MESSUMS ORG was founded by Johnny Messum in 2016 as a platform to provide a circular relationship between art and social engagement. MESSUMS ORG is a collaborative space for artists, collectors and thinkers. It is a virtual and physical network for the presentation and engagement with creative expression across artistic genre. Started as Messums Wiltshire in 2016 in a 13th Century Tithe Barn by Johnny Messum, the business has established venues and arts communities in the West and East of England. These locations are connected to an exhibiting venue in central London, evolving the role of the gallery from presentational space to one that offers access, support and knowledge to the creative languages. Our core specialisms are represented in the breadth of the arts we engage in as part of the programme of exhibitions and events at our venues. This encompasses painting, drawing, ceramic, sculpture, film, photography, performance, architecture, textiles and more. Together with our exhibitions and events, we offer international artist residencies, contemporary dance premières, symposia, and workshops. Central to our ethos is the relationship between creativity and problem solving, seeking solutions to aid progress and foster understanding.
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Tisbury
Exhibition: 11 Oct - 24 Nov 2025
Sun-Mon 10am-4pm, Thu-Sat 10am-5pm
not open today
27
titled after the subjective, qualitative characteristics of sensations the way things seem to us, an exhibition of Beard’s landscapes
Tisbury
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Exhibition: 11 Oct - 24 Nov 2025
Sun-Mon 10am-4pm, Thu-Sat 10am-5pm
not open today
27
created by Hawker at an artist residency programme on Wiradjuri Country, New South Wales, Australia, “the works on show reinterpret the corporeal world, treating physical states almost as alternate languages, and finding great beauty in the differences”
London
Exhibition: 8 Oct - 15 Nov 2025
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
18
in an exhibition curated by Lisa Anderson, seven artists of Black and African diasporic heritage explore “the creative process … as a potent force for both personal and collective transformation”
London
forthcoming
Exhibition: 30 Oct 2025 - 15 Jan 2026
Wed-Thu 11am-4pm & by appointment
not open today
2
an exhibition of Edwards’ bronze sculptures “seen as vessels to encourage consideration of our own humanity and what it means to exist in partnership with the world we inhabit”
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