On Sunday 13 July, the Tempo Half Marathon will begin and end at Compton Verney.

Please note that we are still open to visitors on this day, however there will be a rolling road block in the morning, and the site may be busier than usual due to this event so please allow yourself more time to travel.

Ariel Schlesinger:

Ways To Say Goodbye

22 October 2019 – 15 December 2019

“The work of Ariel Schlesinger is remarkable. It makes us notice. It stops our steps, silences our speech, seizes our eyes”. Robert Ginsberg

About the
exhibition

The newly commissioned sculpture in the park by Ariel Schlesinger reached skywards, challenging our perception of the ordinary and highlighting the relationship between humans and nature. Cast in aluminium, with shattered mirrors nestled in its upper branches, Schlesinger’s tree invited visitors to explore the unique and remarkable qualities in the everyday.

Just as our original landscape architect, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, constructed a seemingly natural landscape, so Schlesinger’s sculpture took on a form that is at once both recognisable, and yet so much more.

This grounds commission was accompanied by a small solo exhibition of new work by Ariel Schlesinger inside the house.