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25/02/2025

We welcomed lots of visitors over the weekend to our guided tours. It's wonderful to see the house full so thank you for coming along!

It feels like we are somewhat turning a corner into more sunshine filled days and less rain drenched commutes. Sitting here looking out into the Van Gogh House garden, we are delighted to see our bulbs are steadily emerging, with some eager mini daffodils out to say 'hi' already! 💙

We wait in anticipation for the imminent bountiful blooms 👀 Our newsletter will be out next week - if you haven't already, do sign up to hear about what is coming up at the house 📰 https://vangoghhouse.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d47cfddca54ba7158608da57a&id=81204c70d9

19/02/2025

Take time to slow down and look closely at the multilayered details that add to the charm of Van Gogh House 🔎

Van Gogh House is based at 87 Hackford Road is a Grade II listed building that has been renovated and conserved by the Wang family. Built in the 1820s, by 2012 the property had fallen into a state of disrepair. Bordering on dereliction, the building was purchased at auction by James Wang and Alice Childs, who saw the potential to bring this cultural landmark back to life.

Conservation works took place over the next 7 years, directed by and guided by conservation architect Andrew Shepard and Triskele Conservation , a team of craftsmen specialising in traditional building techniques and historic preservation. The project was guided by an ambition to save as much existing material as possible, and making sensitive repairs where necessary. It was important for the house to remain first and foremost a dwelling – and not a museum, allowing it to remain in practical use as a home as well as a venue for artist residencies and exhibitions.

Established as a site of creative production, 87 Hackford Road remains dedicated to preserving Van Gogh’s remarkable career while supporting the next generation of artists, writers, and designers.

Our programme is split between live-in residencies during the spring and summer, an annual exhibition and events programme in the Autumn, and year-round guided tours at the end of every month.

Join us this weekend for our monthly guided tours to find out more have a look for yourself! https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/tours/

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day! 💙

Today we are sharing this painting and caption from the Van Gogh Museum's website where lots of Van Gogh paintings and influences can be found 👀

"Van Gogh called this sunny park scene 'the painting of the garden with lovers'. Couples in love are strolling under the young chestnut trees and sitting along the winding paths.

He used a free variation on the technique of the Pointillists. They built up their compositions from dots of paint. Van Gogh instead applied small brushstrokes of varying length in different directions. This helped him to create the effect of a radiant spring day, which fit the sense of intimacy and togetherness he wished to express. He too longed for a wife and a family, but he had 'the most impossible love affairs'. He eventually resigned himself to the situation; he was devoted to his art." - Van Gogh Museum

Garden with Courting Couples: Square Saint-Pierre
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, May 1887
oil on canvas, 75 cm x 113 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

11/02/2025

Those of you gearing up for half term at the end of the week should take a minute to browse the learning section of our website! 👀

It's hard to find activities to fill the days when the children aren't in school (especially when its so cold and wet out), so now is the perfect time to reshare our free learning resources for children in KS1 and 2 inspired by items found during the house's conservation🔠

Activities include button making, poetry & painting and making your own time capsule! We’ve devised these resources from our educational workshops as part of our programme ‘Vincent’s Treasures’. Feel free to download and use and get in touch with your results!

Instructions are on the Learning section of our website 🧵 https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/learning/learning-activities-landing-page/

If you're keen on having a go at more creative activities, sign up for one of our Little Visitors children art workshops at the house, on the last Sunday of each month 💙 This month (23rd Feb) we will be teaching how to make crayon etchings 🖍 https://van-gogh-house.arttickets.org.uk/van-gogh-house/littile-visitors-2025-6784e958acaea

07/02/2025

Today is Charles Dickens' 213th birthday! 🎉

Van Gogh loved reading Dickens and making scrapbooks from newspapers and magazines such as the London Illustrated News and The Graphic (a Victorian pastime Van Gogh picked up during his time in Britain.)

Many fragments of these have been found under our floorboards, with traces of glue to suggest scrapbooking. We also have a book of the all the copies of The Graphic from 1873 (the year Van Gogh would have been reading them!) available to flick through! 👀 Book onto one of our tours to hear more.

'My whole life is aimed at making the things from everyday life that Dickens describes and these artists draw.' Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard, The Hague, 19 September 1882.

