Sophie Barber
‘GATHERED AROUND THE SUN’, TOWNER EASTBOURNE
7 February – 8 March 2026
Sophie Barber, The Ever Common Earth Worm, 2025 © Sophie Barber; photo Michael Brzezinski
Gathered Around the Sun is a curation of works from the Towner Collection brought together with a new work by Sophie Barber, selected by the Art Fund Reimagine Collection & Acquisition Committee.
The exhibition, curated by committee members Connie Ashford, Flavia Cahn, Serena Cobbinah, Ben Coleman, Maddie Lock, Luka Shaxson, Elva Webb and Sophie Wright, celebrates the acquisition of Sussex-based Barber’s work, placed in conversation with existing works from Towner’s collection, and explores how domesticity and wildness are entangled.