Anne Desmet: Kaleidoscope/London Exhibition

Embark on a captivating journey through space and time

From 12 April to 8 September 2024, discover a fresh perspective on London, its architecture and geography at this new exhibition created by multi-award-winning wood engraver Anne Desmet for Guildhall Art Gallery.

'Anne Desmet: Kaleidoscope/London' sees the artist slicing into prints focused on London from her earlier wood-engravings, linocuts and hand-drawn lithographs to make a new series of digital collages, inspired by looking at a fragmented view of the world through a toy kaleidoscope.

The exhibition will feature 150 works, including 41 London-themed kaleidoscopic prints created exclusively for this new exhibition, as well as a selection of tools and engraved wood blocks, spanning over three decades of Desmet’s documentation of London through the mediums of wood engraving and mixed-media printed collage.

Highlights of the show include a complex collage, ‘Fires of London’, created using 18 razor-clam shells to present a theme of the many historic fires of London over the last 1,500 years.

A must-visit exhibition for art lovers, curated by Anne Desmet and Head of Guildhall Art Gallery Elizabeth Scott. Admission is ‘Pay What You Can’.

Exhibition Guided Tours

Join artist and co-curator Anne Desmet RA for an extended tour of the exhibition and learn more about her hand-crafted print techniques and the diverse themes that inform her work.

This extended artist-led guided tours start at 2:30pm and last for approximately one hour. Tours will take place on the following dates:

• 20 April
• 25 May
• 19 June
• 24 July
• 24 Aug

Tickets for these tours are £10, please book your ticket in advance. For a self-led visit, please book a General Admission ticket.