Pictured here: The Graphic from Saturday, February 8th, 1873. Courtesy of Van Gogh House London collection.

03/02/2025

As we all know, Van Gogh was an avid letter writer. We like to imagine him sitting at a desk in his room here at 87 Hackford Road, writing to his loved ones about his new adventures in London.

Here's an extract of one from 9 February 1874 to Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek - a distant relative of Vincent on his mother's side:

"I have a rich life here, ‘having nothing, yet possessing all things’ Sometimes I start to believe that I’m gradually beginning to turn into a true cosmopolitan, meaning not a Dutchman, Englishman or Frenchman, but simply a man. With the world as my mother country, meaning that tiny spot in the world where we’re set down. But we aren’t there yet, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend.
And as our ideal that which Mauve calls ‘that’s it’.
Old girl, adieu.

Yours truly,
Vincent"

30/01/2025

We are a bit late to share this but a couple of weeks ago this fantastic programme on BBC Radio 3 went live and you can listen to it on BBC Sounds!

🔊Vincent van Gogh in Brixton
Between the Ears

According to his letters, 20 year old Vincent spent a lot of his free time walking around London. He commuted to and from his office near Covent Garden, where he worked as a trainee art dealer for a Dutch firm Goupil & Cie. This was several years before he decided to become an artist in his own right.

With assistance from Oskar Cox Jensen - historian and writer at Newcastle University - the programme recreates the sounds of van Gogh's evening walk back to his lodgings here on Hackford Road.

We hear from Journalist Ken Wilkie from his home in Amsterdam as he shares how he joined in postman Paul Chalcroft's investigation to uncover the address of Van Gogh's South London home. You also get a glimpse into what a guided tour at Van Gogh House consists of and learn some extra facts from our Creative Director, Livia Wang!

Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026nmh

Readings by Alexander Tol
Streets seller cries researched and performed by Vivien Ellis
Additional folk songs researched and performed by Amy Hollinrake

22/01/2025

Public announcement

The year 2024 was a challenging one for many, including us. As you may know our umbrella organisation, which includes both Van Gogh House and San Mei Gallery, faced a substantial funding cut at the end of the year when a major donor unexpectedly had to withdraw. This left us with no choice but to reassess our future.

Just a couple of months ago we launched an ambitious campaign for Van Gogh House and San Mei Gallery to raise £125,000 to fill the gap in funding. The response was humbling: individual donors, members of the public and artistic communities gave generously, and our exhibiting artists contributed by donating portions of their sales. Together, we raised an incredible £16,240 for the organisation—a testament to the love and support for what we’ve built across the spaces. However, without any success in acquiring new major donors, the amount raised, while deeply appreciated, is not enough to continue operating both San Mei Gallery and Van Gogh House.

After much deliberation, we have had to make the difficult decision to end programming at San Mei Gallery and focus our resources and energy towards Van Gogh House. Purchased in 2012, 87 Hackford Road—the historic home in Brixton, South London where Van Gogh once lived—has always been at the heart of our creative organisation. While San Mei Gallery quickly developed its own strong identity and audience, sustaining both spaces has stretched our resources to their limits. To honour our organisation’s commitment to fostering creativity and connection, we will consolidate around Van Gogh House, so that our mission can thrive for years to come.

We cannot overstate how hard this decision has been, but it is tempered by the immense gratitude we feel for the journey we’ve shared with all of you.

Moving Forward

As we embark on this new chapter, we are filled with excitement about the opportunities ahead at Van Gogh House. We carry forward the same dedication to fostering creativity and connection. This historic house, where Vincent van Gogh once lived, continues to be a hub for contemporary artists worldwide, offering space and resources for creating and sharing work. Its mission is to support artists, celebrate Van Gogh’s London legacy, engage the public through exhibitions and events, and connect deeply with the local community through outreach and schools programs.

We warmly invite you to visit us, connect with our programmes, and be part of the journey. Follow us at or visit vangoghhouse.co.uk to stay up to date on tours, exhibitions, events, and community initiatives.

To everyone who has been part of this story—thank you. Your passion and support have brought us to this moment, and we can’t wait to welcome you to Van Gogh House to continue building something extraordinary together.

