Mad Bloomsbury Exhibition
Charleston, Lewes · 4 November to 11 April 2027
Photo of Lewes: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0Photo of Lewes: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mad Bloomsbury is an exhibition at Charleston near Lewes, running from 4 November 2026 to 11 April 2027, Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. It examines how the Bloomsbury group engaged with ideas of madness in twentieth-century Britain, through the lenses of disability, neurodiversity and lived experience. It marks the centenary of Virginia Woolf's essay 'On Being Ill' and suits visitors interested in literary and social history.
Highlights
- Rare public display of works by Helen Coombe
- Marks the centenary of Virginia Woolf's 'On Being Ill' (1926)
- Curated by Hazel McMichael; booking recommended
Getting there
Charleston, BN7 1AB
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