CURATOR LED VIP TOUR OF LAF’S 2024 MUSEUM PARTNER: CHARLESTON WITH DARREN CLARKE

Presenting select works by Bloomsbury group artists

Charleston is a place that brings people together to engage with art and ideas. The modernist home and studio of the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, Charleston was a gathering point for some of the 20th century’s most radical artists, writers and thinkers known collectively as the Bloomsbury group. It is where they came together to imagine society differently and has always been a place where art and experimental thinking are at the centre of everyday life.

Today, Charleston presents a dynamic year-round programme of exhibitions, events and festivals at its home in Firle, and its new venue in central Lewes.

In 2030 Charleston is set to celebrate 50 years since the charity was set up to safeguard the historic house and its collection. In January 2024 Charleston launches an ambitious search for 50 of the most significant Bloomsbury group artist paintings still held in private collections. The hope is that through generous gifts and legacies these important and unique objects will become part of Charleston’s extensive collection and reunited with what is already the largest collection of Bloomsbury group artworks worldwide.

The launch of ’50 for 50’ will take place at the London Art Fair in January when, as the fair’s Museum Partner for 2024, Charleston will unveil a selection of secured artworks alongside some of the most significant pieces from its collection.

Enjoy a tour of the significant works on display at London Art Fair with Charleston’s curator Darren Clarke.