With heartfelt thanks,

Eleanor, Livia, and Alice
Directors of Van Gogh House London and Gallery CIC

21/01/2025

Here at Van Gogh House we have a vision, where artists (no matter how big or small!) come and contribute to the ever-growing history of the house. Our family friendly art sessions are a chance for the little ones to get creative and have fun in a historic house!

Sessions will take place on last Sunday of every month from 26th. January 25' till 14th December 25' from 10am to 11.15am.

Each session will have a different topic

26th. January 25' - Air Dry Clay Objects.

23rd. Feburary 25' - Crayon Etchings.

30th. March 25' - Making Bath Bombs.

27th. April 25' - Mask Making.(Painting and Decorating)

18th. May 25' - Pottery Painting.

29th. June 25' - Painting Mason Jars.

27th. July 25' - Marbelling.

31st. August 25' - Squishy Making.

28th. September 25' - Candle Making.

26th October 25' - Pebble Painting.

30th. November 25' - T.Shirt Decoration (please bring your own shirt).

14th. December 25' - Christmas Decorations.

Age: 4-12 years (must be accompanied by an adult, adults go free)

Note: Materials will be provided

Tickets are sold in bundles of child tickets, which can used for mutiple children at the same workshop, or across different workshops. One Child Ticket = £10, Bundle of Two: £12.50, Bundle of Three: £16, Bundle of Four: £20

Visit the link in our bio or our website to book tickets!

15/01/2025

Walking Tour - In Vincent's Footsteps: from Covent Garden to Stockwell 👣

Led by Stephen Benton
Saturday 25th January, 11am - 2:15pm GMT
Tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-tour-in-vincents-footsteps-from-covent-garden-to-stockwell-tickets-1053661603219?aff=oddtdtcreator

During Van Gogh's stay at 87 Hackford Road, he fell in love with British culture and was inspired by the art he saw in the UK. He was working at Goupil and Company, an Art Dealers in Covent Garden, and he walked to and from work.🚶

The first part of this tour follows Vincent's footsteps in a 3½ mile (5½ km) walk between his workplace and his lodgings, exploring what London would have been like in the early 1870s. The walk goes by the river Thames along what was then the newly built Victoria Embankment and crosses Westminster Bridge which Van Gogh sketched on some Goupil and Co headed note paper. Then after walking through Kennington you will get to the house on Hackford Road, where you have a 45 minute exclusive interior tour. 🏠

Visitors will have a chance to learn about the Hackford Road house and its most famous tenant. The tour is an opportunity to gain insight into the house's future as a site for artist residencies and to view artefacts uncovered during the recent renovation and conservation of the house, providing a glimpse into the stories hidden within its walls. 🕰

Please note the house at Hackford Road dates from the 1820s and has small rooms on three floors with a steep narrow staircase. Because of this, it may be difficult for people with mobility issues - in particular it is not possible to accommodate wheelchairs.

Image: Vincent van Gogh - "The Painter on the Road to Tarascon" 1988

08/01/2025

We are pleased to announce the first house tours of 2025 will be taking place at the end of January! 🌟

If you're looking for a unique place to catch up with a friend in the new year, somewhere you can visit alone when you're feeling contemplative or a warm and cosy respite from the chilly weather, look no further. Come and visit us at Van Gogh House for a chance to learn about the house and our most famous tenant through a guided tour. 🌻

On the tour you will be guided through artefacts uncovered during the renovation and conservation of the house, with a backdrop of Van Gogh's own history, providing a glimpse into the stories hidden within its walls. As well as this, the visit will be punctuated by our permanent commissions! Dotted around the house are interventions such as a hand carved stair spindle, thoughtfully embroidered, hand-dyed curtains, a painted pigment timeline and more, all made by artists and craftspeople. 🔎

Tours take place on the last weekend of the month. For more information see the link in our bio!

📅 2025 dates:

January - 25th & 26th
Feburary - 22th & 23th
March - 29th & 30th
April - 26th & 27th
May - 24th & 25th
June - 28th & 29th
July - 26th & 27th
August - 30th & 31st
September - 27th & 28th
October - 25th & 26th
November - 29th & 30th
December - 27th & 28th

19/12/2024

Reminder that today is our last shipping day before Christmas so remember to make any purchases from our online shop or fundraiser artworks today!

