This one hour tour will share the behind-the-scenes information on the creation of the exhibition and lead you through the themes and ideas underpinning the work of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.
This major exhibition features the work of two of the most celebrated British artists of the twentieth century. Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury delves into the extraordinary relationship between the artists, while tracing their remarkable creative partnership that spanned more than 50 years. The exhibition explores Bell and Grant’s legacy as core members of the famed Bloomsbury Group. The group’s commitment to living lives centred around freedom and radical experimentation had a significant influence on the course of art, literature, and societal thought in Britain.
As well as emphasising Bell and Grant’s shared creative endeavours, visitors will see how the artists also forged their own paths. This joyful exhibition celebrates their extraordinary artistic partnership, and the enduring impact these two remarkable artists had on British Art.
Supported by Kim Jones, Vice President of the Charleston Trust. Further support from Farrow & Ball. With additional support from the Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant Exhibition Supporters Circle, Tate Patrons, Tate Members and Tate Americas Foundation. This exhibition is organised by Tate Britain in collaboration with Charleston.
Thomas Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy is Curator of Modern British Art at Tate Britain. His projects include the exhibitions Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury (2026), Edward Burra (2025) and Walter Sickert (2022), and collection displays Nina Hamnett (2026), Ethel Walker (2023–4) and After Industry: Communities in Northern England 1960s–1980s (2022). He previously worked at Barbican Art Gallery where he curated the exhibition Vanessa Winship: And Time Folds (2018).
Eliza Spindel
Eliza Spindel is Assistant Curator of Modern British Art at Tate Britain. Recent projects include the exhibitions Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury (2026), Ithell Colquhoun (2025) and Edward Burra (2025), and collection displays Prunella Clough (2025-6) and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Movement is Life (2024–5). Previously she was Assistant Curator at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, where she co-curated Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery (2023).
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