Halima Nalecz & Her Artists

This exhibition sits within a legacy curatorial framework associated with the Drian Galleries network and the artists connected to Halima Nalecz’s long curatorial practice. It functions less as a single-artist survey and more as a contextual reactivation of an artistic circle spanning multiple decades. The exhibition brought together artists associated with Nalecz’s curatorial history, positioning their practices in dialogue through shared histories of exhibition-making, friendship networks, and post-war London art infrastructure. Basil Alkazzi’s work is presented within this broader field, reflecting his longstanding association with the Drian Galleries and its extended curatorial legacy. Rather than focusing on a single chronological period, the exhibition emphasises relational continuity — highlighting how distinct artistic practices developed alongside one another through overlapping curatorial platforms and exhibition histories. Alkazzi’s inclusion reinforces his position within this network, particularly his early exhibition history under Nalecz’s curatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. Installed as a multi-artist presentation, the exhibition frames these practices within a reflective institutional context, drawing attention to the cultural and curatorial significance of independent gallery structures in shaping post-war and late 20th-century British art discourse. Participating artists: Yaacov Agam, Basil Alkazzi, John Bellany, Denis Bowen, William Crozier, Cliff Holden, Marian Koscialkowski, Andrzej Kuhn, Halima Nalecz, Douglas Portway, Moshe Tamir, Violet Tengberg, Franciszka Themerson, Feliks Topolski, Marek Zutawski.