Longer days and the first cherry blossoms: March brings quiet signs of spring. This month, explore five events to enjoy, from a Japanese carpentry exhibition showcasing traditional craftsmanship to a fungi cultivation workshop.
The Craft of Carpentry: Drawing Life from Japan’s Forests
This interactive exhibition celebrates the tools and craftsmanship behind Japan’s temples and shrines. The exhibition features a life-size reconstruction of Kyoto’s Sa-an teahouse, showcasing its intricate elegance. Visitors can also explore and build their own traditional wood joints and experience the scents of Japan’s native woods.
The Craft of Carpentry is on at Japan House from 12 March - 6 July 2025.
Earth Unwrapped
Kings Place turns its focus to Earth for the 2025 edition of its award-winning Unwrapped series, bringing artists together to explore our planet’s fragility and the paths to healing. Throughout the year, Artists in Residence Sam Lee, Jason Singh, and Gazelle Twin will weave stories of the Earth through performances, installations, and celebrations. Collaborations with King’s Cross neighbors Central Saint Martins and its Climate Emergency Network highlight the intersection of art and activism, while environmental artist Alice Boyd captures The Sounds of King’s Cross for the d&b Soundscape system.
Earth Unwrapped is on at Kings Place until December 2025.
Stockport Fungi: Reuse and Grow Workshop
Founded by chef Samuel Buckley, Where the Light Gets In operates with a strong ethos of minimal waste, foraging, and working closely with farmers and producers. There’s no fixed menu - guests are served a surprise tasting experience shaped by what’s available and at its best that day. Participants in their fungi workshop will learn to cultivate delicious oyster mushrooms using recycled and repurposed materials, promoting sustainability and waste reduction. The hands-on session includes a take-home reusable kit, enabling attendees to continue growing mushrooms and diverting waste from landfills.
Stockport Fungi: Reuse and Grow Workshop is on at Where the Light Gets in on Saturday 22 March.
Resonant Forms
Resonant Forms dives into the deep connection between art and sound, tracing how artists across generations have been moved by rhythm, harmony, and resonance. At its heart are Barbara Hepworth’s stringed sculptures - works that hum with tension and balance, inviting us to see sound and shape as one. The exhibition unfolds like a composition, offering moments of contrast, syncopation, and quiet harmony. It’s a space where material and melody intertwine, where sculpture feels almost like an echo.
Resonant Forms is on at Hepworth Wakefield from 7 March 2025 - January 2026.
Celia Paul: Colony of Ghosts
British painter Celia Paul is known for her deeply introspective and intimate works, often focusing on themes of identity, solitude, and remembrance. A former muse and partner of Lucian Freud, she has carved out a distinctive voice in contemporary painting, shifting the gaze inward to explore her own experiences rather than merely reflecting those of others. This new exhibition gathers portraits of figures who have shaped British painter Celia Paul’s past -Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, and Michael Andrews -alongside new self-portraits and her signature subjects: seascapes, her Bloomsbury studio, and her family.
Colony of Ghosts is on at Victoria Miro from 14 March - 17 April 2025.
Image 1: Structural model of Sa-an Teahouse, 2025. Courtesy of Japan House.
Image 2: Sam Lee, Don Tyler Song Dreaming, 2025. Courtesy of Kings Place.
Image 3: Alexandra Williams, 2025.
Image 4: Barbara Hepworth, Spring, 1966. Bronze with strings. Photo: Google Arts & Culture. Arts Council Collection. Barbara Hepworth © Bowness
Image 5: Celia Paul, Colony of Ghosts, 2023. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro © Celia Paul.
Add a comment