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The venue retains its historical and architectural character. It regards its work as contributing to this principle.

A space for artists and audiences to experience high quality, challenging, new artworks in a wide range of contemporary visual art media through commissions, group exhibitions, performances, publications and events. Beaconsfield offers a space for artists and audiences to experience high quality (hence ‘beacon’), challenging, new artworks in a wide range (hence ‘field’) of contemporary visual art

media through commissions, group exhibitions, performances, publications and events. Set up in 1994 the organisation is still run by its two artist-founder-directors – David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin - who work collaboratively with the artists they commission from their base in the former Lambeth Ragged School in Vauxhall, central London. Beaconsfield believes that the arts should be a guardian of free speech, diversity of expression and democracy. The charity's artistic policy promotes dialogue locally, nationally and internationally and seeks to contribute to social and cultural integration. Beaconsfield recycles its waste, works on recycled paper and is probably the first and only arts organisation in London to be powered by 100% green electricity. Besides, it runs the Ragged Canteen, which serves ethically sourced seasonal dishes cooked to order, Cakehole London cakes, Monmouth coffee, fair trade teas and gluten-free selection - at affordable prices. Free Wi-fi, art magazines and week-end newspapers are provided.

‘Beaconsfield has a unique place in London’s cultural landscape. It is distinguished by its history of providing a forum for extraordinary events and exhibitions, stimulating passionate, candid and robust debate about art’s production and its ideological underpinnings, as well as providing a much-needed locus for the thriving artistic community in which it sits.’ Sheena Wagstaff, Chief Curator, Tate Modern

23/05/2026

Volunteering Saturday

30 May 2026 11am-2pm
Moving into Summer ...

Join the Beaconsfield Volunteers who help tend our venue for ongoing art research and community cultural use.

Meet our new Earth AiRs – Environmental Artists in Residence – who will be on site to share plans for their work investigating local waterways and the earth beneath our feet in upcoming months.

SATURDAY 30 MAY 11.00-14.00

FREE EVENT but please let us know you are coming here

This month, the garden-yard needs refreshing again and we need some small repairs indoors, after a battering from London Fashion Week and other venue hires.

Venue hire is a vital income stream for the charity, so feel free to spread the word ...

Please wear suitable clothing for gardening, painting and odd jobs.

FREE drinks and artisan flapjacks (V🌱) homemade in Vauxhall for all volunteers!

ALL AGES WELCOME!

15/04/2026

Beaconsfield Co-Directors Naomi Siderfin and David Crawforth are participating in FLOOR SHOW opening at EUCA Annex’s new space in Islington.

PV Thursday 16th April, from 6pm
Continuing Thu-Sat until 9th May

Featuring work by: Erika Trotzig, Eddie Peake, David Musgrave, Amélie McKee, Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby, Saba Khan, Jasleen Kaur, lain Hales, Lucy Gunning, Andrea Gregson, Henry Burns and BAW (Naomi Siderfin & David Crawforth)

Curated by TC McCormack & Ben Fitton

Supported by The Florence Trust, ADMRC & UAL

Ben Fitton

Florence Trust Chelsea College of Arts

08/04/2026

Now open Serlachius:

Beaconsfield’s 2025 Below Zero Finnish Art Award commission by is now open at Serlachius Headquarters in Mänttä!

The major solo exhibition features a retrospective of Anssi’s works and continues until 30 August 2026 - see our website for further details on the exhibition and visitation.

16/03/2026

Many thanks to the Family Volunteering Group and our community volunteers for a wonderfully productive day in the Beaconsfield Garden Yard last weekend.

13/03/2026

Volunteering Saturday

14 March 2026 10am-2pm

Preparing for Spring …

Bring your chosen family to help us tidy up Beaconsfield’s urban green lung after winter rains. Mulching, pruning, planting and seeding with top tips from artisan gardeners Urban Oasis.

FREE event but please let us know that you are coming by booking on Eventbrite or messaging us via DM.

10.00-11.30 Family Volunteering Club (0-9 accompanied by their grownup)

Families with children 0-9 are welcome to join the Family Volunteering Club between 10-11.30am. This part of the day includes a story and snacks for young families only and is not open to others.

11.30-14.00 Everyone else (all ages)

Wear suitable clothes for gardening and odd jobs.

