Masterpiece Story: The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck The Arnolfini Portrait is as enigmatic as it is iconic, and a great deal of speculation and mystery surrounds its different interpretations.

Masterpiece Story: The #Arnolfini Portrait by #JanvanEyck
Daily Art - Vithória Konzen Dill 9 July 2025

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We’re proud to announce A land as big as her skin — a major new exhibition by Mounira Al Solh, opening soon at Arnolfini.

🗓 28 February – 24 May 2026
📍 Arnolfini, Bristol

#MouniraAlSolh #Arnolfini #ContemporaryArt #ExhibitionOpening

Tired of the grey skies? 🌧️ Visit Emma Talbot: Everything Is Energy and surround yourself with colour, life, and light - the perfect antidote to the November gloom 💛

🗓️ on until 8 February 2026
🎟️ Free entry (donations welcome)

📸 Lisa Whiting

#EmmaTalbot #Arnolfini #ContemporaryArt #FreeExhibition

Echoes opens tomorrow on our Second Floor.
Co-curated with Art In Motion (AIM), featuring works from Jerwood Collection alongside new responses by AIM’s artists.
The final chapter in our three-year collaboration with Jerwood.

#Arnolfini #JerwoodCollection #ArtInMotion #BristolArt #InclusiveArts

🎷 Tomorrow at Arnolfini: immerse yourself in an evening of experimental sound with Evan Parker and Trance Map+.

📅 Friday 7 November, 7.30–10PM
🎟️ Book your ticket: buff.ly/dD8yoUk

#Arnolfini #EvanParker #TranceMap #ExperimentalMusic #ImprovisedMusic

🎵 Free improvisation. Acoustic meets electronic. Hypnotic saxophone textures.
Evan Parker + Trance Map+ — this Friday. Don’t miss it.

📅 Friday 7 November, 7.30PM to 10PM
🎟️ Book your ticket: buff.ly/dD8yoUk

#Arnolfini #EvanParker #TranceMap #ExperimentalMusic #ImprovisedMusic

Make the most of the last days of half term with a visit to "ENJOY YOURSELF"!

Curated by Let’s Make Art, this exhibition celebrates Arnolfini’s creative past and present, and it’s your final weekend to see it in Gallery 5.

#LetsMakeArt #Arnolfini #ArtForEveryone #BristolEvents #HalfTerm

✨ Discover Everything is Energy — the new exhibition catalogue from artist Emma Talbot, exploring transformation, nature, and resilience.

Join Emma and Gemma Brace for an In Conversation on 29 Oct, and grab a signed copy on the night 💫

#EmmaTalbot #EverythingIsEnergy #Arnolfini

Join us Friday for the free public preview of Emma Talbot: Everything is Energy — an immersive new exhibition exploring life, nature, and connection.

Be the first to experience it at Arnolfini, Bristol 💫

#EmmaTalbot #EverythingIsEnergy #Arnolfini #BristolArts #ArtExhibition

📸 Have you found our cut-out frame yet?

Pop your head through, strike a pose, and don’t forget to tag @arnolfiniarts and @letsmakeartuk in your photos! 📸✨
Let’s celebrate joy, creativity, and the art of making together 💫

#EnjoyYourself #LetsMakeArt #Arnolfini #BristolArt #FamilyArt

This painting reminded me of the work of Munch when I visited the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol last week. It is all about memories and passed experiences #bristol #oilpaintings
#popupgallery #arnolfini #familyportraits

a colour portrait photograph of Suzanne Rolt, new CEO at Arnolfini

Good news, Suzanne Rolt is officially our permanent CEO 🙌

She's got great experience from running St George's concert hall (UK Concert Hall Manager of the Year 2019) and knows the Bristol scene well.

More here: buff.ly/LZOok0I

#Bristol #ContemporaryArts #Arnolfini

Our latest exhibition ENJOY YOURSELF is open! 🥳
Four themes, countless stories, and a joyful look at Arnolfini’s past and present, curated by Let’s Make Art.
Come along and… enjoy yourself 😉
#LetsMakeArt #WeAreFamily #ArtEducation #ArtForEveryone #Arnolfini

Couldn't get close to the Arnolfini this time. It's been mobbed since some bastard pointed out it was the first selfie. #npg #arnolfini

an old mono photograph of a South East Asian mother holding her toddler age child in a field

📅 This Thursday 7 August: RepresentAsian storytelling at Arnolfini.
💫 Bristol's Desi community shares their stories. Everyone welcome.
🕢 7.30pm to 9.30pm
🎟 £6.50
🔗 buff.ly/4sDl49x

