The Envelope of Light:
Bridget Riley in Conversation with Michael Bracewell
The Envelope of Light: Bridget Riley in Conversation with Michael Bracewell
Entry
£15
Date
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Time
2–4pm
Location
Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary
Join Bridget Riley and writer Michael Bracewell for an illustrated talk celebrating the work of Claude Monet.
The Envelope of Light:
Bridget Riley in Conversation with Michael Bracewell
The details:
Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate
Saturday 25 April
2–4pm, with a break between 2.45–3.15pm
All guests will be given a wristband so they can leave and re-enter the room during the break.
Accessibility
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A hearing loop system is in place for this event.
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We’re wheelchair accessible, with step-free access and a lift serving both floors. You can enter the gallery via the access ramp to the right of the entrance steps.
You can also borrow a wheelchair or portable stool during your visit, and our staff will be happy to help if you require any additional assistance.
Header image: Bridget Riley: Learning to See, 2025. Installation view. Courtesy Turner Contemporary. Photo: Above Ground Studio (Seraphina Neville) © Turner Contemporary
Bridget Riley
In 1968, Bridget Riley represented Great Britain at the 34th Venice Biennale (along with Phillip King), where she was the first living British painter to win the International Prize for Painting. In 1974, Riley was awarded a CBE and in 1999, she was made a Companion of Honour. She received an honorary D.Litt. from Oxford University in 1993 and from Cambridge University in 1995.
Bridget Riley has exhibited internationally and widely since the early 1960s. Her exhibition Point de départ is now showing at the Musée D’Orsay, in Paris. Earlier this year, Tate Britain mounted a display celebrating her work which will be on view until June 2026. Other solo exhibitions include Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio, Art Institute of Chicago which travelled to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Morgan Library, New York (all 2023); Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut (2022); a major retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh which travelled to the Hayward Gallery, London (2019-2020); Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura, Japan (2018); The Courtauld Gallery (2015); Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand (2017); and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2008).
Work by Bridget Riley is held in museum and public collections worldwide, including the Arts Council, UK; Tate, UK; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Sheffield Museums Trust, UK; Ulster Museum, Belfast; The Dallas Museum of Art; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, New Zealand; Kunstmuseum Bern; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; National Galleries of Scotland; Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Michael Bracewell
Michael Bracewell is a writer and novelist. He has written widely on the work of Bridget Riley, including texts for the exhibition publications, 'Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work', National Gallery, London (2010) and 'Bridget Riley: Flashback', Arts Council Collections (2009).
Support
We would like to thank all the generous supporters of this exhibition. Lead Supporter is Galerie Max Hetzler. Supporters are The Bridget Riley Art Foundation, David Zwirner, Ryan Taylor, The Firebird Collection, Levett Collection and Museum FAMM Mougins. Bridget Riley Supporters’ Circle members are Cristea Roberts Gallery, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Ivor Braka Ltd, The Peter Dubens Family Foundation, Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation, Rothschild Foundation and Christie’s. Learning Supporter is De Ying Foundation. Turner Contemporary receives public funding from Arts Council England and Kent County Council.
