Spring has sprung: what's blooming in the art world this season?
- Zoha Khan
- 1 day ago
- 3 min read
Aah yes, the sky is blue, the smell of fresh budding flowers permeates the air, the birds are flying with less urgency for there is sun everywhere, and there is an energy, a pull, a thread leading you to.... an art exhibition of course! This is the Insistrum art guide, after all, and we bring to you the perfect exhibitions to renew, refresh, and reinvigorate your spirits.
Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature
Quick deets
Location | Leighton House Museum 12 Holland Park Rd, London W14 8LZ |
Open Until | 27th April 2025 |
Price details |
Frederic Leighton- one of "the most famous British artists of the Victorian age” post humously dedicating his house in Holland Park, London, as a museum for his works to be enjoyed by the general public. Leighton House Museum presents "Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature" as an exploration of over 60 of the artists' lesser known oil sketches. Inspired by his rich and vivid travel experience, having studied from London to Rome, lived briefly in Paris where he met the likes of Millet, and been everywhere from Egypt to Jerusalem, the works capture that love for nature and adventure so intrinsic to the human condition.
Cultural Reforesting at Orleans House Gallery
Quick deets
Location | Orleans Rd, Twickenham TW1 3BL |
Open Until | 31st August 2025 |
Price details | Free |
"You are a tree, and together we make a forest. You are a cell, you are a bird, you are the clouds, you are the nutrients in the soil. You are the spiderwebs between the branches and the breeze between the leaves. We are the forest."
As promised by this beautiful introduction, 'Cultural Reforesting' opens the conversation between a group of artists on their shared love for green spaces, something even more vital in our ever urban world. Fittingly based in Richmond, which is known for its vibrant wildlife and greenery, the exhibition draws attention to our relationship with the world around us- particularly the non human aspects of it, which we can often neglect.
I Don't Know What's Come Over Me
Location | 50 Mortimer Street, London |
Open Until | 3rd May 2025 |
Price Details | Free to view but can enquire for buying |
James Cabaniuk's solo exhibition explores queer identity and how it interacts with a world that has been taught to suppress it. The title suggest an unbecoming, a loosening of constraints and a break from expectation, as well as perhaps a cynical nod to the stereotypes surrounding sub cultures- of something that arises in a moment of madness rather than an inherent part of the self.
Quick deets
Location | 1B Little Titchfield Street London W1W 7BU |
Open Until | Reception on 27th March- still open |
Price details | Free |
Si On, born in South Korea, currently lives in Poland. Her exhibition in London employs a vibrant palette to explore the intricacies of the oppressed "Each piece serves as a reminder of our fragile yet resilient nature, highlighting that we are constantly evolving, often in conflict with ourselves, yet still holding onto hope. It’s a celebration of what makes us human, in all our fractured, imperfect strength". She uses animal figures in her sculptures to highlight how we strip marginalised groups of their humanity out of a fabricated belief that they are lesser. With powerful female protagonists, a mediation on dark and light, present and future, this exhibition as empowering as it is thought provoking.
Now there is nothing left to do but go check these out! Enjoy the extra hour we've received and make some time for art.
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