Colour & Light exhibition to illuminate The Higgins Bedford
The Higgins Bedford is delighted to announce the opening of Colour & Light, a captivating new exhibition exploring the fascinating relationship between colour and light in art from the 18th century to the present day.
Opening on Saturday 15 February 2025 and running until 2 November 2025, the exhibition will showcase a dazzling array of works from The Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Collection, including iconic pieces by JMW Turner, John Singer Sargent, Sonia Delaunay, Peter Blake, and Chila Kumari Singh Burman.
A highlight of the exhibition will be the inclusion of ‘Cecil and Kali’, a vibrant work by Burman created during her residency at The Higgins in 2003. This unique piece incorporates her signature colourful “girly” accessories alongside objects from the museum’s own education collection.
Colour & Light will also feature a specially commissioned artwork by Alison Goodyear, ‘Light & Colour’. This immersive digital experience, created in collaboration with four Bedford community groups, is inspired by the works in the exhibition. It will be presented as an animated film and in augmented reality, allowing visitors to engage with the exhibition in new and exciting ways.
The exhibition is curated by Dr Mary O’Neill, contributing author to ‘Henry Scott Tuke’, Professor Christiana Payne, previously curator of Landscape and Imagination at Compton Verney and author of ‘Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours’, and Victoria Partridge, Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art at The Higgins Bedford.
