October 2-25 - January 2026
The Medium is the Message
The College of Psychic Studies, Kensington, London
The College of Psychic Studies presents The Medium is the Message – a major exhibition that explores the rich and complex relationship between artistic practice and mediumship.
The Medium is the Message invites visitors to consider the artist as a channel between worlds – as a receiver of visions, energies and ideas. It highlights the enduring role of mediumship within the College's history, with particular focus on the vital contributions of women – as artists, mediums, and feminist visionaries.
The exhibition includes newly acquired works by Ithell Colquhoun, Aleksandra Ionowa, Sidney Manley, Ethel Le Rossignol, Anna Mary Howitt Watts and others alongside the first UK presentation of American visionary artist Paulina Peavy. These are shown in dialogue with works by contemporary artists including Ann Churchill, Chantal Powell and Samir Mahmood, engaging with themes of spirit communication, ancestral memory, and the energetic connection between the body, Earth, and unseen realms.
Participating artists:
Mary Bligh Bond, Ann Churchill, Ithell Colquhoun, Joseph Crépin, Daniel, Nicole Frobusch, Madge Gill, Anna Hackel, Stanislav Holas, Alme Hordijk, Frederick Hudson, Aleksandra Ionowa, Louise Janin, Freda Köhler, Augustin Lesage, Susan MacWilliam, Cara Macwilliam, Samir Mahmood, Sidney Manley, Margot, Cecilie Marková, Allen Moore o2o, Alice Essington Nelson, Heinrich Nüsslein, Paulina Peavy, František Jaroslav Pecka, Alice Pery, PIC, Chantal Powell, Victoria Rance, Arild Rosenkrantz, Ethel Le Rossignol, Victorien Sardou, Austin Osman Spare, Sarah Sparkes, Shannon Taggart, Mimei Thompson, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Anna Mary Howitt Watts, Ethel Annie Weir, Ariela Widzer, among others.
The Medium is the Message is curated by Jacqui McIntosh, Curator & Archivist at The College of Psychic Studies.
FREE, open 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB
For more information see: collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Thursday: 11am–4pm
Friday: 11am–7pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am–4pm
Last entry: 30 minutes before closing
The lecture hall (including works by Ann Churchill, alongside Ethel Le Rossignol, Victoria Rance and Ariela Widzer) may not be accessible on weekends due to workshops.
