Tate St Ives

31/05/2026

A softer side of the studio ✨

Marking National Smile Day with candid moments and quiet smiles from artists connected to Tate St Ives 😁

🐈 Photograph of Ben Nicholson sitting with a cat, 1965 by Felicitas Vogler.
🍺 Portrait of Terry Frost courtesy of the Sir Terry Frost estate.
🔮 Pamela Colman Smith from the October 1912 issue of The Craftsman magazine, photographer unknown.
🎨 Picture of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, mid 1940s. Courtesy of the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust.

30/05/2026

Happy birthday to Vanessa Bell, who was born on this day in 1879! 🎉

Bell (1879 – 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf.

🎨 See her work Mrs St John Hutchinson, 1915 on display at Tate St Ives.

📷 Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell painting in her studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex in 1936 © Tate.

29/05/2026

Discover flowing forms, shifting light, imagined worlds…​

Aleksandra Kasuba’s immersive environments are on view at Tate St Ives ✨​

Across the exhibition, fabric, structure and space come together in unexpected ways, inviting you to experience sculpture you can move through.​

From organic, nature-inspired forms to bold experiments with material and light, Kasuba reimagines how art can surround us.​

🎟️ On now at Tate St Ives. Book tickets for Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters For The Senses online.​

📷 Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters for the Senses, Tate St Ives 2026. Photos © Tate (Kathleen Arundell)

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

"If an environment could give you a hug, maybe this is what it would look like" Anna Farley

Welcome to version two of Anna Farley's Your Space at Tate St Ives, inspired by the artist, writer and occultist Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988).

Check it out next time you visit. You are invited to rest, read, listen, play and get comfy. It’s your space!

27/05/2026

NOW ON DISPLAY AT TATE ST IVES! 🎉

The Promise, 1936 by Cecil Collins

In this dreamlike night scene, Collins reveals a hidden world beneath the seashore — seeds, shells and chrysalises waiting in the dark. Bursts of energy erupt from the earth, opening into radiant, flower-like forms. The ‘promise’ is the coming dawn: a moment charged with possibility, growth and renewal.

Briefly associated with Surrealism, Collins exhibited a related work in the International Surrealist Exhibition in 1936.

See it now in our current displays.

26/05/2026

Discover more about artist Alfred Wallis in this film, where we explore his work and use of everyday materials.

Wallis had no artistic training and began painting at the age of 70. His pictures tell stories of living by the coast and his memories of working at sea.

See paintings by Wallis on display at Tate St Ives.

25/05/2026

Sea blues, sky blues, St Ives blues 💙 Starting the week inspired by the shifting colours just outside of our door...

💙 Terry Frost, Blue Suspended Form, 1970
💙 Anthony Benjamin, Bright Hemisphere Blue 1959, 1999⁣
💙 Victor Pasmore, Blue Development, 1974
💙 Alfred Wallis, The Blue Ship, c.1934

See work by all of these artists at Tate St Ives in our collection displays.

25/05/2026

What’s on at Tate St Ives this week…

🔷 See our new exhibition Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters for the Senses with paintings, mosaics, sculptures and architectural designs from a career spanning seven decades.
🔷 Discover intricate sculptural forms by Halima Cassell, with works carved in geometric patterns that play with light and shadow.
🔷 Get messy with clay in ourSTUDIO DO: Leach Pottery takeover. Daily until 31 May. Free with admission.
🔷 See the Tate Collection in a new light with our LGBTQIA+ tour, focusing on gender identity and sexuality. Starting at 13:00 on 31 May. Free with admission.
🔷 Dive into stories of art on the Cornish coast with daily talks in the collection galleries.
🔷 Experience work by Cornwall-based artist Ro Robertson, exploring the coastline as a space for creativity.
🔷 Step into the world of Barbara Hepworth — visit her home and garden and join daily talks from our team.
🔷 Soak up the views from our rooftop café — perfect for lunch, coffee and cake.

Find out more on our website.

Open daily 10:00–17:20 (last admission 17:00) 💙
Cornwall resident? Get our £10 Locals Pass. Free for Tate Members and under 19s.

24/05/2026

‘The problem is, how to extend the forms beyond the capacity of stone & wood? How to swing up & outwards when feeling cannot be contained by the block?’ Barbara Hepworth in 1961

In the 1950's Hepworth started working with bronze to push her practice beyond the limits of carving. It offered possibilities for exploring more open and fluid shapes that were difficult to achieve through carving in wood or stone. An example of this can be seen in her sculpture Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969.

Visit the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden and see it for yourself 🌸