Every purchase helps get us a bit closer to our fundraising target and we appreciate all the support you have given us so far ❣️

Have a browse online - there is so much to choose from!
Pictured here: floorboard pendant by Willa Hilfreich. Willa took wax impressions of the grain of our 200-year-old floorboards and manipulated and cast them in silver. The recorded texture is an accumulation of marks made by the people that have lived in the house. The habitudinal scuff of feet as they move from the bed, to the door, to the window define the marks on the floorboards that become important and are recorded in silver.
Each piece has been carefully cast from an original mould, and comes with an unique hand sewn bag. Pendants come with either a length of silk ribbon in lieu of a chain or an 18" silver chain.

16/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who has come to visit Van Gogh House over the course of the annual exhibition, 'Cycles'. We have so enjoyed having such a wide range of visitors through our doors, from school groups to members of Van Gogh Europe, Friends of VGH to Frieze VIPs. Each and every one of your visits supports us through ticket sales, donations, shop purchases and spreading the word and we really appreciate it. 🙏🏼

Thank you to the wonderful artists for being a part of this exhibition. Clara Hastrup, Vibeke Mascini and Inés Cámara Leret situated their work amongst the objects and rooms within Van Gogh House and drew out questions around what constitutes a cycle and how they can be key ways of linking exteriors/interiors and past/futures.

Thank you to the generous contributors to our public programme, Yingmei Duan, Katie Hil, Marie Roux, Pierre Berthet, Anghrad Davies, Billy Steiger, Rie Nakajima, Ute Kanngießer, Luciano Maggiore, Ash Reid, Ben Victor Waggett, Rory Salter, Michael Bird & Ella Beech for such an engaging event series.

Thank you also to our wonderful Community Engagement Guides, Maya, Victoria, Faith, Clara and Lottie for their sensitive contributions to the exhibition programme and house as a whole. It has been fantastic having you as part of the team. 🌟

Cycles was generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) 👏🏼

We are now closed for the year, to rest, recharge and prepare for what's to come in 2025. ❣️

15/12/2024

Hello! I'm Faith, one of the guides at Van Gogh House here today with Maya. You might have seen her posts on Vibeke Mascini's work, so I'm getting her insight into how Macini's work fits into the theme of cycles!

Today is the last day to visit Cycles and we'd hate for you to miss it. come on down and have a chat with us 🌟

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This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)

Video: Created by our Community Engagement Guides, Faith and Maya, for Van Gogh House

14/12/2024

Last weekend of Cycles at Van Gogh House!

Hello! I am Faith, one of the community engagement guides, considering the link of each installation to the theme of cycles! Here I discuss my ideas on Clara Hatrup’s contribution.
To me, Hastrup’s work is about bringing the erratic cycles of nature into a more intimate setting. By using everyday objects, the wind breathes life into the mundane, taking it out of our control: a TV that stops randomly, a cup that doesn’t stay still. You are at the mercy of the elements even within the comfort of your own home. Unable to hide from it, you must instead embrace it.

Roadrunner is a show that's notoriety allows you to immediately sense that something is different: the curious juxtaposition of the familiar and the unknown. Grounded in comfort, you can appreciate that ‘strange’ doesn't necessarily mean scary. Chosen to blend into the house, the teacup catches many unaware as well. What is perceived to be antique is in actuality an elegant electrical masterpiece, highlighting how past and present can be intertwined. Through its jarring spin, the images surrounding the cup blend into a continuous, evolving scene reminiscent of a zoetrone: movement painting pictures like the cartoon. The endless chase and countless rotations are inconsistent, yet always progressing, even if not apparent, reflecting the ever present wind. Gusts can seem insignificant, yet add up to a greater flow, circulating in a harsh embrace.

It is appreciation of this constant that Hastrup’s work inspires in me. To take a moment to observe my surroundings and notice the intangible, the unseen, to think about the cycles surrounding me, even if they don’t appear to affect me.

open until 15th December 2024
Open: Wednesday–Sunday, 12-6pm (last entry 5.30pm)
https://van-gogh-house.arttickets.org.uk/

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This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)

Clara Hastrup, 2024. Commissioned by Van Gogh House. Photograph by Jack Elliot Edwards

13/12/2024

Last chance to see Cycles at Van Gogh House!

