This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
This exhibition explores five different ways of investigating and photographing the urban environment.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits are coming back to light up our Tea Lawn this summer, once again accompanied by the dulcet tones of jazz legend Vimala Rowe.
Led by internationally renowned Guitar legend John Etheridge, Blue Spirits is completed by Pete Whittaker (Organ) and George Double (Drums).
Drawing on a vast reservoir of musical experience spanning over 50 years, Etheridge distils the bluesier side of his musical world in a repertoire that has intensity and emotion as its main quality, with subtlety, fluidity and interaction as its centre. Pete Whittaker is a superb accompanist, and soloist and drummer George Double is celebrated for his drive and invention.
The Trio will be joined by special guest vocalist Vimala Rowe, known for her soulful and passionate delivery.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

Transmission Residency Series
Jacksons Lane’s annual residencies and work-in-progress sharings of new circus and physical theatre returns, with tickets just £1
Lotte
Akimbo Theatre
Friday 16 Aug at 4pm
Tickets: £1
https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/lotte/
1920’s Berlin. Eleven years before Disney made Snow White, German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger pioneered multiplane shadow puppetry and animation.
Mixing theatre, dance, acrobatics, shadow puppetry and movement, Akimbo Theatre tell the story of Lotte Reiniger and her revolutionary work in film and animation, turning fairytales into feature-length magic.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

Transmission Residency Series
Jacksons Lane’s annual residencies and work-in-progress sharings of new circus and physical theatre returns, with tickets just £1
Itch
Gildas Aleksa
Saturday 31 Aug at 4pm
Tickets: £1
https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/itch/
We weren’t here before we were born, and we won’t be here after we die.
It’s terrifying, but at least we’re in this together.
Itch is a new circus and theatre show that tackles our fear of death and the existential anxiety that grips us all. Blending philosophical and psychoanalytical ideas with juggling, acro dance and aerial dancing, Itch invites us to confront the ultimate truth of our mortality.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Handmade in Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
This is the first of two late summer/ autumn/winter fairs.
Each fair will feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker and contemporary crafts people working today. Exhibitors are local, from the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All are passionate about producing wonderful work in their specific discipline and in different price ranges.
The fun starts on Friday 6 September from: 5pm – 8pm
Saturday 7 September: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 8 September: 11am – 5pm
Entrance is FREE and everyone is welcome

Handmade in Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
This is the first of two late summer/ autumn/winter fairs.
Each fair will feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker and contemporary crafts people working today. Exhibitors are local, from the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All are passionate about producing wonderful work in their specific discipline and in different price ranges.
The fun starts on Friday 6 September from: 5pm – 8pm
Saturday 7 September: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 8 September: 11am – 5pm
Entrance is FREE and everyone is welcome


Sunday 8 September at 11am & 2pm
Tickets: £14 | Suitable for ages 2-6
Join Shoe Baby on a fantastical sing-along journey as this baby explores the sea, the air, and the zoo – all from the comfort of a shoe! and featuring music by Tom Gray of Gomez, this 30-minute show is perfect for children aged 2-6.
After the show, enjoy 20 minutes of play and fun activities including a shoe shop, a giant shoe, and a make-a-town scene.
Handmade in Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
This is the first of two late summer/ autumn/winter fairs.
Each fair will feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker and contemporary crafts people working today. Exhibitors are local, from the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All are passionate about producing wonderful work in their specific discipline and in different price ranges.
The fun starts on Friday 6 September from: 5pm – 8pm
Saturday 7 September: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 8 September: 11am – 5pm
Entrance is FREE and everyone is welcome


‘From Home’ is a solo exhibition by the artist Xinan Yang, opening in conjunction with the Moon Festival, the lunar celebration honouring the full moon and the family union. The exhibition showcases two distinct series of Yang’s work, each providing a profound reflection on family, identity, and the evolving concept of home.
Xinan Yang is renowned for her ability to create spaces that bridge the realms of imagination and reality through brushes. After her last solo show, Missing Place Missing Face, she embarked on a new exploration using family photos to delve into the concept of belonging. This series poignantly explores geographical displacement and its impact on family dynamics and self-identity. By repainting family photos without depicting faces, Yang investigates the collective memory and consciousness of how memory shapes social bodies and worlds.
Yang’s work is imbued with rich personal and cultural symbolism, often featuring motifs such as dogs, moons, snakes, and birds. After leaving her hometown, her dog became an emotional anchor for her parents, symbolizing the deep familial bonds and emotional connections that persist despite physical distance. Birds in her work represent both freedom and the allure of the world beyond home, mirroring the experience of many young people who leave home for study or work and return only occasionally, much like migratory birds. These motifs highlight the tension between the desire for exploration and the enduring connection to home.
The exhibition, curated by Yu Ying Chan, will include wall hangings that intricately blend personal narratives with broader cultural themes, offering visitors a profound reflection on family, identity, and the ever-evolving concept of home.
From Home will be on display in the Upper Gallery during gallery opening times from Wednesday 11 September – Monday 7 October.
The gallery is generally open:
- Monday – Tuesday : 12pm to 4pm
- Wednesday : 11am to 3pm
- Thursday – Sunday : 12pm to 4pm
Please note that the gallery hours may change or the gallery may close at short notice due to private events. To avoid disappointment, please check our most up-to-date opening hours by clicking here or calling us on 020 8348 8716 the day before your visit.

