News, Stories and Updates
Peter Jackson – Our Second ‘Invited Artist’
Peter Jackson: A Retrospective March 30 – April 27 2019. This is the first major retrospective of the paintings and sculptures of our second 'Invited Artist', Peter Jackson (1930 – 2019). Jackson was one of the last survivors from that generation of artists that...
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Kurt Jackson: Botanical Landscape Book Launch
Kurt Jackson’s Botanical Landscape Book Launch 22nd February 2019. 6 – 8pm. The Jackson Foundation is hosting an event to launch the upcoming book Kurt Jackson’s Botanical Landscape, published by Lund Humphries. This event is free and open to all...
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Kurt Jackson: Scilly – Preview images and Speech
Below are a section of images from the preview and above is video of the opening speech featuring Jackson's recollections of Scilly, a reading of some of his poetry and a surprise performance by local farmer Clive Williams who treated the audience...
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Kurt Jackson: Scilly – In Western Morning News
A piece in the Western Morning News by Frank Rurhmund about Kurt Jackson's Scilly exhibition (8th September 2018).
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Kurt Jackson: Scilly – Now Open
Kurt Jackson: Scilly opened on August 31st to a crowd of about 300 visitors, making for a busy and enjoyable preview. Thank you to all who came, including local farmer Clive Williams, who treated the audience to an accapella rendition of the John Denver song...
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JMW Turner in the South West: in retrospect
Thank you to everyone who attended our talk on JMW Turner last Saturday at the Jackson Foundation Gallery. An audience of over 100 people packed in to hear Professor Sam Smiles’ fascinating discussion of Turner’s travels in the south west, which took...
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Free Event: JMW Turner in the South West: A Talk by Professor Sam Smiles.
In this fascinating talk, Britain’s leading expert on JMW Turner, Professor Sam Smiles, discusses the impact and legacy of Turner’s trips to the South West. “The work Turner made when touring the South West reveals much about his methods and his ambitions for...
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Denzil Forrester in ELEPHANT Magazine
“I couldn’t go to a West End club,” he says, “I’d get kicked out for bringing my charcoal and pencils.” In a recent article, Jackson Foundation Invited Artist Denzil Forrester talks to Jonathan McAloon of ELEPHANT Magazine about police brutality, the Windrush...
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Denzil Forrester in Time Out London
“I remain optimistic. Art gives us empathy and understanding for each other, and hope to carry on when all is taken away from us…I’m glad I immortalised the ’80s dub scene in London. The paintings…captured the energy of a time and space that simply doesn’t exist any...
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Denzil Forrester in the Cornishman Newspaper
“Black people in Britain have largely been ghettoised over the decades and don’t realise they can choose to live anywhere they want.” In a recent article, Jackson Foundation Invited Artist Denzil Forrester talks to Lee Trewhela of Cornwall Live. To read...
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