The Spring Open Studios 2024 took place from 6 to 8 March, featuring the studios of the artists in residence.

The artists presented some of their work to answer visitors’ questions and share their research:

Aaron Ford – Sainsbury Scholar, Eloise Fornieles – British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lynn Fulton – Abbey Fellow in Painting, Kerstin Kartscher – Bridget Riley Fellow, Tura Oliveira – Abbey Fellow in Painting.

For more information on the artists, click here.

The Spring Open Studios have been an opportunity to highlight some aspects of the research that underpins the artists’ work, including the concept of ‘migrating iconography’; drapery and the fold in the representation of clothing in Italian renaissance sculpture; shelters and recreational spaces in the city of Rome; the boundary between mystical vision and demonic possession.