‘From Home’ is a solo exhibition by the artist Xinan Yang, opening in conjunction with the Moon Festival, the lunar celebration honouring the full moon and the family union. The exhibition showcases two distinct series of Yang’s work, each providing a profound reflection on family, identity, and the evolving concept of home.
Xinan Yang is renowned for her ability to create spaces that bridge the realms of imagination and reality through brushes. After her last solo show, Missing Place Missing Face, she embarked on a new exploration using family photos to delve into the concept of belonging. This series poignantly explores geographical displacement and its impact on family dynamics and self-identity. By repainting family photos without depicting faces, Yang investigates the collective memory and consciousness of how memory shapes social bodies and worlds.
Yang’s work is imbued with rich personal and cultural symbolism, often featuring motifs such as dogs, moons, snakes, and birds. After leaving her hometown, her dog became an emotional anchor for her parents, symbolizing the deep familial bonds and emotional connections that persist despite physical distance. Birds in her work represent both freedom and the allure of the world beyond home, mirroring the experience of many young people who leave home for study or work and return only occasionally, much like migratory birds. These motifs highlight the tension between the desire for exploration and the enduring connection to home.
The exhibition, curated by Yu Ying Chan, will include wall hangings that intricately blend personal narratives with broader cultural themes, offering visitors a profound reflection on family, identity, and the ever-evolving concept of home.
From Home will be on display in the Upper Gallery during gallery opening times from Wednesday 11 September – Monday 7 October.
The gallery is generally open:
- Monday – Tuesday : 12pm to 4pm
- Wednesday : 11am to 3pm
- Thursday – Sunday : 12pm to 4pm
Please note that the gallery hours may change or the gallery may close at short notice due to private events. To avoid disappointment, please check our most up-to-date opening hours by clicking here or calling us on 020 8348 8716 the day before your visit.

‘From Home’ is a solo exhibition by the artist Xinan Yang, opening in conjunction with the Moon Festival, the lunar celebration honouring the full moon and the family union. The exhibition showcases two distinct series of Yang’s work, each providing a profound reflection on family, identity, and the evolving concept of home.
Xinan Yang is renowned for her ability to create spaces that bridge the realms of imagination and reality through brushes. After her last solo show, Missing Place Missing Face, she embarked on a new exploration using family photos to delve into the concept of belonging. This series poignantly explores geographical displacement and its impact on family dynamics and self-identity. By repainting family photos without depicting faces, Yang investigates the collective memory and consciousness of how memory shapes social bodies and worlds.
Yang’s work is imbued with rich personal and cultural symbolism, often featuring motifs such as dogs, moons, snakes, and birds. After leaving her hometown, her dog became an emotional anchor for her parents, symbolizing the deep familial bonds and emotional connections that persist despite physical distance. Birds in her work represent both freedom and the allure of the world beyond home, mirroring the experience of many young people who leave home for study or work and return only occasionally, much like migratory birds. These motifs highlight the tension between the desire for exploration and the enduring connection to home.
The exhibition, curated by Yu Ying Chan, will include wall hangings that intricately blend personal narratives with broader cultural themes, offering visitors a profound reflection on family, identity, and the ever-evolving concept of home.
From Home will be on display in the Upper Gallery during gallery opening times from Wednesday 11 September – Monday 7 October.
The gallery is generally open:
- Monday – Tuesday : 12pm to 4pm
- Wednesday : 11am to 3pm
- Thursday – Sunday : 12pm to 4pm
Please note that the gallery hours may change or the gallery may close at short notice due to private events. To avoid disappointment, please check our most up-to-date opening hours by clicking here or calling us on 020 8348 8716 the day before your visit.

This exhibition, Cuillin Bantock’s fourth at Highgate Gallery, will be the culmination of sixty five years of
experience as a visual artist.
Bantock’s work is all landscape-based. Life-long familiarity with a particular coastal sand-dune system in North
Wales is a persistent point of reference. His choice of media is wide-ranging and includes oil paint, acrylic, gouache,
conte and linocut. His approach has shifted from representation to abstraction, but he strongly believes that all
art must relate to something outside itself.
The exhibition will show two types of work: Indian Ink drawings, and watercolour paintings.
The Indian ink drawings are from the 2022 series ‘Forty-one approaches to a View’. The ‘view’ is of a particular
duneland studied repeatedly from the same spot. The emphasis has been on making quite simple statements
about that particular space. The first studies that Bantock made of this terrain (also in Indian ink) date from 1961.
It was only while making the recent drawings in 2022 that he realised that other artists, in their later years,
had adopted a similar approach; for example Hokusai, with his ‘Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji’.
The watercolours were made between 2020 and 2024. These are derived from the same landscape as the
ink drawings, but with a particular emphasis on pictorial space (through flatness) and pictorial light
(through colour), but handled abstractly without reference to specific locales. To some extent the watercolours
are a new departure for Bantock. His only previous experience with the medium was very occasional figurative
work (again, of duneland). He describes watercolour as ‘the most challenging medium of all.’
The two bodies of work are united by a perennial search for clarity of execution and expression, and pictorial economy
free of didacticism, leaving room for spontaneity.
Cuillin Bantock has enjoyed a rich and varied career as artist, scientist, educator and writer. He is an Oxford-trained
zoologist who worked as a professional biologist for 20 years, and later studied at Camberwell College of Art. He has
written and lectured extensively on a wide range of subjects, including science, wildlife conservation, art and artists.
His work has been exhibited widely over many years, and is held in a large number of private and corporate collections.
Highgate Gallery is delighted to be hosting this exhibition, which Bantock has decided – as he approaches
his ninetieth birthday – shall be his last with us.
Gallery open: Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00, Sat: 11.00 – 16.00, Sun: 11.00 -17.00