Bonington Gallery is delighted to present Common Grounds: Counterculture & Confrontation since 1976, the first major survey exhibition of photographer Alan Lodge (b.1953), one of the most significant chroniclers of British counterculture, protest movements, and grassroots activism over the past 50 years. Common Grounds brings together a wealth of material documenting travelling communities, free festivals, […]
Bonington Gallery is pleased to present It’s a Wonderful Protest, a new exhibition by The Velvet Acronyms, a collaboration between artists Anna Li and Simon Raven. Anna & Simon’s work uses satirical ‘crip humour’ to challenge ableism in the arts, from the ghettoisation of disability art to condescendingly ‘celebratory’ forms of inclusion. The area where the Bonington Vitrines […]
They wanted the freedom to party, the state saw them as the enemy within. The untold story of the free party movement, Castlemorton and the Criminal Justice Act, and how its impact sparked a revolution around the world, from raves and festivals, to politics and protest. Free Party: A Folk History is a major new, […]
Join us for a screening of Lonesome Ghosts (2025) by Oxford based artist Daniel Ward, a film exploring the ramifications of undercover policing in the UK, featuring Bonington Gallery exhibitor Alan Lodge.Organised into four chapters, the work moves between filmed and found footage, official police documents, evidence and personal testimony, and offers an examination of the complex […]