FREE hot drinks and flapjacks homemade by local artists in Vauxhall for all volunteers!

17/01/2026

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

04/12/2025

MARFA Party at Beaconsfield

22 Newport Street, London, SE11 6AY

Sunday 14 December 2025, 14.00-18.00

To attend, email [email protected]

Celebrate the launch of MARFA Party - a paperback crème de la crème edit of 150 pages, MARFA Party features four top-tier guests for the festive season: actress and director Kristen Stewart, writer and journalist Ian Penman, founders Naomi Siderfin and David Crawforth of British art institution, Beaconsfield, and the late great Dame Jilly Cooper, who graces these pages in MARFA’s tribute to the famed novelist.

Browse Minna Haukka’s curated shop with items from the artist’s installation Pyramid: Beaconsfield Archive 1995-2025, leaf through the new issue and sip from a warm cup of spiced mulled wine, whilst watching films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, curated by Ian Penman.

18/11/2025

Final day to see HAPPENS at - an exhibition celebrating 30 years of Vauxhall art neighbours Beaconsfield Gallery and Artists Studio Co. showcasing and supporting independent art in South London.

HAPPENS reflects Beaconsfield’s commitment to a present moment that interrogates the notion of ‘environment’, drawing attention to constructions of identity.

HAPPENS is open from 11:00 - 18:00 daily until November 18 at - 3 Loughborough Street, London SE11 5RB

A.D Crawforth []
Minna Haukka []
Emily Mulenga []
Ellis Parkinson []
Naomi Siderfin
A.L. Steiner

17/11/2025

Final days to see ‘Surfaced’ the annual exhibition curated by Beaconsfield.

PhD research is required to bring new knowledge to a topic: to surface unspoken truths, share esoteric findings and contribute towards new ways of thinking.

The show remains open daily from 12:00 - 17:00 at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall.

Sohaila Baluch Martin Bonney Kate Brock Daniel Durnin

Emma Finn Ruth Gilmour Xiangyin Gu Alice Harry Isis Amelie Hjorth

Jiamin Hong Ann-Marie James Anju M Kasturiraj Julia Kotziamani

Stuart Lee Gabrielle Mowat Andrei Nacu Nelson Lisa O’Donnell

Phillip Rhys Olney Minna Pöllänen Dafne Salis Emma Stirling

Lika Takhan-Mouravi Xuefei Wang Zhigang Ye Ming Zhao

15/11/2025

Thanks to all who attended the opening of ‘Surfaced’, the annual exhibition, curated by Beaconsfield.

Join us tomorrow, Sunday 16 November for conversation with artist and researcher and collaborator Kevin J. Birk for an open stitching circle where discussion and making unfold together.

Surfaced is open daily from 12:00 - 17:00 until 18 November.

Sohaila Baluch Martin Bonney Kate Brock Daniel Durnin

Emma Finn Ruth Gilmour Xiangyin Gu Alice Harry Isis Amelie Hjorth

Jiamin Hong Ann-Marie James Anju M Kasturiraj Julia Kotziamani

Stuart Lee Gabrielle Mowat Andrei Nacu Nelson Lisa O’Donnell

Phillip Rhys Olney Minna Pöllänen Dafne Salis Emma Stirling

Lika Takhan-Mouravi Xuefei Wang Zhigang Ye Ming Zhao

11/11/2025

Join us for the opening of Surfaced, the annual exhibition at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November from 18:00 - 21:00!

‘Surfaced’ speaks to what arises from the deep thinking and material experimentation of the doctoral research process.

PhD research is required to bring new knowledge to a topic: to surface unspoken truths, share esoteric findings and contribute towards new ways of thinking and doing things.

‘Surfaced’ invites artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities to show their most recent research in the annual PhD exhibition curated by Beaconsfield. Some researchers are at the end of their journey while others right at the beginning. The works in this 2025 Beaconsfield exhibition have been selected to reveal the processes of surfacing new ideas and materialities in the field of contemporary art and design.

Opening dates: 13 - 18 November
Public opening hours: 12:00 - 17:00

09/11/2025

‘Surfaced’ invites artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities [] to show their most recent research in the annual PhD exhibition curated by Beaconsfield.

