24 April 2026 until 27 September 2026

Jesse Darling: Godsworth

The Oude Kerk presents the first large-scale solo exhibition in the Netherlands by British artist Jesse Darling.

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'I have to believe in coalition and community, despite everything.' Jesse Darling

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British artist Jesse Darling creates a new landscape in the Oude Kerk where the sublime and the banal meet, and where beauty emerges from decay.

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About the artist

Jesse Darling (1981, Oxford) is known for his disruptive, often humorous yet empathetic installations. In 2023 he was awarded the Turner Prize for this work. Using repurposed and everyday materials, he distorts familiar objects to create sculptures that hover between relics, carnivalesque figures and discarded remnants. His work reveals the fragility of systems that consider themselves invulnerable – from civilisation to identity – and makes palpable how notions of value and exclusion are constantly being redefined.