brushes contribute to that happy studio headspace. I particularly enjoy working with mixed media. Acrylic inks and pastel pencils allow the brushstrokes and illustration to flow. Paper collage patterns weave themselves in and out enhancing the texture and complexity of the subject."

Large painting of an elephant, depicted with bold splashes of bright colours.
Painting: Majestic Giant, by Adie Parker

 

Exhibition: TOWNHOUSE

Friday 17th April, 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday 18th April, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Free but must be pre-booked here

An exhibition of eight established artists, showing a mix of sculpture, paintings, collage, drawing and photography, and more.

The work spans contemporary and Pop Art, with enough variety to keep things interesting while still feeling coherent as a show.
Strong confident work throughout, with plenty of visual impact, and a wide range of price points.

Graphical artwork, depicting a shadowy figure on a red background manipulating the strings of a skeletal puppet figure

If you saw our previous TBOY exhibition last September, then you won't want to miss this one. The house will be filled with colour, graphics, textures and imagery, a modern challenge in an historic setting. Can't wait!

The artists showing are:

TBOY    @artbytboy
The Postman    @thepostman_art
Dan David    @dandavidsculptor
Vintage Shuffle    @vintage_shuffle
George Fox    @george-fox-illustration
Mark Woolley   @markwooley1
Jon Welsh    @_jonwelsh_
Neon Tony    @neon_tony

Don't forget to pre-book your timeslot here.

 

Kate Langdale presents… Flower Festival!

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th April, times TBA
Ticket links to follow

Kate is bringing together a veritable bouquet of florists to exhibit their skills and artistry here at the Town House.

There will be flowers.

Flowers in the dining room, flowers in the parlour, flowers in the drawing room, flowers on the stairs, flowers on the landing. 

There will be no shortage of flowers. 

More, sensible information will follow soon. 

 

Exhibition - ‘No Hard Shoulder’

Thursday 30th April - Sunday 10th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Following brilliant reviews last year, ‘No Hard Shoulder’ returns to The Regency Town House for eleven consecutive days of Artists Open Houses Festival 2026.

Nine established Sussex artists will be showing their latest work from large scale pieces of wall art and sculpture to smaller pieces of ceramics and a ‘wall of small’ paintings.

No Hard Shoulder exhibition poster, featuring an image of abstract foliage in green and cream, with a list of artists and event information.

Keith Pettit - Sculpture
Lucy Bristow - Painting
June Frickleton - Painting
Sarah Mitchener - Painting
Nigel Hunter - Sculpture
Thea Thompson - Ceramics
Rebecca Angel - Mixed Media
Barbara Gittings - Ceramics
Julian Sutherland-Beatson - Painting

Events during the week will include:

- Tuesday 5th May: talk by Phil Grabsky, BAFTA winning founder of Exhibition on Screen, on the making of ‘Caravaggio’ his much fêted recent cinema release,
- Thursday 7th May:  Alex Leith, editor of ROSA Magazine in conversation with multi-disciplinary artist Keith Pettit about his work and the legends of his Sussex home, paying testament to human relationship and place.

 

Anna Dumitriu: BioArt Transformations

Tuesday 5th - Sunday 10th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm
CLOSED Monday 11th
Tuesday 12th - Sunday 17th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm 
Free admission
Guided tour with Anna Dumitriu on 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th May at 12:00 noon and 3:00pm. 

Art and science combine in “BioArt Transformations”, a cutting-edge new exhibition by internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Anna Dumitriu.

Exhibition title text in white on black, against a background of abstract glittering blue shapes.
Cellular Reprogramming Necklace, by Anna Dumitriu, photo Audrey Rose Mizzi 

A pioneer of the BioArt movement, Dumitriu works with living bacteria, DNA, and technology to create intricate sculptures, installations and textile works that draw threads across time from the history of science and medicine to cutting-edge research in synthetic biology, genomics and AI. Her strange and affecting objects take the form of relics of Dumitriu’s sublime laboratory-based processes created in contemporary biotechnological research settings, interwoven with historic stories of contagion and alchemy.

Photo of embroidered textile representation of a microbiome, in multi-coloured materials and varied shapes.
Fragile Microbiome, by Anna Dumitriu

A visually stunning and deeply thought-provoking experience, this exhibition is a must-see for the curious, challenging our view on the future of medicine, technology, and humanity.