Hello, this is Faith, a Community Engagement Guide, back to talk more about the theme of cycles! Today I consider Ines Camara Leret’s work in the exhibition.
Leret’s work highlights how humanity has the power to disrupt the cycles of nature. Our warping of the wild to fit our desires, contorting it in a way that is deemed palatable, exploiting it to create a flux of artificial and natural and turning it against itself. Particularly when concerning lush forests, people disregard the life that already exists in pursuit of another.

A picnic blanket creates a barrier for us, an artificial surface to sterilise the wild. However, especially in Leret’s case, despite appearances it is entirely made of natural materials, begging the question if the line between the two really exists. This extends to the use of air fresheners, an amalgamation of synthetics to replicate a vague concept. Yet what is smell other than chemicals? A couple words haphazardly thrown together to try and capture the abstract feebly represent these concoctions, however Leret’s use of poetry adds meaning to this ambiguity, an idea of a deeper understanding if only we care to think.

Leret makes us appreciate what is already offered to us, rather than seek out what should not belong. Recognising the source of an item, and finding deeper meaning in the distorted ‘artificial’.

Open until 15th December 2024
Open: Wednesday–Sunday, 12-6pm (last entry 5.30pm)
https://van-gogh-house.arttickets.org.uk/

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This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)
Inés Cámara Leret, Air Freshener Poem 2, installation view, 2024. Commissioned by Van Gogh House. Photograph by Jack Elliot Edwards, copyright Van Gogh House (3)

12/12/2024

In the last few days to see our annual exhibition at Van Gogh House we will be hearing from one of our Community Engagement Guides!

Hello, this is Faith, a Community Engagement Guide at Van Gogh House, researching the theme of cycles! Today’s deep dive will be my thoughts on the work by Vibeke Mascini.
Mascini emphasises our overlook of the cycles we ourselves are part of. We disconnect from the natural flow of our surroundings, becoming increasingly introspective and taking energy for granted - most people don’t even know where the electricity metre is in their own house.

Mascini’s work reminds me of the scientific fact that energy is never destroyed or created, only transferred, and it is this exchange that connects us all. Electricity resides everywhere, including within ourselves. The sources are unlimited and are not impeded by death. It is a substance that exists beyond everything and yet is tucked quietly behind our walls. This flow of positive to negative, source to end, light to dark surrounds us and yet we turn a blind eye. There has always been a sense of fear of electricity, stemming from a lack of understanding. Mascini is passionate about the idea of electrical literacy, passing on knowledge to dissolve this anxiety and begin our relationship with this intangible element.

It is only by accepting your place as part of this cycle and acknowledging its natural progression that we can start to work in harmony, tapping into the interconnected spark and harnessing it to better both ourselves and our world.

open until 15th December 2024
Open: Wednesday–Sunday, 12-6pm (last entry 5.30pm)
https://van-gogh-house.arttickets.org.uk/

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This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)

07/12/2024

We are delighted to have this original work by Rana Begum available as part of our fundraiser exhibition 🙏🏼

The work of London-based artist Rana Begum distils spatial and visual experience into ordered form. Through her refined language of Minimalist abstraction, Begum blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. Her visual language draws from the urban landscape as well as geometric patterns from traditional Islamic art and architecture. Light is fundamental to her process. Begum’s works absorb and reflect varied densities of light to produce an experience for the viewer that is both temporal and sensorial.

WP641
2024
Spray paint on paper (framed)
29 x 20.5 cm

Secure Our Future: Fundraiser exhibition
29 Nov - 15 Dec (online and in person)
Wed - Sun, 11-6pm

San Mei Gallery
39a Loughborough Road,
London, SW9 7TB

Thank you to all the artists and everyone who has contributed so far ❣️ We hope that with the incredible support of our audiences we can continue contributing to London’s inspiring artistic community in 2025 and beyond.

About the Artist

Born in Bangladesh in 1977, Rana Begum lives and works in London. In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design and, in 2002, gained an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art.

