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

Overview

Join us for a glass of wine and a special late-night opening of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery’s new exhibition — Alice Irwin: Chinwag. We will be joined by exhibition curator Svetlana Panova, who will explore the exhibition with us, elucidating the stories that are woven through it.

Over the past three years, Irwin has created a new series characterised by vibrant colours and animated forms. These artworks invite viewers into a realm of youthful creativity, blurring the lines between print, sculpture, and drawing. Panova will reflect on how Irwin explores themes of playfulness and experimentation in her prints and sculpture and what it means to curate an artist’s first major exhibition in a London-based public gallery.

Panova will also explore Irwin’s interest in themes of social interaction and the human experience and how this forms a parallel narrative with Sir John Soane’s life, and the historic setting of Soane’s neo-classical architecture.

About the Curator

Svetlana Panova is a Bulgarian curator and visual arts producer living and working in Aberdeen, Scotland. She graduated with a degree in Contemporary Art Practice from Gray’s School of Art and gained curatorial experience through a non-academic route whilst practising as a multidisciplinary visual artist.

Between 2019 and 2023, she worked at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, where as Curator and Project Coordinator, she led the Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open project, a national commissioning opportunity supporting early-career artists and makers to create new and ambitious work for an exhibition touring to London, Penzance and Aberdeen. She currently works for Outer Spaces, an arts charity that supports artists from a broad range of disciplines with free studio, exhibition and project space, and freelances on visual arts projects in Scotland and the UK.

About Pitzhanger Late

Pitzhanger Late, our monthly evening event series every first Thursday, offers a diverse roster of programs from artist talks to workshops. Open to everyone seeking enriching after-work experiences, these events vary from ticketed to free. Coinciding with our free visiting hours for Ealing residents, Pitzhanger Late is your chance to explore the Manor and its exhibitions without the usual general admission fee.

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

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ

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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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Partial Closure & Reduced Ticket Price in May

Curator’s Talk — Svetlana Panova on ‘Alice Irwin: Chinwag’

Curator’s Talk — Svetlana Panova on ‘Alice Irwin: Chinwag’

Curator’s Talk — Svetlana Panova on ‘Alice Irwin: Chinwag’

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