There will be a series of events throughout the exhibition. Book for these via the artist’s website https://annadumitriu.co.uk/news/

A full length 1665-style dress, stuffed and surrounded by bunches of lavender, displayed in a bare brick room and flanked by two slit windows.
Plague Dress, by Anna Dumitriu

Anna Dumitriu is an internationally renowned pioneering British contemporary artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation, and digital media to explore our relationship with nature and technology focussing on infectious diseases, synthetic biology, AI and robotics.

Past exhibitions include ZKM, Ars Electronica, BOZAR, The Picasso Museum, Kunstlerhaus Vienna, MIT Museum, HeK Basel, the Nobel Prize Museum, Science Gallery Bengaluru, MOCA Taipei, Art Laboratory Berlin, the History of Science Museum Oxford, the 6th Guangzhou Triennial and Eden Project.

A gold heart-shaped amulet on a silk ribbon. It is decorated with small black spots and is dripping gold
Zenexton, by Anna Dumitriu

She holds visiting research fellowship/artist-in-residence roles at the University of Hertfordshire, the University of Cranfield and the National Institute of Health Research Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, and an artist-in-residence roles with Modernising Medical Microbiology at the University of Oxford, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. She was the 2018 President of the Science and the Arts Section of the British Science Association. Her work has featured in many significant publications including Frieze, Artforum International Magazine, Leonardo Journal, The Art Newspaper, Nature and The Lancet.

Dumitriu was part of the duo who created the Black Rock Beachcombers series of three public sculptures on Brighton beach along the boardwalk between the Volks Railway Workshop and the Reading Room cafe.

Artist social media links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annadumitriuart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annadumitriu
X: https://x.com/annadumitriu
Website: https://annadumitriu.co.uk/

Press Release can be downloaded here.

 

Exhibition - Forget-me-not
A solo exhibition from Camilla Perkins

Tuesday 12th - Monday 25th May, 11:00am - 5:00pm
(Closed Wednesday 20th May for Workshop)
Free admission

Oil Pastel Drawing Workshop on Wednesday 20th May,
click here for workshop details and booking.

Camilla Perkins returns to The Regency Town House for the first time since her sell-out exhibition 'Echoes of Summer' in 2022, with a brand new body of work 'Forget-me-not'.

Photo of an artist at work. She is wearing a blue overall and headscarf and we look over her shoulder as she paints two figures seated in a colourful garden landscape.

Perkins’ paintings act as portals into carefully curated worlds that balance realism and imagination. Her stylised figures inhabit spaces infused with light, pattern, and lush detail, inviting viewers to pause and enter moments suspended between memory and fantasy.

Through her work, she explores the emotional resonance of everyday life, using colour and composition to evoke both specific recollections and universal feelings. Her artistic approach celebrates the poetry in ordinary experiences, turning domestic and outdoor scenes into visually and emotionally immersive landscapes.

Photo of an artist's studio. A colourful garden landscape is propped up, in the foregrond a jug full of brushes, to the right a table is covered in coloured paint lids, in the background there are sketches taped to the wall.

Camilla Perkins (b. 1990)

British painter and illustrator Camilla Perkins was born and raised in East Sussex. She is known for creating vibrant, dreamlike works that transform everyday scenes into emotionally charged visual narratives.

Drawing on memory, personal experience, and the subtleties of light and colour, Perkins crafts compositions that feel intimate yet universal, where garden spaces, sunlit retreats, and stylised figures evoke nostalgia, warmth, and quiet reflection. Her work demonstrates a profound sensitivity to atmosphere, using colour as a central tool to convey emotion and the fleeting qualities of lived experience.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs across the UK and internationally, engaging audiences with its joyous, contemplative sensibility. Across her practice, she continues to explore how memory, imagination, and emotion intersect, producing work that is both playful and profoundly affecting, offering viewers intimate windows into the delicate textures of human experience.

Instagram: @camillaperkins_

Click here for workshop details and booking

 

Exhibition - Seeing Unseeing
A solo show of work by Charmaine Evans

Satuday 30th May, 11:00am - 5:00pm

Times and more information to follow.

 

 

 

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