Major exhibition comes to museum in South Downs National Park

Major exhibition comes to museum in South Downs National Park

March 11, 2022

A major exhibition featuring the work of a pioneering artist and storyteller is coming to Petersfield Museum later this month.

One of the most important figurative artists of our time, Dame Paula Rego is also a sublime and inventive storyteller.

Following a major retrospective at Tate Britain, Petersfield Museum is hosting an exhibition of Rego’s work in print, a medium in which she found great imaginative potential.

Displayed alongside Paula Rego’s graphic work will be the stories that inspired her, in artists’ books published by Enitharmon Editions.

The exhibition will run from 23 March to 9 July.

Petersfield Museum re-opened last year following a £4m redevelopment and includes a fascinating display about the South Downs National Park.

Main photo: Girl Reading at Window from Jane Eyre, 2001 – 2002, courtesy Paula Rego and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London ©️ Paula Rego