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Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint
2 June 2026 — 20 September 2026
On NowA group show exploring Benton End, the 1950s Suffolk art school of Cedric Morris, where Lucian Freud among others studied. Paintings, drawings, photos and personal objects.
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This summer at the Garden Museum, step back in time to a radical art school in 1950s Suffolk. Enter the gallery to find yourself in the heart of the home at Benton End, the house, garden and art school led by artist plantsman Cedric Morris and his life partner, artist Arthur Lett-Haines. Here you'll meet a cast of friends gathered round the dining table: Benton End art students Lucian Freud and Joan Warburton, Cedric's horticultural protégée gardener Beth Chatto, and Lett's culinary inspiration,...
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The Times
Laura Freeman
The Garden Museum took me back to the 1950s in this captivating show
"As an exhibition, it's a leaf through a scrapbook rather than a comprehensive survey. Summers run together, the days seem long and hazy, the irises are always in bloom. I left this evocative and convivial show craving ratatouille, resolving to plant irises and level the earth at the back of the garden for a greenhouse of my own."
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© Garden Museum
Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint
2 June 2026 — 20 September 2026
On NowA group show exploring Benton End, the 1950s Suffolk art school of Cedric Morris, where Lucian Freud among others studied. Paintings, drawings, photos and personal objects.
From Garden Museum
This summer at the Garden Museum, step back in time to a radical art school in 1950s Suffolk. Enter the gallery to find yourself in the heart of the home at Benton End, the house, garden and art school led by artist plantsman Cedric Morris and his life partner, artist Arthur Lett-Haines. Here you'll meet a cast of friends gathered round the dining table: Benton End art students Lucian Freud and Joan Warburton, Cedric's horticultural protégée gardener Beth Chatto, and Lett's culinary inspiration,...
Read more at Garden Museum →Critic Review
The Times
Laura Freeman
The Garden Museum took me back to the 1950s in this captivating show
"As an exhibition, it's a leaf through a scrapbook rather than a comprehensive survey. Summers run together, the days seem long and hazy, the irises are always in bloom. I left this evocative and convivial show craving ratatouille, resolving to plant irises and level the earth at the back of the garden for a greenhouse of my own."
Read full review →Visit
Lambeth, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–5pm
Monday10am–5pm
Tuesday10am–5pm
Wednesday10am–5pm
Thursday10am–5pm
Friday10am–5pm
Saturday10am–5pm