Holes….. From Talbot Rice Gallery…..
by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 21 November 2025
Holes…..
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/20/chat-2025/
The images of Susan Pearson’s work put me in mind of Anna Charlotta Gardner’s pieces….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/07/30/playing-with-scale-shapes-and-nightswimming-in-stromness/
Much food for thought….images…impressions…..
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From Talbot Rice Gallery…..
New exhibition:
The Children are Now
The Children are Now is now open at Talbot Rice Gallery until 7 February 2026. The group exhibition features artworks by Child Human Rights Defenders, Francis Alÿs, Monster Chetwynd, Ane Hjort Guttu, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Mai Nguyễn-Long, Bob and Roberta Smith and Adéla Součková.
The exhibition aims to represent the relationship of children to the key challenges that we face today. Through artworks that capture the potency of children’s playful imaginations, it makes reference to apartheid education, militaristic games and generational trauma, asking how history is made to repeat itself in the face of those who are capable of reimagining everything.
Watch trailer here…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIg2uadxJc&t=6s
Upcoming events
Check out our programme of events taking place over the next couple of months...
Little Creative Morning
Saturday 22 November, 10am
Join us for a family friendly, hands-on morning inspired by the work of Bob and Roberta Smith and the Child Humans Rights Defenders. Together, we'll create our very own signs using paper, cardboard, collage and coloured pencil.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/little-creative-morning-tickets-1968136756018
Special Event / The Children are Now: Assembly
Friday 28 November, 2pm
We are calling all adults who want to know more about children’s rights and how they can better recognise, respect and advocate for children’s rights in their communities and beyond.
Please join us for a playful assembly led by children in partnership with artists and researchers, which showcases art and performances linked to The Children are Now exhibition.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-event-the-children-are-now-assembly-tickets-1864385409949
Curator's Tour | James Clegg
Friday 5 December
Join us for a tour of The Children are Now with James Clegg, curator of the exhibition. Find out what it was like working with the Child Human Rights Defenders, hear personal insights into the curating process and discover the stories from behind the exhibition.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curators-tour-james-clegg-tickets-1968142190272
Sensory Friendly Morning
Tuesday 9 December
These sessions are designed to prioritise the sensory needs of autistic people, other neurodivergent people, those with additional sensory support needs or anyone else who may prefer a more relaxed experience of the gallery.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-event-the-children-are-now-assembly-tickets-1864385409949
After-hours Immersion: Wonderchild
Wednesday 10 December
Join artists Elisabeth Landgraf and Maimouna LY for a sensory journey of sound, movement, and imagination inspired by The Children are Now. Step into an after-hours encounter where ritual, sound, and embodied storytelling weave a space for play, presence, and collective creativity. Wonderchild invites participants of all ages (8+) to dive into their creative imagination through sound, songs, movements, and gestures.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/after-hours-immersion-wonderchild-tickets-1968127958705
BSL Tour of The Children are Now
Wednesday 10 December
Join Trudi Collier for a deaf-led BSL tour of the exhibition The Children are Now as part of Deaf Action Burns Week. The tour lasts one hour. Please meet us at the entrance of Talbot Rice Gallery on the ground floor, at the bottom of the stairs. We will be waiting next to a BSL tour sign.
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