Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will be closed on Wednesday 17 June for a private event. There will be no public access to the site on this date. Thank you for your understanding.
“Kaur is challenging what we expect to see in a gallery space.”
Tincture of Museum
“Her works… camouflage themselves within and assert their presence against Soane’s elegant interiors.”
Trebuchet Magazine
Mirror, Mirror is the largest solo presentation of Permindar Kaur’s work in a London institution to date and will take place across the main gallery and the historic manor. Kaur’s installations use a visual language of toys, clothing, and shelter to explore how domestic settings shape individuals, and how identity and background relates to these things. Child-like figures equipped with claws, horns, or beaks haunt the gallery like sentinels or misfits, suggesting protection, defiance or both. Drawing on cultural symbolism, including ceremonial Sikh colours such as saffron and navy, her works use techniques of camouflage whilst simultaneously asserting their presence. Throughout, motifs suggesting a high society country house — such as pairs of antlers — are set against materials such as felt or fleece, which suggest both the safety of a childhood comfort blanket or toy as well as the realities of everyday life.
Kaur has responded to Soane’s historic interiors by inserting new and existing works into different rooms, bringing a heightened dialogue between the home of Soane’s day and creating a sense of the manor being inhabited today with contemporary works — introducing both relatability and uneasiness in equal measure. Her interventions also speak to ideas of hierarchy and status threaded through Soane’s architecture. In several rooms, her chameleon-like figures appear to morph and merge into the historic fabric of the building — at once interlopers and guests.
The exhibition brings together new commissions including Threshold (2025) alongside recent works not previously been shown in a gallery, including Washing Line Beds (2024), an installation of black steel bed frames overhung with washing lines. Our clothes reflect our desires and hopes, the work exploring questions of status and aspiration. The title Mirror, Mirror alludes to the reflection of self — how we see ourselves, and how we are perceived by others. In evoking the character of the mirror in Snow White, Kaur points to childhood as a key site of identity formation, and begs the question of who is the truth-telling voice in the mirror and asking where does that come from?
“It leaves you feeling somewhat haunted, but unsure if it’s by a good or evil spirit.”
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26 June – 21 September 2025
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
Access with general admission
Enjoy flexible admission during the following times:
Live in the London Borough of Ealing? Enjoy free admission every Friday this August to Permindar Kaur: Mirror, Mirror and Prem Sahib: Doubles — just bring proof of address. Advance booking is required.
Thursday 26 June 2025, 11am–1pm
Thursday 3 July 2025, 6.30–7.30pm
Thursday 7 August 2025, 5–8pm
Thursday 4 September 2025, 6–7pm
+44 (0) 20 3985 8888, pitzhanger@pitzhanger.org.uk
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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
Curator Tour: Phoebe Collings-James
Join us on Thursday 4 June at 6.30pm for a special curator tour of Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house.
The tour is included with general admission as part of our Thursday Late opening. Simply book your general admission ticket for the evening to attend.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Pitzhanger Plant Sale: 7 June
Join us for the Pitzhanger Plant Sale 2026 in the Front Garden on Sunday 7 June, 10am–2pm. No ticket is required to visit the Plant Sale.
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will remain open as usual with general admission. If you would also like to visit the historic manor and our exhibitions, please continue to book your tickets as normal.
Pay-what-you-can admission for Ealing Borough residents is also available as usual from 10am–noon. Proof of eligibility required.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Important Visitor Information: 17 June
Please note that Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will be closed on 17 June for a private event.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Main Gallery Closed: 17 June – 26 July
The main gallery will be closed from 17 June – 26 July for exhibition changeover following the close of Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house.
Pitzhanger Manor and Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker (closing on 19 July) remain open as usual during this period. The café and shop also remain open and can be visited without a ticket.
Discounted admission is available on dates when the site is open to the public during this period.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Important Visitor Information: 24–25 June
Please note that Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will be closed on 24 and 25 June for a private event.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Main Gallery Closed: 17 June – 26 July
The main gallery will be closed from 17 June – 26 July for exhibition changeover following the close of Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house.
Pitzhanger Manor and Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker (closing on 19 July) remain open as usual during this period. The café and shop also remain open and can be visited without a ticket.
Discounted admission is available on dates when the site is open to the public during this period.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Partial Closures & Discounted Admission: 8–19 July
Parts of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will be temporarily closed from 8–19 July due to filming activity. The main gallery, café, shop, Monk’s Dining Room and Wonder Room will be closed during this period.
Discounted admission is available for access to the remaining areas of the Manor, including Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker. A temporary pop-up shop will be available inside the Manor.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Main Gallery Closed: 24 July
The main gallery will remain closed on 24 July during exhibition changeover.
Pitzhanger Manor remains open with discounted admission. The café and shop also remain open as usual.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Main Gallery Closed: 26 July
The main gallery will remain closed on 26 July during exhibition changeover.
Pitzhanger Manor remains open with discounted admission. The café and shop also remain open as usual.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Partial Closure: 1 August, 10am–5pm
Please note that the Eating Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 10am–5pm on 1 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Partial Closure: 8 August, 12.30–5pm
Please note that the Eating Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 12.30–5pm on 8 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
Partial Closure: 22 August, 2–4pm
Please note that the Upper Drawing Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 2–4pm on 22 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
Questions? Email us at foh@pitzhanger.org.uk.
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