Opening Event: 12 November, 18:00 -21:00

Opening dates 13 - 18 November

Public opening hours 12pm - 5pm

Images courtesy of Artists and Royal College of Art

1: Emma Finn, The Great Unease of Stillness
2: Andrei Nacu, Except in the context of time...
3: Nelson, Unheimlich / A Mother’s Album
4: Ming Zhao, Twelve Zero-g Water Forms
5: Daniel Durnin, Interflumentopia

06/11/2025

‘Surfaced’ speaks to what arises from the deep thinking and material experimentation of the doctoral research process.

PhD research is required to bring new knowledge to a topic: to surface unspoken truths, share esoteric findings and contribute towards new ways of thinking and doing things.

‘Surfaced’ invites artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities to show their most recent research in the annual PhD exhibition curated by Beaconsfield. Some researchers are at the end of their journey while others right at the beginning. The works in this 2025 Beaconsfield exhibition have been selected to reveal the processes of surfacing new ideas and materialities in the field of contemporary art and design.

PV: Wednesday 12th November, 6pm - 9pm
Opening dates 13th - 18th November
Public opening hours 12pm - 5pm

04/11/2025

Thanks to all who came to HAPPENS at factory on October 31.

With both Beaconsfield and ASC celebrating 30 years of supporting artistic practice in London, it’s as important as ever to recognise the significance of independent art studios and galleries in times of growing uncertainty.

The show remains open Monday - Saturday, 11:00 - 17:00 until November 18. Special late opening hours on November 6 until 21:00.

30/10/2025

HAPPENS - PREVIEW: 31/10/25, 18:00 - 21:00 at - All welcome

A sneak peak behind the scenes as HAPPENS is assembled at

HAPPENS links Vauxhall art-neighbours ASC Studios and Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall as both cultural institutions celebrate 30 years of operation in South London.

HAPPENS recognises Beaconsfield’s longstanding methodology of co-creation and artistic experimentation with artists diverse in age and identity. The link with ASC is made explicit by exhibiting the personal work of Beaconsfield’s founding-directors A.D Crawforth [] and Naomi Siderfin and their ASC studio mate Minna Haukka, together with artists Emily Mulenga [] and Ellis Parkinson, and New York-based eco-feminist A.L. Steiner – all of whom extend their commissions from Beaconsfield’s anniversary programme ‘Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation’ – offsite at ASC Gallery [ / ].

HAPPENS reflects Beaconsfield’s commitment to the present moment. Key community relationships are strengthened through linking exhibitions that explore environmental issues at many levels.

21/10/2025

HAPPENS

31 OCTOBER - 18 NOVEMBER, ASC GALLERY [ / ]

HAPPENS links Vauxhall art-neighbours ASC Studios and Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall as both cultural institutions celebrate 30 years of operation in South London.

HAPPENS recognises Beaconsfield’s longstanding methodology of co-creation and artistic experimentation with artists diverse in age and identity. The link with ASC is made explicit by exhibiting the personal work of Beaconsfield’s founding-directors A.D Crawforth [] and Naomi Siderfin and their ASC studio mate Minna Haukka [], together with artists Emily Mulenga [] and Ellis Parkinson [], and New York-based eco-feminist A.L. Steiner – all of whom extend their commissions from Beaconsfield’s anniversary programme ‘Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation’ – offsite at ASC Gallery.

HAPPENS reflects Beaconsfield’s commitment to the present moment. Key community relationships are strengthened through linking exhibitions that explore environmental issues at many levels.

06/09/2025

Featured in the 500th edition of Trevor Mathison [] and Gary Stewart [] offered their durational ‘Dub manifesto’ in the Beaconsfield Arch on 19 July as Dubmorphology []

Black Industrial Noise: The Ecology Performance was a commissioned performance as a part of Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation - a celebration of 30 years of artistic intervention and innovation at Beaconsfield Gallery.

The Wire Magazine is available through all good retailers.

Photo Ellis Parkinson, courtesy of Beaconsfield.

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Tuesday	11:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	11:00 - 17:00
Thursday	11:00 - 17:00
Friday	11:00 - 17:00
Saturday	11:00 - 17:00
Sunday	11:00 - 17:00

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http://www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk/

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