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The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape
11 July 2026 to 4 October 2026
On NowCritic score
4.5/5
From 2 ratings
Major loans from the National Gallery, Tate, V&A and more bring The Hay Wain and Constable's most personal works to Suffolk for the first time, alongside a new sound artwork by Stuart Bowditch.
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The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape brings unprecedented key loans from the National Gallery, Tate, V&A, Royal Academy, National Galleries of Scotland to Suffolk for the very first time to explore themes of landscape, place and walking. Historic loans including Dedham Vale (1828, National Galleries of Scotland) will be seen alongside Colchester + Ipswich Museum's own Constable collection, including the two most personal paintings from his childhood home,...
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The Times
Laura Freeman
The Hay Wain, a masterpiece back where it belongs
"If you can, make a weekend of it. On the train back to London, I had a flat and thwarted feeling. I wanted to be off and out in Constable's footsteps, down Fen Lane in the shade of the trees."
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Jonathan Jones
A masterpiece for the climate crisis age
"Constable gets caricatured as a conservative. In reality he is a conservationist. The Hay Wain, his most elegiac work, is about space and time."
Read full review →About the Artist
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Christchurch Park, Ipswich·View on artmap
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© Christchurch Mansion
The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape
11 July 2026 to 4 October 2026
On NowCritic score
4.5/5
From 2 ratings
Major loans from the National Gallery, Tate, V&A and more bring The Hay Wain and Constable's most personal works to Suffolk for the first time, alongside a new sound artwork by Stuart Bowditch.
From Christchurch Mansion
The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape brings unprecedented key loans from the National Gallery, Tate, V&A, Royal Academy, National Galleries of Scotland to Suffolk for the very first time to explore themes of landscape, place and walking. Historic loans including Dedham Vale (1828, National Galleries of Scotland) will be seen alongside Colchester + Ipswich Museum's own Constable collection, including the two most personal paintings from his childhood home,...
Read more at Christchurch Mansion →Critic Reviews (2)
The Times
Laura Freeman
The Hay Wain, a masterpiece back where it belongs
"If you can, make a weekend of it. On the train back to London, I had a flat and thwarted feeling. I wanted to be off and out in Constable's footsteps, down Fen Lane in the shade of the trees."
Read full review →The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
A masterpiece for the climate crisis age
"Constable gets caricatured as a conservative. In reality he is a conservationist. The Hay Wain, his most elegiac work, is about space and time."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
Christchurch Park, Ipswich·View on artmap