James Freeman Gallery

James Freeman Gallery Contemporary painting, photography & sculpture Contemporary painting, photography and sculpture.

This is the seventh work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collage...
13/06/2026

This is the seventh work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

With the constant noise of Heathrow’s aerial traffic set against the silent glide of a Red Kite riding hot summer thermals, the Thames winds past this historic water-meadow in Surrey, location of the 1215 signing of the Magna Carta by King John, which laid the foundations for modern democracy and justice. Such wildflower meadows, here shown teeming with damsel-flies, bees, and butterflies, are precious and threatened, now constituting only 1% of the UK’s land.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio.

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: July – Runnymede
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W

The sixth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that fol...
12/06/2026

The sixth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

As the sun sets on a balmy mid-summer’s evening in Buckinghamshire, a rower from the local boat club passes below Marlow Bridge, the only surviving suspension bridge on the non-tidal Thames, built in 1832 by William Tierney Clark as a prototype for the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest. The abandoned paper cup is all that remains of the earlier crowds of visitors who throng to this pretty town during summer weekends and holidays.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio.

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: June – Marlow
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W

‘Hortus Conclusus’ by Carolein Smit. A monumental ceramic wall frieze installed on an 8.5m wide wall as part of the Saat...
11/06/2026

‘Hortus Conclusus’ by Carolein Smit. A monumental ceramic wall frieze installed on an 8.5m wide wall as part of the Saatchi Gallery-s current exhibition ‘The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial’.

This ceramic wall frieze by the Dutch artist Carolein Smit presents a ‘Hortus Conclusus’, an enclosed garden popular in medieval culture as a place of retreat and innocence, symbolically related to the Garden of Eden. A virgin and a unicorn meet under a tree beneath the moon and the stars, all imagery closely associated with romance in the medieval era. However, in Carolein’s scene the figures are skeletal as an echo of another medieval artistic tradition: the Danse Macabre. This depicted figures from across society coming together in a dance towards death, in recognition that no matter social status or riches we all share the same ultimate destiny. The garden is enclosed by decorative Rococo mouldings of organic matter such as leaves and flowers, accompanied by stylised skulls that act as memento mori – reminders of mortality and the ephemeral nature of life. The moon here presides over the coming together of these contradictions: innocence and beauty meeting the macabre.

The exhibition runs until 8 September.

Photography by Winnifred Limburg

Carolein Smit Saatchi Gallery

The fifth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that fol...
10/06/2026

The fifth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

Framed by a bank of yellow flag irises, the Thames at Reading is shown churned up in an elaborate brown patterned swirl by the twin turbines of Reading Hydro, a community project generating renewable electricity to power the nearby Thames Lido. The annual mayfly hatching adds to the energy of nature at this time of year, while the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology’s boat, which monitors water quality, is a reminder of the fragile health of the river.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio.

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: May – Reading
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W



James Mortimer is currently exhibiting at Museum Pier in Bangkok as part of their latest exhibition:Visual DialogueSelec...
10/06/2026

James Mortimer is currently exhibiting at Museum Pier in Bangkok as part of their latest exhibition:

Visual Dialogue
Selected artworks from two distinguished collections of Uthen Pattananipol & Piriya Vachajitpan
6 JUNE - 2 AUGUST 2026
at Museum Pier, Bangkok


Artwork details:
James Mortimer
Desert
Oil on canvas, 2025
121.5cm W x 91cm H


The fourth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that fo...
06/06/2026

The fourth work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

April celebrates the unfurling of spring, with new leaves and the verdant greens of the Wittenham Clumps, the oldest known planted hilltop beeches in England much loved and painted by Paul Nash. The foreground is dominated by a weir pump at Day’s Lock, one of 45 remaining non-tidal locks built in the industrial revolution to aid river navigation and improve flood management. The site today is the main gauging station for the measurement of the water flow in the River Thames.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio.

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: April – Dorchester-on-Thames
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W

SAVE THE DATE:The Myth of ManNew Works by Daniel Hosego25 June – 25 July 2026Opening Reception:Thursday 25 June, 6:30-8:...
04/06/2026

SAVE THE DATE:
The Myth of Man
New Works by Daniel Hosego
25 June – 25 July 2026

Opening Reception:
Thursday 25 June, 6:30-8:30pm

‘The Myth of Man’ is a collection of new paintings by the London-based artist Daniel Hosego, exploring the contemporary battle for masculinity through a distinctive blend of the classical and the contemporary.

Daniel Hosego’s paintings plunder the traditions of art history as a means of exploring the contemporary culture wars. His scenes echo Renaissance and Neoclassical prints but with an intricately drawn Pop Art aesthetic, sprinkled throughout with the mundane ephemera of 21st century life: smart phones, washing machines, electric razors… Questioning cultural ideals that have endured for centuries, Daniel’s paintings use classical narratives and motifs as vehicles to probe contemporary debates about culture and identity.

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday 25 June, 6:30 – 8:30pm. All welcome.

If you would like to receive the PDF catalogue of works shortly before the exhibition opens please register by DM or emailing [email protected]

Images:
Daniel Hosego
The look that killed
Paint & ink on panel in artist’s frame, 2026
55.6cm H x 36.6cm W x 7.1cm D



This is the third work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages ...
03/06/2026

This is the third work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

Here at Oxford the river encounters its first major settlement, flowing around the western and southern edges of the city. The location for March’s scene of early spring is the intersection of the River Thames, the former trading superhighway, with the freight and passenger railway line (Great Western Railway) from London Paddington, which superseded it. This view references the houseboat community, which exists in many places along the Thames, and for whom the river is home.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: March – Oxford
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W


'The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial’ opens at the Saatchi Gallery in London next Friday 5 June.On displ...
30/05/2026

'The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial’ opens at the Saatchi Gallery in London next Friday 5 June.

On display as part of the exhibition will be this painting by Mark Connolly of a dreaming figure floating above Charlton in South London by moonlight. This work was first exhibited at our gallery in ‘Out of the Darkness, Into the Light’ in 2024, and it is fantastic that it will be given a new showing in such a spectacular exhibition. The details are:

Mark Connolly
Dreaming of the sky above Charlton
Oil, collage & paper on canvas, 2024
180cm W x 210cm H

The exhibition opens on Friday 5 June and continues until 8 September. Visit the Saatchi Gallery for more details

With any enquiries on this painting please contact James Freeman Gallery – [email protected]

This is the second work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages...
29/05/2026

This is the second work in Emily Allchurch's new exhibition 'FLOW', a series of twelve new digital photographic collages that follow the River Thames over the course of a year as it runs from the Cotswolds to the North Sea.

Approximately 20 miles downstream from the Thames Head, the riverbank and St. Lawrence Church in the Gloucestershire market town of Lechlade (the highest navigable point of the River Thames) are depicted in the picturesque quiet of a winter’s dawn. This bucolic setting, with swans and frost-tipped grasses, already shows signs of human intervention: mooring poles, a discarded bottle and ‘private property’ signage, alongside the medieval church which bears testament to our long historical connection to the river.

Currently on show at the gallery until 20 June. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

Artwork details:
Emily Allchurch
FLOW: February – Lechlade
Archival C-type print, edition of 15 + 2APs, 2026
Image size: 72cm H x 48cm W / Framed size: 76.6cm H x 52.6cm W

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