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Spring Flowers at Compton Verney
The grass may squelch under foot and the sky may yet have more rain for us, but the atmosphere does feel markedly different outside today at Compton Verney. I’ve just […]
Share Your Soldier Art
In this online gallery we invite you to share your soldier art. Many of the visitors to Created in Conflict: British Soldier Art from the Crimean War to Today have […]
Compton Verney – A Majestic Landscape
Whilst the exhibitions and the main gallery do not open until Saturday March 17, I take delight in writing this blog post on the very first of the grounds-only open days of […]
Landscape & Garden Update – 22.12.17
I find myself sitting down for a while after a heavy morning of work putting the courtyard in order, following recent disturbance due to snow clearing. I’m pondering, as I do, […]
The Lost Words – Curators Blog
Books to inspire you to be a nature lover Working with Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane The Lost Words exhibition will include miniature libraries of books which have inspired them […]
Landscape & Garden Update – 6.10.17
I’m not sure if it is just me, but haven’t we enjoyed some dramatic skies this year? Maybe I’m just taking more time to look, or the weather is simply more […]
HALF TERM: Things to do with the family at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park
IN-LIGHT II Sat 28 October – Sun 29 October, 6.30pm – 8.30pm Experience an enchanting and contemportary ‘son et lumière’ by light artist Luxmuarlis in Compton Verney’s stunning grounds. This […]
Bird species to see at Compton Verney
Top 30 Bird species to see at Compton Verney Interested in bird watching? If your answer is yes and you are in reach of south Warwickshire then Compton Verney could […]
Flying Visitors
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas) – found here playing poo-sticks by the Adam Bridge. (Photo-RSM) Over the last few weeks I have been sent some wonderful images of Flying Visitors at […]
Exhibition curator Penny Sexton interviews abstract artist Lothar Götz
Abstract artist, Lothar Götz, has created a site-specific gallery-sized work for Seurat to Riley: The Art of Perception. Lothar reveals to curator Penny Sexton how he approached the commission and how […]
Landscape & Garden Update – 13.06.17
Welcome to the Landscape & Garden Update – 13.06.17. Mowing As I type both the heat and longer daylight hours continue to stretch forcing maximum growth from plants across the park at Compton Verney. Lawns […]
One Night in ‘The Clearing’ at Compton Verney
I have to admit that I had flirted with the idea of spending a week as caretaker in ‘The Clearing,’ the dome shaped building presently beside the lake at Compton […]
HALF TERM: Top 10 things to do at Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park
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Landscape & Garden Update – 05.04.17
Welcome to the latest news from the grounds team at Compton Verney – Landscape & Garden Update – 05.04.17. Landscape and Garden Generally speaking, the weather through late winter into spring […]
Landscape & Garden Update – 17.02.17
Open Tomorrow! I couldn’t let the weekend pass without a quick post to let you know that the park at Compton Verney will be open from tomorrow – Saturday 18th […]
Landscape & Garden Update – 3.02.17
Welcome to the latest news from the grounds team at Compton Verney – Landscape & Garden Update – 3.02.17. The grounds team were relieved to reach the end of 2016 following a […]
Major grant for British Folk Art Display
Compton Verney has been awarded £36,000 from the DCMS / Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund.
WANTED: Caretakers to come and live in the future at Compton Verney
The Clearing is a vision of the future, coming to the grounds of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park from March to December 2017. British artists Alex Hartley and Tom […]
Inside Compton Verney
Click here to read our latest Inside Compton Verney Magazine Winter 2016-17
Queen Victoria in Paris: Curator’s Favourite
Thanks to the Queen Victoria in Paris: Watercolours from The Royal Collection exhibition in October – December 2016, we managed to get Rosie Razzall, the curator of the exhibition and Curator of Prints […]
