Between: Artlyst: October 2026 Art Diary

'October is a stunning month for art linked to aspects of spirituality, with several of my favourite artists exhibiting. Solo shows mentioned in my October art diary include Anthony Lawrence, Peter Howson, Richard Kenton Webb, Rob Floyd, Mimmo Palandino, Antony Gormley, Hilma af Klimt, Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Rachel Feinstein, and Liz Larner, among others. There are also group shows in Malta and Finland focusing on aspects of the spirituality of women artists, along with the Laing Art Gallery’s survey of ‘Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry‘, which surveys artists and poets for whom spirituality was often central to their practice.'

See also my review, for Church Times, of Anthony Lawrence (1951-2022): A Retrospective at Palais des Vaches, Lower Exbury. Also read my exhibition review for Seen and Unseen on Peter Howson's 'Salvation' exhibition at Flowers Gallery. My interview with Howson can be read here, my review of his retrospective - here, my VCS exhibition including a Howson work - here, and reviews of earlier exhibitions here, and here.

Read also my exhibition review for C hurch T imes of Richard Kenton Webb: ‘Passion’ drawings + ‘English Iconoclasm Paintings’ at Benjamin Rhodes Arts. Read my interview with Kenton Webb for Art+Christianity here, my article on Kenton Webb's exhibition at Milton's Cottage is here, and my Church Times review of an earlier Kenton Webb exhibition here. Kenton Webb is part of a group of artists who create in the tradition of British visionary art, for more on this group see here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

My articles about the Pre-Raphaelites can be read here, here, here, here, and here.

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