A Poem by our Writer in Residence, David Gilbert
Bright I trusted the lapwings, peewits, so few of them now, swirling high then swooping the land, my breath, my air, my disparate gaze, fastening hard. Nobody knew more than I did that glinting green-blue-black swarm darkening the far fields, like a gathering army with a small skirmish to be won then driving at the dense reedsupright by the waters released suddenly like […]
A Poem by our Writer in Residence, David Gilbert
The First Thing I’ve dropped Adam off. He works at Go Ape.A milky sun drains through the laden clouds,raindrops slowly sliding down the windscreenmelding with each other, then suddenlyzig-zagging all the way to the bottom.I’ve been made sick from complexityand believe now only in the breathlike re-learning the basic chords until they become a progression.The […]
A Poem by our Writer in Residence, David Gilbert
Losing His Ring On the last day of a terrible yearwhen everyone was moving out,I lost the ring he’d made for me.I’d last seen it on the way up in the second lift from the rightas you face them, and I’d almostbeen showing it off, by curlingmy fingers round the trolley handle. Who were those […]
Bethlem Gallery 2023: In Pictures
As we approach the end of the year, the Bethlem Gallery team would like to share these photographs of just some of our many highlights in 2023. We would also like to take the opportunity to thank the brilliant artists and partners we work with – and our fantastic board and funders – for making […]
Founders Award Winners 2023
Lana Wilkin, A Familiar Face Toko Larsi, Dave J. Bedford, Patterns Founders Award Judge, Sheryll Catto Founders Award Winners 2023 Bethlem Gallery is delighted to share here the works of the 2023 Founders Prize Award Winners: Lana Wilkin, Toko Larsi and J. Bedford. Every year as part of the Bethlem Art Fair, we invite a […]
Art Fair Theme Award Winners 2023
Loganberryart, Touch Me! Karta Kaur, Elemental Angel #2 Emma Black, Stop Making Sense For the first time this year, Bethlem Art Fair artists were invited to submit works on a set theme: ‘Surface’, inspired by our ceramics exhibition, ‘Touching the Surface’ by artist Keith Clapson. Entries in this category were judged by Keith, with first […]