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To celebrate Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s life and his importance to the history of Hestercombe and the South West, we bring together the largest survey of his original artworks and objects ever seen in one place, through the exhibition ‘A Gentleman of Taste’.
Most Admirably Improved by Art Charlotte Hodes, Rebecca Partridge, Kelly Richardson, Fiona Hingston with Coplestone Warre Bampfylde (1720-1791)
Renowned artist Ben Rivers presents Urthworks at Hestercombe Gallery, from 9 November 2019 to 9 February 2020
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), Hestercombe Gallery presented Where Function Ends, including new work by three artists that responds to the legacy of the man whose designs transformed the Hestercombe site.
The solo exhibition ‘Elsewhen’ brought together a series of works and interventions by internationally acclaimed artist Simon Faithfull that collectively act as a kind of orientation device for both the artist and the visitor to Hestercombe Gallery.
Featured artists: Sarah Bennett, Megan Calver and Philippa Lawrence
Gertrude Jekyll: An Artist’s Eye presents original paintings and photography of her gardens.
This exhibition presented a new and recent body of work by internationally acclaimed artist Helen Sear.
Featured artists: Anna Barriball; George Shaw; John Brown; John Newling; Mariele Neudecker; Mary Griffiths; Mary McIntyre; Mikhail Karikis.
This exhibition was the first solo exhibition of artist Tim Knowles’s work since 2014 and the most extensive presentation of his work at the time.
An exhibition of art work created through Somerset Art Works’ Projects with InspirED schools.
Buffet d’art showcased an array of work by 45 artists all of whom contributed buffet sized pieces of work to be perused on a plinth.
This exhibition by artist Stephen Smith was accompanied by works from the Ingram Collection of Modern British Art.
Clean Heart: A Landscape Retrospective presents work from internationally acclaimed artist Clare Woods
During a summer-long artist residency at Hestercombe, artist Simon Bayliss has responded to the gardens through painting en plein air and writing poetry
Double Take: Photography and the Garden brought together photographs by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) with work by leading contemporary artists Sarah Jones, Helen Sear and Mark Edwards
This exhibition focused on the personal passions of art collector Chris Ingram, and showcased important works from the twentieth century to the present day
Second Site presented new contemporary work by five artists who responded to Hestercombe Gallery’s reclaimed spaces through exploration of Hestercombe’s history and recent re-unification between the house and gardens
Oceans, a solo show by Tania Kovats, is the second exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery, and presents a selection of the artist’s existing work made between 1993 and 2004
The opening exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery presents groundbreaking artists such as Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Mark Quinn, Mike Nelson and Susan Philipsz among others, many of them Turner Prize winners and nominees
