New Visions

New Visions is the Museum's contemporary art programme to encourage and broaden access to the arts. The Museum commissions British and international artists to explore themes that illustrate the significance of the sea, time and stars to an ever-changing audience.

Explore the current, upcoming and previous commissions below.

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Previous commissions

Jeremy Millar: Given
'Given' presents a series of newly-commissioned works that take as their starting point a very particular journey.

Renée Green: Endless Dreams and Water Between
A new commission from Renée Green which draws attention to literary, historic and sonic imaginations of islands.

Simon Patterson: the Undersea World and Other Stories
Simon Patterson’s artwork explores the sea, ships and time, concepts that are at the heart of NMM collections and research.

Esther Shalev-Gerz: Echoes in Memory
A new commission by Paris-based artist Esther Shalev-Gerz responds to the rumours surrounding the Great Hall in the historic Queen's House.

Lawrence Weiner: Inherent in the Rhumb Line
An exploration of the concepts central to maritime navigation, questioning metaphorical understandings of the world.

Dan Holdsworth: At the Edge of Space, Parts 1–3
This exhibition of large-scale photographs focused on communicating the invisible realms of time and space.

Jini Rawlings: Mariners and Migrants: in Search of Home
An exploration of the lives of 19th-century child migrants and young sailors, who sailed between Great Britain and Canada.

Beth Derbyshire: Message
Starting from the ROG, a semaphore signal was passed along the Thames on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Conrad Shawcross: Continuum
Shawcross, best known for his wooden, mechanical sculptures, made three new works in response to the architecture and history of the Queen's House.

Usman Haque: Sky Ear
On 15 September 2004, between 19.00 and 21.30, a large glowing cloud of 1000 helium-filled balloons and mobile phones floated above Greenwich Park.

Tim Brennan: The Republic of Atlantis
'The Republic of Atlantis' is influenced by the writings of Plato who described the lost city of Atlantis as a harmonious and peaceful society.

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Beth Derbyshire: You and I
'You and I' is a video artwork involving semaphore communication between signallers on the roof of Museum buildings.

Faisal Abdu'Allah: An Affair of Honour
Using photography and innovative printing techniques, Abdu'Allah's work looks at black cultural identity.

Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion: Another Place
A contemporary approach to portraiture in which members of a small coastal community are filmed against the background of the sea and coastline.

Lucy Blakstad: The Shipping Forecast
Lucy Blakstad's short film about the sea is a personal response to the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast.

Tacita Dean: Disappearance at Sea
'Disappearance at Sea' is inspired by remarkable stories of encounters with the sea, especially that of yachtsman Donald Crowhurst.

Bill Fontana: Wave Phases at Chesil Beach
Bill Fontana created a unique installation for the Museum consisting of the sounds of the sea from Chesil Beach on the south-west coast of Dorset.

Stefan Gec: Faedm
Please note: the display of Faedm by Stefan Gec closed 10 December 2010.

Rosie Leventon: Absentee
Leventon's sculpture pays tribute to the history of HMS 'Implacable' through a ghostly re-creation of the ship made from over 100 pieces of glass.

Humphrey Ocean: The First of England
Please note: The display of The First of England by Humphrey Ocean closed 14 December 2010.

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