Current Exhibitions
See what is on display in our changing Gallery spaces.
Jacksons Lane: 50 Years of Arts, Innovation and Inclusion
- From Friday 23 January
Celebrating 50 years of the iconic arts and community centre
Jacksons Lane has always been a place where community is at its very heart. Throughout 2025 the arts and cultural centre celebrated its 50th anniversary. People came together to enjoy a programme of activities - from original founders, past and present staff to community partners, performers, volunteers, attendees and supporters of Jacksons Lane over the last 50 years, thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
This exhibition marks Jacksons Lane’s 50th anniversary year, sharing highlights from the historical archive and celebrating the organisation’s significant contribution to the borough and people of Haringey. Archive material, posters and programmes showcase how it has embraced diversity and inclusivity from its inception, developing into one of London’s premier arts, community and circus venues.
Come and also visit the ‘Little Big Top’ – community designed and created as a big-top experience, celebrating 50 years of arts, innovation and inclusion at Jacksons Lane.
Location: Coleraine Gallery
Named after the Lords Coleraine, residents of Bruce Castle who made many architectural transformations during 17th - 18th centuries.
Joyce Butler: 'The National Woman's MP'
- Until June 2026
This exhibition celebrates the contributions Joyce Butler (1910-1992) made towards the improvement of women’s lives as Councillor and MP for Wood Green from 1947 to 1979. A pioneering MP in many respects - most notably she instigated what became the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Butler was deeply immersed in local politics, universally respected for her expertise in housing and local government, and the first Chairman of the newly formed Haringey Council in 1965. A campaigner for peace, consumer rights, and environmental protection, her political concerns remain vital and urgent today.
Curated in partnership with Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, this exhibition is part of an AHRC funded heritage project 'The National Woman’s MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’.
Location: Townsend Gallery
A stunning 18th century room restored to its original layout and named after Henrietta and James Townsend, residents of Bruce Castle in the mid 1700s.
Getting the Measure of William Bedwell: Maths, Measurement and the Arabic World
- Until Spring 2026
Discover the story of the Vicar of Tottenham at All Hallows Church, who was a leading figure in the study of Arabic in the early 1600s. Developed in partnership with PhD Researcher Samantha Brown, the exhibition explores Bedwell’s Tottenham, his interest in mathematics and the role he had in the development of Arabic Studies in England. Through manuscripts, maps, artefacts and contemporary artworks by Mary Yacoob, the exhibition brings the little known story of William Bedwell to life.
Exhibition kindly funded by The Royal Society.
Location: Hankin Gallery
Named after the remarkable Hankin family, who served Bruce Castle School for the best part of a century.
House of Frisson: Elevating the Misfit
- Wednesday 4 February to Sunday 15 February
Luciano Rocha is the artist behind House of Frisson; a creative practice based in Haringey, and rooted in reinvention and the transformative power of the overlooked. This pop-up exhibition showcases his work - primarily with discarded ceramics, turning forgotten domestic objects into striking works of sustainable art. He uses bold colour, layered imagery, and playful subversion to challenge traditional ideas of artistic value.
House of Frisson is built on a radical yet simple belief: it is okay not to fit in. Through upcycling, social commentary, and experimental collage, Luciano celebrates imperfection, reinvention, and the creative freedom that comes from refusing conformity. His work critiques excess, explores identity, and opens conversations around sustainability and social responsibility. By repurposing materials deemed worthless—rescued from the streets, donated by the community, or sourced from local charity shops—Luciano confronts cultural ideas around disposability, transforming everyday relics into symbols of resilience, humour, and queer defiance.
About the Artist
Alongside his studio practice, Luciano leads community workshops that invite participants to see discarded materials as raw potential. For him, House of Frisson is more than an art project: it is an ongoing movement that elevates the misfit, reclaims the unwanted, and turns the ordinary into something captivating.
www.houseoffrisson.co.uk @houseoffrisson
Location: The Makers' Studio
The Brook by Ben Nathan
- 18 February to 22 March
An exhibition of photographs and maps of Bounds Green Brook. This partially covered tributary of Pymmes Brook, the River Lea and finally the River Thames, rises on the northern slopes of Muswell Hill and the eastern slopes of Finchley. Over the last year, Ben has sought out – and climbed into – subterranean culverts to explore and photograph a paradoxical landscape of spring water and sewage due to drainage misconnections. Alongside he has gathered local people to share knowledge and test water quality in cemeteries, allotments and under the North Circular.
About the Artist
Ben Nathan works across drawing, photography, film and sculpture, documenting overlooked aspects of the city and the people who sustain it. Recent works have focused on widespread pollution highlighting the role of the artist as environmental activist. Ben studied at Slade School of Fine Art and Prince's Drawing School. He is founder of Pinhole London and Baden Projekt. The research leading to The Brook has been funded through Developing Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England. www.bnathan.co.uk
Location: The Makers' Studio