Swindon24 reported on Friday 10 July 2026 that John Piper in the South Country was open at Museum & Art Swindon, inside the Civic Offices on Euclid Street. The exhibition, which came to Swindon after a run at Wiltshire Museum, was on until 26 September 2026.
It is described as the first exhibition devoted to the work Piper made in response to the south and south-west of England.
What is in the exhibition?
- Paintings and collages of Stourhead, Fonthill, Lacock, Stonehenge, Avebury and Salisbury Plain
- Churches from across the region
- Prehistoric monuments, wartime landscapes and coastlines
- Loans from public and private collections around the UK, many of them rarely shown together
The Swindon connection
Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze, painted in 1940 and held in the collection of Lydiard House Museum, is on show alongside a street scene from Lydiard Park.
The exhibition is curated by Andrew Lambirth and tours through the Wessex Museums Partnership with support from Arts Council England.
Councillor Matt Vallender, Swindon Borough Council's cabinet member for culture, planning and regeneration, said: "I'd encourage everyone to visit before the end of September to see for themselves."
Source: Swindon24.