Join us in the barn gallery for a day of talks on the nature of materials within contemporary architectural practice.
We will be joined by some of the leading minds and innovators within architecture as they discuss how we can better use resources and learn from our natural environment to find solutions to some of the problems affecting building, design and the environment.
Join us for a talk with award-winning British Egyptian documentary photographer Laura El-Tantawy interviewed by Dr Julie Bonzon.
A selection of works from El-Tantawy’s acclaimed series 'In the Shadow of the Pyramids' will be exhibited in our London gallery in September
Join Caryn Mandabach (producer of PEAKY BLINDERS) and Alan Yentob in a conversation celebrating the power of storytelling at Messums Wiltshire, in aid of the KHULA Education.
This year KHULA Education, supported by the David Rattray Foundation, are launching a new programme in KwaZulu-Natal which will encourage the older school children to tell their own stories orally. It will be a way for them to improve their confidence, their presentation skills and hopefully, over time, be a way to bring in revenue to the community through tourism.
Join Dr Helen Pheby and Jo Baring for a discussion on the importance of Elisabeth Frink's sculpture and it's relevance in the 21st century. Chaired by curator Catherine Milner.
Dr Helen Pheby is an international curator and Head of Curatorial Programming at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Jo Baring is director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British Art, she writes and speaks regularly on the life and work of Elisabeth Frink.
Susan Ogilvy started painting bird nests almost by accident. One day, while tidying up her garden after a storm, she found a chaffinch nest – a strange, sodden lump on the grass under a fir tree. She carried it inside and placed it on a newspaper; over the next few hours, as the water drained out of it, the sodden lump blossomed into a mossy jewel. She was amazed, and dropped everything to make a painting of the nest at exact life size.
Join us for an online talk with documentary photographer Sophie Green as ‘Showtime’ her first solo show opens in our Wiltshire gallery.
Sophie Green will be interviewed by our director of photography Dr Julie Bonzon.
Green’s photographs celebrate the joy, uniqueness and eccentricities of under-represented subcultures in Britain, often in playful and humorous ways.
Hugo Tagholm leads the national marine conservation and campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
The charity Surfers Against Sewage takes action from the beach front to the front benches of Parliament, where it unites a voice for the ocean through its Ocean Conservation All Party Parliamentary Group. It mobilises over 100,000 community beach and river clean volunteers annually and has been instrumental in helping introduce and enforce new government legislation to protect our seas.
A talk during our Elisabeth Frink 'Man is an Animal' exhibition. Frink created much public art in her lifetime, a genre dominated by men.
With ongoing discussions over the statues in our cities, we invite a panel to discuss 'Public Sculpture - What's the Point?
Public art adds enormous value to the cultural, aesthetic and economic vitality of a community. It is now a well-accepted principle of urban design that public art contributes to a community's identity, fosters community pride and a sense of belonging, and enhances the quality of life for its residents and visitors. But with more and more public art, who decides and who commissions?
The panel includes Isabel de Vasconsellos (author of Fourth Plinth: How London Created the Smallest Sculpture Park in the World)
Online talk with acclaimed documentary photographer Martin Parr CBE, social and art documentary photographer Sophie Green and documentary photographer Dod Miller as they discuss British eccentricities, cultural customs and humour in photography.
Join us for a conversation with Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales, representing 55,000 farming businesses. In 2018 she became the first woman to be president of the organisation, having been vice-president from 2014 to 2018. She was re-elected in 2020 for a second two-year term as president Minette also runs a 300-acre tenant farm at Downton near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Can plastic packaging ever be better for the environment than paper? Why don’t we just get rid of packaging altogether?
Why isn’t all packaging recyclable? Is all plastic made from petrochemicals?
The answers to these questions may surprise you.
In this online conversation, photographer Nii Obodai will present his series ‘Big Dreams’ and ‘Paradox of Paradise’.
Messums London presents its first contemporary photography show by artists Nii Obodai and Justin Keene. Through a selection of delicately composed and elusive images, this exhibition encourages us to ponder our relationship with nature and read cultural history through the environment.
In this online conversation, photographer Justin Keene will present his series ‘Walls in the Riverbed’.
On the occasion of Messums London first contemporary photography exhibition 'Resonances', visual artists Nii Obodai and Justin Keene will be in conversation with Stephanie Blomkamp, founder of Oath magazine, on the visibility, circulation and championing of African photography today.