#RepresentAsian #AsianStoryTelling #SouthAsianHeritage #Bristol #Arnolfini

𝙐𝙞𝙩𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙩: de Canon bevat tal van leerrijke beelden. Elke week lichten we er één uit. Deze week bij het venster ‘Brugge, verbonden met de zee’: het Arnolfiniportret (1434). www.canonvanvlaanderen.be/events/de-ve... #vaneyck #brugge #arnolfini #handel #geschiedenis #vlaanderen #canonvanvlaanderen

#Arnolfini #DanaAwartani #StandingByTheRuins #SaharaLonge #TheOtherSideOfTheMountain #BristolArt #VeniceBiennale #ContemporaryArt #FreeEntry #ArtExhibition

📆 until 29 June 2025
🕐 Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm
📍 Dark Studio, Level 2

📸 Sharron Wallace

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #Arnolfini #TextileArt #BristolCreatives #DashAndMiller

Barbara Walker : Being Here - Arnolfini The first major survey exhibition by British artist Barbara Walker, described as one of the most important British artists working today, Being Here charts the artist’s compelling figurative…

💛 Thanks to everyone who’s joined this powerful journey.
📋 Visited? Please fill out our short survey: buff.ly/RX4Ca4U

#BarbaraWalker #BeingHere #ArtExhibition #Arnolfini #BristolArt #BlackBritishArt

🎧 Sound design is a crucial element of Tapestry of Black Britons. Interdisciplinary artist @garyroystewart has created an overarching soundscape that will immerse visitors in this multisensory experience.

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #SoundArt #Arnolfini #BristolArts #GaryStewart

Review: Barbara Walker, Being Here - 'a spellbinding ode to one of the most profound artists of her generation' The art in Being Here spans generations

Barbara Walker’s exhibition Being Here, made up of more than 60 works from various series, is on tour at the #Arnolfini in #Bristol this spring, following its popular success at The Whitworth in Manchester.

poster for the Tapestry of Black Britons exhibition

🎉 NOW OPEN: Tapestry of Black Britons exhibition.

🎫 Free entry, donations welcome.
📅 Until 29 June, Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm.
📍 Dark Studio, Level 2 at Arnolfini

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #NowOpen #Arnolfini #BristolArts

images: Caribbean and African World War 2 RAF servicemen including Ulric Cross and Johnny Smythe. Courtesy of Audrey Elcombe. Portrait of Lilian Bader (courtesy of Stephen Bourne).

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #BlackBritishHistory #VEDay80 #ForgottenGenerations #Arnolfini

image of the 2 staff members from Arnolfini's Front of House team interacting with visitors coming in

🧑‍🎨 Arnolfini is hiring Casual Visitor Services Assistants!

Be the first face visitors see. Deliver talks, support workshops, and help make contemporary art accessible to all.

🗓 Apply by 9am, 21 May 2025
🎤 Interviews: 9–10 June

Apply here: buff.ly/2WNJRUg
#ArtsJobs #Bristol #Arnolfini #NowHiring

Tapestry of Black Britons - Arnolfini Arnolfini host the Tapestry of Black Britons, a multi-participant evolving artwork touring the UK, curated by founder and creative director Paula Ogun Hector and woven by Bristol-based textile…

Their unique collaborative process involves painting simultaneously on the same canvas, creating truly unified artworks.

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#TapestryOfBlackBritons #Arnolfini #AfricanMythology #BristolArt

image: Paula Ogun Hector with the Right Hon. Lord Paul Boateng. Image courtesy of Paula Ogun Hector. All rights reserved.

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #Arnolfini #BlackBritishArt #BlackBritishHistory

image: ‘East African Pioneers (1943) on the loom’. Image credits Imperial War Museum (K 5145(A)) + Photo credit: Dash + Miller (Designed by Paula Ogun Hector).

#TapestryOfBlackBritons #Arnolfini #BristolArts #BlackBritishHistory #PaulaOgunHector #DashAndMiller #BristolLegacyFoundation

image Annabel and Jeremy at Arnolfini in the early 1960s, courtesy of the Rees family.

#JeremyRees #AnnabelLawson #AnnabelRees #JohnOrsborn #JosefHerman #PeterSwan #Arnolfini #ArnolfiniBristol #ArnolfiniAnniversary #BristolArts #BristolContemporaryArts

#BeingHere #BarbaraWalker #BarbaraWalkerBeingHere #Whitworth #BlackPortraiture #BarbaraWalker #art #exhibition #BirminghamArtist #drawings #paintings #charcoal #MajorExhibition #Arnolfini #LetsCreate #HereForCulture #BristolGallery #BristolExhibition #Bristol #ArtsCouncilEngland #UWEBristol

The Accessibility & Environment Film Festival is a new Bristol-born, disabled-led fest that highlights the interrelationship between environment & disability issues. On Sat 1 Mar (1.30-9pm), #Arnolfini will host a FREE showcase from the 1st edition that took place in Jun24👍 Book now at aneff.org.uk