A new show at the Pallant in Chichester – Virginia Woolf An Exhibition Inspired By Her Writings – must have been a challenge for the curator since so many of the paintings have become deeply familiar over the last couple of decades. But in fact there is a lot to surprise us and even more to inform us. The exhibition, which was at Tate St Ives and moves on to the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge, is at the Pallant until mid September. ‘There are four sections – broadly on landscape, domestic spaces, the subconscious and the public display of gender and identity’ (Joe Lloyd, here).For the first section: this is Dora Carrington’s Spanish Landscape with Mountains c. 1924. Oil paint on canvas, Tate.
29 May 2018