Exhibition

Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey

17 October 2026 - 7 February 2027
Free to all

Four decades of art by a pioneering photographer who grapples with identity and cultural memory.

Since the early 1980s, British artist Joy Gregory has been a pioneering force in contemporary photography, playing a critical role in its development nationally and internationally.

This survey exhibition tracks the career of Gregory, bringing together over 150 works from the early 1980s to the present day. Covering her practice across a diverse range of mediums, including digital media, performance, and historical photographic processes such as cyanotypes and kallitypes, the show investigates themes of identity, history and cultural memory.

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