2026

A Stanley Picker Gallery Late in collaboration with KAOS
Past Event
15 May 2026

Open Waters Late A Stanley Picker Gallery Late in collaboration with KAOS

We’ll be open late as part of Kingston Artists Open Studios, bringing together local artists to celebrate Open Waters, currently on view in our Project Studio. Marking the start of the bathing season, the evening offers a chance to spend time with the work of Kingston-based artists participating in the exhibition. Stanley Picker Fellows FRAUD A Stanley Picker Gallery Late in collaboration with KAOS

Week of events to support DEFRA application
Upcoming Event
16 – 20 June 2026

Bathing Request Public Consultation with FRAUD Week of events to support DEFRA application

We’re pleased to host a community-led programme as part of the official consultation period to gather evidence for an application to DEFRA seeking designated bathing water status for a section of the Hogsmill River close to the gallery. Taking place as part of FRAUD’s fellowship exhibition A Simultaneous Agreement the gallery is hosting creative workshops, Week of events to support DEFRA application

Saturday Art Club at Stanley Picker Gallery
Current Community / Participation
2 May – 18 July 2026

Saturday Art Club at Stanley Picker Gallery

Stanley Picker Gallery is excited to continue running our popular Art Club for children ages 7-11 from our local community who are enthusiastic about art and design. Workshops are FREE for all and run most Saturdays, 11am-12.30pm. All sessions are led by a team of Kingston School of Art students and alumni, and will complement the gallery’s Saturday Art Club at Stanley Picker Gallery

EAP8: Exhibition as Publication
Past Students
30 April – 2 May 2026

BA Fine Art & Fine Art and Art History Students EAP8: Exhibition as Publication

Launch event: Thursday 30 April 3:30-5:30pm | All Welcome!

This is the 8th year of the Fine Art Exhibition as Publication Project from Kingston School of Art’s BA Fine Art & Fine Art and Art History. Students across all 3 levels have realised their ideas, concepts, and work through a wide variety of approaches to the format of publication. Artist’s books occupy a unique EAP8: Exhibition as Publication

A Stanley Picker Gallery Late and Final Day Drop In
Past Event
27 – 28 March 2026

Release A Stanley Picker Gallery Late and Final Day Drop In

A weekend to celebrate the closing of  Attack Decay Sustain Release Release opens up the gallery after hours in celebration for an evening of live sound performances, collaborations and resonant experiments. Join us for the culmination of ten weeks of sound based residencies as we share all the frequencies the space has absorbed, held and amplified. A Stanley Picker Gallery Late and Final Day Drop In

Castles in the Air: A Dialogue, an Essay, a Fugue, and a Poem (Part 1)
Past Online

Dalida María Benfield and Christopher Bratton Castles in the Air: A Dialogue, an Essay, a Fugue, and a Poem (Part 1)

PART I Peaks of mica kept watch over their long marches. How could these panoramas be rendered credible? There were too many sides; the cubes had extra faces. The company of volcanos gave the sky interiors.  –   César Aira, An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (Translated by Chris Andrews)    An Castles in the Air: A Dialogue, an Essay, a Fugue, and a Poem (Part 1)