Art
Our Summer Programme unfolds through earthworks, sculpture, tapestry, ceramics and large-scale outdoor installations. In conversation with our evolving 70-acre landscape, discover new ways to encounter art, nature and place.
Nancy Holt
The first major UK presentation of American land artist Nancy Holt (1938–2014) – best known for her Sun Tunnels (1973–76) in the Utah desert – invites visitors to explore art shaped by light, language and space. Works include her early Concrete Poetry, photography, film and two landmark installations that extend into the landscape. Among them is Hydra’s Head, a series of water-filled pools that bear witness to their environment.
Eva Rothschild
Describing her work as “magic minimalism”, Eva Rothschild (b.1971) combines hand-made processes with industrial fabrication to disrupt expectations through material, colour and composition. Presented across the Pigott Gallery and the landscape, her exhibition includes sculptural works alongside two new tapestries woven locally at West Dean's Tapestry Studio.
Art in the landscape
Hélio Oiticica
Magic Square #3 is the first European outdoor installation by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), a pioneer of the Tropicália movement. Constructed from the artist’s original instructions, visitors will walk through a sequence of vivid colour planes, where shifting angles, light and views of the surrounding landscape activate an evolving spatial experience.
Yayoi Kusama
One of the world’s most prominent contemporary artists, Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) brings her singular vision to the South Downs with an iconic example of her large-scale sculptures - a reflection of her lifelong exploration of infinity through repetition and polka dots.
Lee Ufan
South Korean artist Lee Ufan (b. 1936) emerged in the 1960s as a central figure in the Tokyo-based Mono-ha movement. Installed within the Foundation’s landscape, a large-scale sculpture from his Relatum series will invite visitors to experience a heightened awareness of space, material and presence - challenging how we perceive matter, place and ourselves.
Polly Apfelbaum
Recognised for her exploration of colour, pattern and texture, New York–based artist Polly Apfelbaum’s glazed ceramics and works on paper will be installed throughout the atrium and along the walls of 24, our restaurant. Shaped by the legacies of post-war art and popular culture, Apfelbaum blurs the boundaries between art and craft.
Ragnar Kjartansson
Our winter exhibition opens 26 November 2026 - 12 April 2027
The first major UK exhibition by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson in over ten years brings together new and recent works across our galleries and landscape. Spanning painting, sculpture, ceramics and moving image, the exhibition reveals Kjartansson’s distinctive blend of humour and melancholy, alongside new work created in response to Goodwood Art Foundation’s woodland landscape.
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Art in the landscape
Rachel Whiteread
The headline exhibition of our opening season featured Turner Prize–winning artist Rachel Whiteread (1993), whose sculptures transform everyday objects and spaces into ghostly echoes of the familiar. Whiteread’s monumental works remain installed across the landscape.
Susan Philipsz
Venture into the ancient woodland and discover a poignant sound work by acclaimed, Berlin based, Scottish artist Susan Philipsz.
Hélio Oiticica
Magic Square #3 is an open-air architectural labyrinth made from brightly coloured painted walls, occupying a footprint measuring 15 x 15 x 5 metres. Embodying the artist’s radical vision to make art participatory and inclusive, it is designed to be walked through and explored, enabling visitors to encounter vivid planes of colour that shift under the changing natural light. Located on the edge of the Foundation’s woodland with views towards the Sussex coast.
Isamu Noguchi
Conceived as tools for exploring nature and human relationships, sculptures by Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi can be found in our landscape, among them Octetra (Three Element Stack) (1968/2021) from his Playscapes series, which explores the interplay between positive and negative space.
Solange Pessoa
A group of pedra-sabão, or soapstone, sculptures by Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa will move from The Gallery to a new location in the landscape. Immersed in the elements, moss will gather, patina will deepen and rain will pool in their hollows, blurring the boundary between art and life.
Our Summer Programme is presented in partnership with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
"The Foundation and Rolls-Royce are rooted in Goodwood but have global significance - we both share the goals of inspiring greatness and nurturing talent in creativity. Since the successful inauguration of Goodwood Art Foundation, we have witnessed how this cultural landscape and our partnership have flourished. The aim of the summer 2026 programme, to cultivate the imagination and inspire all who experience it, is one which resonates deeply with us."
Chris Brownridge, CEO
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