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The Dark: Start the Week, BBC Radio 4
A conversation about darkness with author Jean Sprackland and curator at the National Gallery Christine Riding.
Three visions of darkness as the days draw in. Adam Rutherford's guests for Radio 4's Monday discussion programme are a poet, a photographer of night-time and a National Gallery curator.
Night Vision is the latest book from the award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland exploring our complex relationship with the dark: what we fear and what we wish to banish. In the dark she finds a place of possibility and she asks what might we discover in the dark if we free our imagination.
The photographer Jasper Goodall has been taking photographs in the dark for many years, mainly in forests and woodlands. In 2025 in exhibitions on show at Nottingham, Brighton, Cornwall and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition he has displayed works which draw on classical myth, European folklore and animistic belief systems.
Christine Riding, Director of Collections and Research, talks about the images of scientific experiment and industrialisation in England on show in the National Gallery's exhibition showcasing the candlelight paintings of Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Wright of Derby: From the Shadows in the Sunley Room at the National Gallery runs until 10 May 2026 and there is an entrance fee.
Producer: Ruth Watts. Listen here
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Marks of the Isles asks viewers to look closely at this shared history and recognise its presence in the work on display. The exhibition demonstrates how creativity connects us across time and how the language of the past remains alive, not only as heritage but as a vital part of who we are today.
Exhibition: Marks of the Isles, Whistleblower Gallery 17|10|25 - 15|11/25
A group exhibition at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, exploring the nature of site-specific interventions, where found elements are recontextualised through simple acts of assembly and displacement.
The exhibition brings together a collection of photographic works, each capturing a proposition that exists primarily as an artwork in its record. These actions engage directly with their surroundings - whether remote landscapes or urban environments - through processes that gently reframe the space and invite new perspectives.
Artists include: Julie Brook, Matt Calderwood, Jasper Goodall, Jeremy Hutchison, Antti Laitinen, Alastair and Fleur Mackie, David Nash, Katie Paterson, Mike Perry, Oscar Santillan, Tony Plant, David Rickard, Amy and Oliver Thomas-Irvine, Jack Whitefield
Curated by Alastair and Fleur Mackie as part of a summer programme of artist-curated shows.
Tremenheere Gallery, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, United Kingdom.
AFTERIMAGE – Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens Gallery 20 June – 02 August 2025
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025, 17 June - 17 August 2025
Wohl Central Hall, selected by Farshid Moussavi RA and Caragh Thuring RA
A new contemporary art exhibition at Nottingham Castle that looks at the artist’s fascination with trees, forests, and woodland.
Some artists have reflected on deeply personal connections to Sherwood Forest or the Major Oak, while others take a broader perspective, exploring the essence of woodlands or their relationship with a greenwood canopy, venturing into themes of perambulation, folklore, grief, and climate change.
Featured artists include: Arianne Churchman (London), Tim Fowler and Graeme Hawe (Leicester), Ashley Gallant (Lincoln), Jasper Goodall (Brighton), Jelly Green (Suffolk), Terence Lane (Nottingham), Caroline Locke (Nottingham), Tach Pollard (Buckinghamshire), Yelena Popova (Nottingham), The Window Women (Reggie Pugh and Gina Harries Pugh) (Nottingham), and Jennie Syson (Nottingham). Details here