Selected exhibitions include: Solo show, Kate MacGarry, (2024), In Real time, NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, (2024), Ordered Form, St Albans Museum + Gallery, (2023), Dappled Light, Mead Gallery & Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, (2022), Concrete , (2023), The Box, (2023), Desert X, (2023). Life is More Important than Art, Whitechapel Gallery, (2023), Urban Impressions, Moody Centre for the Arts, Houston (2022), Infinite Geometry, Wanas Konst, 2021, Is This Tomorrow?, Whitechapel Gallery (2019), Space, Light & Colour, Djanogly Gallery (2018), Solo show, TATE St Ives
(2018), Actions, Kettle’s Yard (2018), Women to Watch: Heavy Metal, NMWA Washington (2018), curated Occasional Geometries, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2017), Space Light Colour, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (2017), Tribute to Sol Lewitt, Gemeente Museum Den H

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Hello! I'm Faith, one of the guides at Van Gogh House here today with Maya. You might have seen her posts on Vibeke Mascini's work, so I'm getting her insight into how Macini's work fits into the theme of cycles! Today is the last day to visit Cycles and we'd hate for you to miss it. come on down and have a chat with us 🌟 —--------------- This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) @vibekemascini #ClaraHastrup @inescamaraleret @vangoghhouselondon Video: Created by our Community Engagement Guides, Faith and Maya, for Van Gogh House

Gain an insight into exhibiting artist, Inés Cámara Leret's thinking and method behind her works in 'Cycles'. 💭 Inés Cámara Leret (b. Madrid, 1990) lives and works in Madrid. Her work often examines landscapes, both through small details and the anecdotes that form them. Spread low across the first-floor bedroom at Van Gogh House, on first reaching this level, visitors are met with Rock, Paper, Forest: a painstakingly crafted picnic blanket. Made from a specific pine from Catalonia, Cámara Leret points us towards considering historic human intervention and our relationship with ‘Nature’. Throughout the house hang a series of works titled ‘Air Freshener Poems’. These lozenge, jewel-like sculptures are made from rosin: a pine sap-based material that has long been used by string instrument players to give their bows the friction required to play and sustain notes. Both works contain a narrative of material processes or processed materials. Come see Inés' artwork displayed at our current exhibition ‘Cycles’, open Wed-Sun from 12-6pm! _________________ 🙏 This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) @vibekemascini #ClaraHastrup @inescamaraleret @vangoghlondon @artfund @nlinuk @mondriaanfonds @HenryMoorefdn_grants #HenryMooreGrants @spaininuk @statenskunstfond @acecultura Cinematography: Chanthila Phaophanit @chantss_p Photobraphy: Jack Elliot Edwards @jackelliotedwards copyright Van Gogh House. #SanMeiGallery #VanGoghHouse #ContemporaryArtLondon #VisitLondon #inescamaraleret

Hi!👋 Clara here again to talk about Clara Hastrup and her work. Today I wanted to focus on the idea of the flow of energy between nature and different objects. Throughout Clara’s artwork we see how she presents something as powerful as wind through the medium of something as delicate as a teacup 🍵. There’s something quite strange about how diminished such a force seems when viewing it through the lens of the spinning teacup. No matter how powerful the wind, the teacup still spins as it always does. The idea of cause and effect is present as well; a gust of wind travels across the globe resulting only in the slight twitch of the teacup. This artwork brings to mind concepts such as the butterfly effect, and encourages us to think more deeply about how cyclical nature is. 🔁 Clara’s artwork both in this exhibition and her previous works takes these mundane, everyday objects and transforms them into humorous and abstract pieces of art that encourage us to think more about familiar parts of nature that we may not even notice in our daily lives 🌬️. Find out more about Clara’s work and see it in person at our current exhibition ‘Cycles’, open Wed-Sun from 12-6pm! Guided exhibition tours are also available at 2pm each day. This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Netherlands, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) @vibekamascini #ClaraHastrup @inescamaraleret @vangoghlondon @artfund @nlinuk @mondriaanfunds @HenryMoorefdn #HenryMooreGrants @spaininuk @statenskunstfond @acecultura Video: Created by our Community Engagement Guide, Clara for Van Gogh House #SanMeiGallery #VanGoghHouse #ContemporaryArtLondon #VisitLondon #ClaraHastrup #VanGoghHouse

