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June 1 2024
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2024
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between 1 June–29 September 2024. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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March 2 2024
Ian Hamilton Finlay features in Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art at Compton Verney
The exhibition (21 March–16 June 2024) explores the beauty of nature, reimagined and reinterpreted through the hands of artists and landscape designers who throughout history have felt the urge to shape the land around them. Compton Verney, Warwickshire -
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Feature
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June 26 2021
The Times features Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta
'There is nothing like Little Sparta anywhere else in Britain. “Sculpture garden” seems a measly term to describe the enchantment you experience when you enter and learn how to unlock its exquisite puzzles.' Ashley Davies, The Times -
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Exhibition
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May 22 2021
Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay at City Art Centre, Edinburgh
This major exhibition (22 May–3 October 2021) focuses on the maritime theme in Finlay’s work. It was a central element of his art, and one to which he returned throughout his life. City Art Centre, Edinburgh -
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Exhibition
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January 6 2020
Ian Hamilton Finlay is featured in the UCL exhibition Witnessing Terror: French Revolutionary Prints
The exhibition (14 January–12 June 2020) showcases UCL Art Museum’s unique holdings of prints related to the French Revolution and draws out the contemporary relevance of revolutionary iconography in work by Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925−2006) that engages with the long-term legacy of the Terror. UCL Art Museum, London -
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Review
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July 12 2019
The Times features Little Sparta in its selection of the best outdoor art in Britain
'Arguably the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work… this magical (a word that really doesn’t do it justice) garden is littered with 275 of his witty, elegant and often poetic sculptures and text pieces (these often hewn into the smooth stones that are dotted around this lush trail). Nancy Durrant and Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Exhibition
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May 24 2018
Ian Hamilton Finlay in Machines à Penser at Fondazione Prada, Venice
The exhibition (26 May–25 November 2018) explores the correlation between conditions of exile, escape and retreat and physical or mental places which favour reflection, thought and intellectual production. Fondazione Prada, Venice -
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Exhibition
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August 1 2017
An Ian Hamilton Finlay exhibition and talk are a focal point of this year’s Ilkley Literature Festival
The exhibition (30 September 2017), Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Visual Poetry, features sculptures and inscriptions, prints, letters and images drawn from the collection of Ronnie Duncan. Ilkley, West Yorkshire -
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Review
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June 3 2017
Hyperallergic writes about Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space, featuring Ian Hamilton Finlay
"… Reading this Finlay work, one hears a kind of Beckettian phrase…" Douglas Messerli, Hyperallergic.com -
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Exhibition
Posted
March 9 2017
Grayson Perry and Ian Hamilton Finlay in Creating the Countryside at Compton Verney
The exhibition (18 March - 18 June 2017) brings together works by Old Masters and contemporary artists to examine our relationship with the countryside. Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire -
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Exhibition
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October 24 2016
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Neoclassicism and Revolution at Pallant House Gallery
A display of prints and multiples (22 October 2016 - 19 February 2017) by the Scottish artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), best known for his celebrated garden at Little Sparta. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex -
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Gallery Exhibition
10 June - 31 July 2015
Ian Hamilton Finlay: 1789 1794
An exhibition of the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) marking the 90th anniversary of the artist's birth. A philosopher, sculptor, poet and gardener, Finlay drew on and reinvigorated the... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
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Gallery Exhibition
5 May - 1 June 2011
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Definitions
Victoria Miro Gallery is delighted to present a unique juxtaposition of Ian Hamilton Finlay's sculpture and a series of text works, termed Definitions. These Definitions present Finlay's own interpretations of... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
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Gallery Exhibition
30 March - 12 May 2007
Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Sonnet is a Sewing-Machine for the Monostich
The Sonnet is a Sewing-Machine for the Monostich is the largest ever presentation of Finlay's rarely seen neon works, which date back to the early seventies and run parallel to... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
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Gallery Exhibition
27 June - 2 August 2003
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Idylls and Interventions
Idylls and Interventions brings together a number of Finlay's seminal series of prints along with a major new work and recent sculptures. The exhibition is conceived by Ian Hamilton Finlay... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
Gallery Exhibition
19 May - 19 June 1998
Ian Hamilton Finlay
This exhibition of benches by Ian Hamilton Finlay coincides with the inauguration of a series of permanently placed sculptures – eight benches, a tree plaque and a large circular inscription... Victoria Miro Gallery II -
Gallery Exhibition
31 October - 2 December 1995
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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Gallery Exhibition
29 June - 29 July 1994
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig
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Gallery Exhibition
14 February - 3 April 1992
Ian Hamilton Finlay: With Annet Stirling - 10 Maquettes for Neo-Classical Structures
Ian Hamilton Finlay with Annet Stirling - 10 Maquettes for Neo-Classical Structures. Victoria Miro Gallery II -
Gallery Exhibition
15 May - 30 June 1990
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Idylls
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Gallery Exhibition
14 July - 29 August 1987
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Works 1966 - 1986
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Gallery Exhibition
29 May - 5 July 1986
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Marat Assassiné Vitruvius/Augustus-Vitruvius/Robespierre Ideological Accessories
Victoria Miro Gallery II
