What’s On?
The dead cat and everything else
27th - 30th August 2026
Opening: Thursday 27th August 18:00 - 20:30
The dead cat and everything else… takes the theorem of Superposition – that an object (particle) can exist in multiple states simultaneously – and uses that notion to examine artworks that can be said to occupy two or more “states” concurrently.
Unforeseen Circumstances
3rd - 13th September 2026
Opening: Thursday 3rd September 18:00 - 20:00
David Caines’s mischievous paintings examine the human world of culture, drawing on imagery from early film and photography, art history and education, theatre, dance and performance. 'Unforeseen Circumstances' brings together paintings from the last two years, and work completed at David's recent residency at APT Studios.
HAMBURGER
17th - 27th September 2026
Opening: Saturday 19th September 18:00 - 21:00
A survey of the HAMBURGER set to explore its visual and cultural lexicon within the practices of APT artists.
This group exhibition invites APT artists to engage with the familiar and global form that is the HAMBURGER. Considering its significance culturally, conceptually, formally and/or playfully. Stacking, wrapping, filling, producing, deconstructing, consuming; in choosing this food stuff loaded with significance in popular culture we are excited to explore how it can be used to feed active discussion across the membership of APT. The HAMBURGER as a litmus paper for social context and contemporary art dialogues.
Curated by Alice Wilson, Lizzie Munn and Scott McCracken.
Image Credit: Marcus Cope
APT OPEN STUDIOS 2026
Opening hours: 13:00 - 18:00
19th - 20th September 2026
For one weekend every September, APT opens its doors to the public for Open Studios, a unique opportunity for visitors to step into our building and explore the history of our site.
With 42 artists, working in more than 20 disciplines, Open Studios is a celebration of our members and an authentic glimpse at the inspiration and process behind the work.
Long After Tonight Is All Over
Opening: Thursday 1st October 18:00 - 20:00
1st - 4th October 2026
The title comes from the legendary Northern Soul tune by Jimmy Radcliffe. We only have a certain amount of time on the dancefloor before the lights go up and it is time to go home, but feelings of love and memories of joy can carry on, Long After Tonight Is All Over.
Clay in vivo
Opening: Thursday 8th October 18:00 - 20:00
8th - 18th October 2026
Barbara Beyer, Alison Cooke, Alice Cunningham, Stathis Dimitriadis, Beatrice Galletley, Srabani Ghosh, Harriet Hellman, Sandy Layton, Temsüyanger Longkumer, Desa Philippi, Lisa Snook and Livia Spinolo
Clay in vivo pushes the boundaries of what can be sculpted, expressed and exhibited using raw clay. Bringing together twelve artists working collaboratively with this transient material, the exhibition reveals clay's power for embodiment, immediacy and connection.
From excavations of minerals to architectural constructions, from dualities and flux to heritage, identity and sustainability, each artist raises their unique voice through the language of clay. Going beyond the conventional exhibition format, Clay in vivo invites visitors to transform the gallery into 'Collaborative Landshapes' a continually changing clay diary of different topographies reflecting our diversity and collective histories. An artist panel talk, an afternoon of storytelling and a finissage complete the programme.
Collateral Drawing: A Living Archive
22nd October - 1st November 2026
Opening: Thursday 22nd October 18:00 - 20:00
Mandy Bonnell, Paul Carey-Kent, Emma Cousin, Anne Desmet, Bella Easton, Beverley Duckworth, Peter Freeth, Alison Gill, Steph Goodger, Oona Grimes, Katherine Jones, Jeff Lowe, Mikey Cuddihy, Kathryn Maple, Barbara Nicholls, Michael Petry, Dillwyn Smith & Susan Stockwell
Collateral Drawing: A Living Archive returns this autumn, marking the sixth iteration of the curatorial project founded by B E A S T O N projects in 2014. This new edition will be presented at APT Gallery, Deptford. There is more to an artwork than its finished state. Collateral Drawing focuses on the overlooked by-products of making — fragments, notes, test prints, maquettes, offcuts, models, material residues and accidental marks — revealing the decisions, revisions, intuitions and misfires through which work comes into being. These traces extend drawing beyond a medium and into an inquisitive way of thinking and making.
The exhibition introduces eighteen new artists working across multiple disciplines, each presenting a resolved artwork and related collateral. Alongside these new contributions and the archive itself becomes a principal subject of the exhibition: a living, evolving record of contemporary artistic process. Bringing together more than a decade of material generated by over fifty artists, the exhibition asks what changes when apparently secondary materials are treated not as waste, but as meaningful forms of cultural and critical documentation.