Gain an insight into exhibiting artist, Vibeke Mascini's thinking and method behind her works in 'Cycles'. 💭 Vibeke Mascini (b.1989) is a visual artist, writer, and amateur moth breeder based in Amsterdam. Using fluid media including installation, sound, video and text, Vibeke creates work where memories and mysterious sensorial experiences meet the newest technology of the rapidly growing field of energy storage systems. 🔋 During her residency at Van Gogh House, Mascini explored the feeble discrepancy between London’s early infrastructures and the electric desires of contemporary society. Stemming from this time in the house, Vibeke Mascini has contributed ‘The Spectacle’, which will become a permanent intervention. On entering the kitchen – the only non-preexisting room in the house prior to the extensive renovation and conservation work in 2019 – one of the cupboard doors is ruptured. 🔌 Come see Vibeke's artwork displayed at our current exhibition ‘Cycles’, open Wed-Sun from 12-6pm! _________________ 🙏 This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) @vibekemascini #ClaraHastrup @inescamaraleret @vangoghlondon @artfund @nlinuk @mondriaanfonds @HenryMoorefdn_grants #HenryMooreGrants @spaininuk @statenskunstfond @acecultura Cinematography: Chanthila Phaophanit @chantss_p Photobraphy: Jack Elliot Edwards @jackelliotedwards copyright Van Gogh House. #SanMeiGallery #VanGoghHouse #ContemporaryArtLondon #VisitLondon #inescamaraleret

Gain an insight into exhibiting artist, Clara Hastrup's thinking and method behind her works in 'Cycles'. Clara Hastrup (b. Århus, Denmark) lives and works in London. Clara works in a variety of media combining analogue and digital technologies. Everyday objects, domestic and animate materials are playfully transformed to allow for new relationships and provide imaginative ways of looking at the seemingly familiar. Both the works shown are born from an intricate system of translation and negotiation between forces from inside and outside of Van Gogh House and centre the weather and its cycles as its own medium. Both ‘Untitled’ and ‘Wind TV’ are conducted from the purpose-built antenna installed on the roof and visible from the garden. Come see Clara's artwork displayed at our current exhibition ‘Cycles’, open Wed-Sun from 12-6pm! _________________ 🙏 This exhibition is generously supported by The Wang Family, Art Fund, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK, Mondriaan Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Embassy of Spain, Danish Arts Foundation, AC/E Programme for Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) @vibekemascini #ClaraHastrup @inescamaraleret @vangoghlondon @artfund @nlinuk @mondriaanfonds @HenryMoorefdn_grants #HenryMooreGrants @spaininuk @statenskunstfond @acecultura Cinematography: Chanthila Phaophanit @chantss_p Photobraphy: Jack Elliot Edwards @jackelliotedwards copyright Van Gogh House. #SanMeiGallery #VanGoghHouse #ContemporaryArtLondon #VisitLondon #inescamaraleret

Learn more about our fireplaces 🔥🪵 Having been boarded up in favour of electric heaters, the original fireplaces of Van Gogh House were uncovered during its conservation! This video shows our Creative Director, Livia, taking a cast of the fireplace in Van Gogh's bedroom as a way of understanding the layers of history in the house before we embarked on the big conservation project. The cast captures a moment in time and all the dust and paint that comes with it! Watch to the end for some very satisfying peeling! --------------------------------- If you've visited the house, you might have noticed that the downstairs parlour fire has built-in iron shelves. These would have been for cooking food over the open fire. Talking of 87 Hackford Road, Vincent's mother writes, "they had a delicious breakfast with bacon; who prepares that bacon we don't know either." It's likely that Mrs Loyer (the landlady) would have employed a young woman locally to come in and help with lighting the fires and feeding her tenants, but we like to imagine Van Gogh cooking his own fry up using this very fireplace! 🍳😋 Come and visit on our guided house tours next week to have a look for yourself! Book tickets online https://ow.ly/3AHW50QqUR2 #VanGoghHouse #StoriesFromVanGoghHouse #VictorianLondon #LondonHistory #ASMR

