September is a time of transition, as the last of the summer light fades and the first signs of autumn appear. Welcome the season with a variety of events, from an exhibition of our 2026 New Makers to an exploration of the connection between land and sea.
Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea at Hastings Contemporary
This upcoming exhibition examines the relationship between land and sea, and the role both play in sustaining life. Co-curated with The Land Gardeners, Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea features paintings, photography, film, sculpture and installations by international artists. Each prompts visitors to consider the complex systems at play in the world around us, from expansive coastlines to river networks.
Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea is on at Hastings Contemporary from 26 September.
New Makers 2026 at London Design Festival
Our New Makers 2026 collection is on display at Brompton Design District’s hub for London Design Festival. This year’s theme, Perfectly Imperfect, curated by Alex Tieghi-Walker, showcases a mix of design-led brands and cultural institutions. Our exhibition brings together Jacob Marks, Yuichi Romita, Egle Silko, Hannah Watts and Linnan Ye, whose practices span wood-fired and wheel-thrown ceramics, pine-resin vessels and textural sterling-silver jewellery. On Saturday 19 September, a conversation exploring the changing meaning of craft, will be chaired by Hugo Macdonald, design critic and co-founder of Bard.
View our New Makers 2026 collection at Brompton Design District until 20 September.
40 Maltby Street x WTLGI Harvest Party
To celebrate the abundance of the harvest season, acclaimed Stockport restaurant Where the Light Gets In is hosting a gathering in their rooftop garden, The Landing. While the garden was originally established to grow produce for WTLGI’s menu, it has evolved into a welcoming community hub where locals can connect with nature and build knowledge around food and resource stewardship. The party will be co-hosted by 40 Maltby Street, a London-based restaurant and wine bar, with music by Robert Parkinson contributing to the festive ambience.
The Harvest Party is free to attend at The Landing on 20 September.
Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour at Dovecot Studios
A Life in Colour celebrates Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder’s enduring affinity with colour, bringing together paintings, drawings, textiles, tapestries and rugs. The display highlights her 50-year collaboration with Edinburgh's Dovecot Studios, showcasing an extensive collection of textile works and the first public display of The Red Bouquet, a new rug based on her 1975 painting. It explores how Blackadder’s distinctive use of colour, texture and composition serves as a connective thread through her multi-disciplinary practice.
Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour is on at Dovecot Studios until 14 November.
Yasmin David: The Nature of Light at Thelma Hulbert Gallery
Yasmin David was a British landscape painter whose oeuvre has largely remained hidden for decades; early in her career, she made the decision to focus on raising a family over exhibiting publicly. A trove of artworks was posthumously unearthed by her daughter, filmmaker Clio David, encompassing paintings, drawings, notebooks and poetry. This month, Thelma Hulbert Gallery is presenting David's deeply personal body of work in The Nature of Light. Her depictions of landscapes around her home in South Devon focus on the ever-shifting light across sky and land.
Yasmin David: The Nature of Light is on at Thelma Hulbert Gallery from 12 September to 31 October.
Image 1: Yasmin David, Untitled (Luscombe 1962). Courtesy of Thelma Hulbert Gallery.
Image 3: Jem Southam, Whale Chine, October 1994. Courtesy of Hastings Contemporary.
Image 4 and 5: Courtesy of WTLGI.
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