Find out about RAMM’s contemporary art programme and hear from some of the artists who have created new work inspired by the museum’s collections in a series of short interviews.
We work with artists to enable them to create new work inspired by RAMM’s collections. Sometimes we acquire contemporary art, find out more here: New Acquisitions – Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (rammcollections.org.uk). We also work in collaboration with local visual arts partners such as Exeter Phoenix, Positive Light Projects, and Arts & Culture at the University of Exeter.
For information about exhibiting at RAMM see the reports, plans and policies page. Opportunities for artists are advertised via our news page and through social media channels.
Current & past commissions, displays and exhibitions
![Ashanti Hare, River that never rests 2024, still from a video: a person kneeling in a circle drawn on the floor, against a black backdrop. to the left of the photo a hooded figure holds a large tambourine](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/River-that-never-rests-square-crop.jpg)
Ashanti Hare
River that never rests
19 March 2024 – 22 Sept 2024
RAMM commissioned a performance from Devon-based multidisciplinary artist Ashanti Hare.
![Grace Ndiritu & particiants in 'Labour Birth of a New Museum', 2023, film still (Earth Spells, RAMM, Exeter).](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Grace-Ndiritu-particiants-in-Labour-Birth-of-a-New-Museum-2023-film-still-Earth-Spells-RAMM-Exeter.png)
Earth Spells: Witches of Anthropocene
11 February 2023 – 7 May, 2023
RAMM commissioned artists Emma Hart, Grace Ndiritu, Florence Peake and Lucy Stein for this exhibition.
Photo: Grace Ndiritu, Labour Birth of a New Museum, 2023
![Amy Shelton: Biophilia – The Exeter Florilegium A detail view of Amy Shelton's work 'Biophilia'; lots of colourful pressed flowers](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ASBio-1200x800-opt1.jpg)
Amy Shelton
Biophilia: The Exeter Florilegium
18 Sept 2021 – 21 November 2021
RAMM commissioned Amy Shelton in April 2020 to respond to the first Covid-19 lockdown.
![Simon Pope, Wassail, night time outdoor event with a sunset and fire.](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wassail-LG-scaled.jpg)
Simon Pope
Here’s to Thee
8 Jan 2023 – 31 January 2023
A joint commission between RAMM and Arts & Culture, University of Exeter, Simon Pope explored the complex cultures of cider-making while collaborating with a team.
![Michelle Sank, ‘Lacey and Family, Burnthouse Lane, Exeter’ Michelle Sank, Breathe, 2021, two children playing outside on a lawn.](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Breathe-actual.jpg)
Michelle Sank
Breathe
18 Sept 2021 – 21 Nov 2021
RAMM acquired Sank’s photographic series Breathe. It is a documentation of the first Covid-19 lockdown.
![Detail of The Sweetest Thing by Joy Gregory, depicting Black people loading sugar onto boats](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Detail-of-The-Sweetest-Thing-by-Joy-Gregory-2022-1-Medium.jpg)
Joy Gregory
The Sweetest Thing
29 January 2022 – 5 June 2022
RAMM commissioned Joy Gregory to respond to Devon and Exeter’s relationship with the slave trade which remains ‘hidden in plain sight’.
![Naomi Frears, Trello, 2021, black and white sculpture with model hands and sleeves.](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Image-for-trelllo-edited-1024x1024.jpg)
Naomi Frears
In Other Words
14 September – 7 November 2021
RAMM commissioned Naomi Frears to create a work that examined the expressive and communicative qualities of sleeves and arms.
![Léonie Hampton, A Language of Seeds,18 May 2021, Close-up photograph of a child's mouth holding a seed pod with seeds in](https://rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/A-language-of-seeds.jpg)
Léonie Hampton
A Language of Seeds
18 May 2021 – 5 September 2021
RAMM commissioned Léonie Hampton to explore RAMM’s collection of seeds and herbarium sheets.