Partial Closure & Reduced Ticket Price in May

From Sunday 4 May to Sunday 18 May 2025, access to parts of the Alison Watt: From Light exhibition will be limited. The manor will remain open, but the gallery will be closed. During this time, special admission prices apply: £8 Standard / £4 Students. Visitors can explore the manor, see J’Accuse…! Sculptures by Nicole Farhi, and enjoy Alison Watt’s work in Soane’s historic home.

Please note that during this period there will be no accessible toilet available at Pitzhanger. The nearest accessible toilet is located at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, just a 5-minute walk away. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Keep your ticket — it can be stamped at the front desk to allow you to return and enjoy the full Alison Watt: From Light exhibition from Wednesday 21 May 2025 at no extra cost. Learn more

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2024

1 August 2024

‘A Fine Line’ Exhibition Tour with Curator Joanna Bird

2024

1 August 2024

‘A Fine Line’ Exhibition Tour with Curator Joanna Bird

Overview

Join curator Joanna Bird as she hosts a guided tour of A Fine Line: Modern Makers at Pitzhanger.

Hear how each of the exhibition’s artists, including Emmanuel Boos, Joseph Harrington and Prue Cooper and a host of other makers working across ceramics and glass utilise their chosen materials to create objects of rigour and beauty and how these have been placed in the context of Soane’s manor to uncover connections across craft, design, and history.

Date and Time

Thursday 1 August 2024
6–7pm

Venue

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ

Tickets

Free with general admission

Advance booking of general admission tickets is recommended.

Please note

  • This tour is free with general admission. Advance booking of general admission is highly recommended.
  • During the guided tour, the Eating Room and Upper Drawing Room will not be accessible due to concurrent Thursday Late events. The rest of the manor will be fully accessible for the tour.

About Joanna Bird

Joanna Bird originally trained as a potter for three years with Michael Cardew and practiced in her own right, before setting up a contemporary ceramics gallery in 1994. Over the last thirty years she has built an international reputation in ceramics and sought out fine works which have been acquired by museums and collectors worldwide. As a leading ceramics expert, Joanna specialises also in commissions on all scales, especially installations.

Joanna represents a broad stable of ceramic and glass artists, showing their work in the company of important historic collectors’ pieces at selected London and international galleries and art fairs at her own gallery.

Enquiries

Please contact pitzhanger@pitzhanger.org.uk for more information.

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Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ

Ticketing, Opening Hours and Tour Enquiries: foh@pitzhanger.org.uk
Retail Enquires: retail@pitzhanger.org.uk

Reception: 020 3985 8888
Venue Hire: 020 3994 0966
Office: 020 3994 0967

Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00
First Thursday of the month: 10:00 - 20:00
Monday - Tuesday: Closed
Bank Holidays: 10:00 - 17:00

Last admissions one hour before closing

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