Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint

In this immersive, multi-sensory exhibition, visitors will step into the heart of the home to meet a rotating cast of friends: Cedric, his partner Arthur Lett-Haines, artists Lucian Freud and Lucy Harwood, gardener Beth Chatto, and cookery writer Elizabeth David.

The exhibition will explore Benton End’s impact on a generation of artists, dramatising it as a living, evolving space of artistic, culinary, literary, and queer expression. Paintings, sketches, and sculptures made at Benton End by artists, alongside correspondence, personal belongings and everyday objects from the school will tell the story of a place where art, life, mentorship, and eccentricity blended.