This weekend we will be partnering with some other small businesses in our local neighbourhood for a Winter Weekend of exhibitions and gift shopping! 🌟 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December 🎄12-6pm Join us for a mince pie and some shopping across our local neighbourhood small businesses: Van Gogh House, San Mei Gallery, The Corner Studios, Slaughterhaus Print Studio and Sofia Ceramics. To celebrate the weekend, anyone who visits us will get £5 off in the shop (minimum £20 spend) and a free Van Gogh House postcard. This shop offer will also be valid in the San Mei Gallery shop and fundraiser exhibition (just show someone on the front desk your valid VGH exhibition ticket). It’s the perfect excuse to treat yourself and your loved ones this festive season! 🎟 Book your visit to Van Gogh House by buying a ticket for ‘The Living House’ via the link in our bio. ➡️ 🎁 Can’t make it? Support us anyway by browsing our shops online (Note: The last post day before Christmas is 16th December). #VanGoghHouse #SanMeiGallery #WinterWeekend The Corner Studios Brixton slaughterhausprintstudiosw9 sofiaceramics Van Gogh House London San Mei Gallery

Our sister space San Mei Gallery has just launched their annual winter fundraiser exhibition! Two For Joy: fundraiser exhibition 23 Nov - 14 Dec https://ow.ly/6Esa50Qc4ww San Mei Gallery Wed - Sat, 11 - 6pm _______ San Mei Gallery is pleased to present TWO FOR JOY, our fourth annual winter fundraiser exhibition, featuring a variety of artworks, prints, and objects available for sale. Including artworks by over 50 emerging and mid-career artists, all funds raised directly support our dynamic programme of exhibitions, events and education projects. ✌️Theme: The theme of this year’s fundraiser turns to joy, happiness and pleasure as artistic modes of possibility in need of reclamation. The works featured in this exhibition look to art that exceeds mere utility, indulging our impulses and extending our capacities for feeling, sensuality, and desire beyond the bounds of either satisfaction or despondency. Joy has at least as many meanings as there are people, from the simple pleasures of taste and smell to the rhapsodic jouissance of transgression and the radical alegropolitics of collective joy. To attend to moments of happiness and pleasure, is to realise what takes us outside of ourselves, to engage in the abundant materiality of the world around us. If art offers opportunities for encounter, this exhibition looks to moments of elation and celebration, excess and communion. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾Your support: Money raised through this fundraiser directly supports San Mei Gallery’s 2024 exhibitions programme as well as the participating artists themselves. As a non-profit organisation, San Mei Gallery provides a vital platform for emerging artists and other creative practitioners at a crucial stage in their careers, offering them the opportunity to experiment and test new ideas. #TWOFORJOY #SMGFundraiser

There's music in the house 🎶 Super excited to have dress rehearsals underway for A Clear Comfort by Ian Giles - including an original score from musician Sophie Crawford. Aren't those vocals just amazing! A Clear Comfort is an immersive performance by artist Ian Giles about the homes of queer artists. Come along!! 29th June - 2 July Van Gogh House London Includes a special 3-course meal selected by Giles and cooked by local social enterprise and restaurant Cafe Van Gogh and a Lavender cocktail from Brixton Gin #QueerHistories #QueerLondon #VanGogh #VanGoghLondon

We're looking for a building manager and art technician to support the maintenance, upkeep and programme of Van Gogh House and our sister space San Mei Gallery We are looking for a maker and problem-solver with strong attention to detail, excellent practical skills, and ability to keep on top of administration to become a part-time team member. Type: Part-time 20 hours per week, worked flexibly Salary: £23,569 – £26,972 pro rata, depending on experience Deadline: Wednesday 24 May Full information: https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/jobs/ 🔧 #ArtJobs #BuildingManager #SouthLondonJobs

Do you live in Brixton and have a story to tell? As part of Harold Offeh's residency at Van Gogh House, you'll find audio testimonies drawn from historic archives, as young migrants to Brixton and Lambeth tell their stories. Now, we invite visitors to contribute to Stockwell and Brixton’s oral history by adding to the audio archive. Whether you have lived here 50 years, or just 5 minutes, your footsteps through sunny South London help make it what it is. Simply head over to our website to use our online tool, or pop by the Van Gogh House and record your own testimony in Vincent's old bathroom!

Artist Harold Offeh and our Community Engagement Guide Charmiane Chikiwa discuss the inspiration behind 'We Came Here'. 🏠 We Came Here at Van Gogh House London 📅 Until 18th December 🔗 Learn more: https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/we-came-here-harold-offeh/ --- Community Engagement Guides proudly supported by Art Fund 💥#VincentVanGogh #OliveMorris #BrixtonArt