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A global cultural communications agency London, New York, Dubai

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We deliver cultural communications campaigns through a combination of PR, marketing and strategic brand development. With nearly two decades of experience in the arts, our focused professionalism and insider knowledge guarantees targeted results for a range of national and international clients including: museums, not-for-profit foundations, commercial galleries, art fairs, prizes, biennales and cultural festivals.

29/12/2025

These are the artworks that defined 2025 for the Pelham team - works that grappled with urgent political questions, offered moments of much-needed levity, or transported us into entirely different worlds.

Your turn: which artwork made your 2025? Tell us in the comments.

21/12/2025

As the year draws to a close, Pelham celebrates the ambitious cultural organisations we have worked with; our campaigns contribute to a more creative future.

Image credits:
1. Rays, Ripples, Residue, 2025. Installation view. Bait Juma. Sculptures (series), 2018. Buff clay, black stoneware, buff stoneware, terracotta clay. Image courtesy of 421 Arts Campus, Abu Dhabi. Photography by Ismail Noor, Seeing Thing
2. Rays, Ripples, Residue, 2025. Installation view. Bait Juma. Sculptures (series), 2018. Buff clay, black stoneware, buff stoneware, terracotta clay. Image courtesy of 421 Arts Campus, Abu Dhabi. Photography by Ismail Noor, Seeing Things
3. Photo © Kevwe Eru, courtesy Art X Lagos
4. Courtesy Vadehra Art Gallery
5. Photo courtesy of MICAS
6. Courtesy of Frank Bowling Studio
8. Deviant Ornaments installation image of Rah Eleh, Amorous Couple, 2025. Photo credit Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum. © Rah Eleh.
9. Photo courtesy of the press office of Ukrainian Railways
10. FRAMERATE: Desert Pulse. Calyx, 2025. Courtesy of the artist & the Desert Botanical Garden
11. Maguire Hall sunset Michael Moran Photography

18/12/2025

In November, Ghana’s capital transformed into a stage for creativity during Accra Cultural Week. Anchoring this year’s programme was Serge Attukwei Clottey’s ( ) monumental exhibition at , ‘[Dis]Appearing Rituals: An Open Lab of Now for Tomorrow’. Clottey builds a world that reflects on Jamestown, one of Accra’s oldest districts, across installation (featuring his iconic yellow gallon cans), sculpture, performance, photography, and painting.

Another highlight of Accra Cultural Week: the inaugural solo show by Ghanaian artist Denyse Gawu Mensah (.gm), winner of The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize in 2024 – dedicated to women artists living and working in the country and its diaspora. ‘LIGHTYEARS OF US’ draws on Gawu Mensah’s rich family archive of photographs from Ghana’s post-independence era, reconstructing personal and collective histories into tactile records of time.

Pelham was proud to partner with Gallery 1957 to spearhead an international media campaign for this cornerstone of Accra’s cultural calendar. Swipe to read more about its impact.

12/12/2025

A multi-site celebration of American ceramicist Syd Carpenter is set to dominate the arts landscape of Philadelphia at the start of 2026. The artist’s innovative practice and extensive career will be celebrated in three exhibitions exploring various facets of her career.

Together, the exhibitions chart Carpenter’s artistic evolution and affirm her place within the canon of American art.

04/12/2025

Reflecting on the relationship between q***r women and the ocean, Alice Austen House’s current exhibition (open until February 21, 2026) has been making waves across major publications.

Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley’s vision brings together 14 contemporary artists to offer new, existing and site-specific works that respond to Alice Austen’s photographs and her extensive shell collection. Rolls-Bentley shared that “there’s something in both Alice’s work and that of the artists in this show that sees the sea as a site of limitless potential — a space of opportunity, hope, and unconditional acceptance.”

Alice Austen House continues to honour the radical legacy of its namesake through contemporary exhibitions 🙌

03/12/2025

During Miami Art Week, the real discoveries often happen in those unscripted moments. New York-based collector @‌kimmanocherian, a self-described “relationship-collector,” reveals how she navigates the week’s rush with an approach that she’s honed over the years, mixed with an openness for in person connections.

25/11/2025

Journalist, editor, copywriter, media development consultant: Elise Morton () wears many hats.

With a background originally specialised in Eastern Europe, her writing now spans arts, culture and travel across the globe. She has contributed stories to leading publications such as The Guardian, ArtReview and Euronews, spotlighting some of the most interesting figures and arts scenes across the world, from Madagascar to Uzbekistan.

Pelham sat down with Elise to trace her path into journalism and uncover what inspires her.

23/11/2025

At Modern’s Turbine Hall, Sámi artist ’s multisensory installation stands as a living monument to her heritage, addressing ecological and political issues facing Indigenous communities.

Sara’s powerful commission is only one such example of the current global spotlight on the Nordic art scene. From June to September, 2025 unfolded across the city in a reimagining of humanity’s relationship with nature – while institutions such as the National Museum of Norway () are also staging major exhibitions.

Fast forward to 2026: Oulu — the European Capital of Culture — will be transformed into a citywide celebration of art & culture, and the will return to the Venice Biennale. It’s a timely moment to ask: what’s shaping the art across the region?

21/11/2025

Tony Cragg proves why he’s one of the world’s foremost sculptors in his new solo exhibition at London’s , open now.

The show is centred on the latest in his series of Incident sculptures, alongside recent pieces from related, ongoing bodies of work. Swipe to see how Cragg harnesses the possibilities of movement, mass and the materiality of sculpture.

20/11/2025

A birthday isn’t the only thing Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas share. Over three decades, living in relative proximity in rural Suffolk, the two iconic British artists have maintained a close bond.

Now, a unique exhibition presented by and reveals the affinities between their distinct approaches - above all, their sense of life’s proximity to death, and their defiant - defining - exuberance.

17/11/2025

Over the past decade, has become a cornerstone of the African art scene; evolving beyond a traditional art fair and welcoming artists and galleries from over 70 countries.

Helmed by Founder and Director -Schwebig, this year’s edition was held under the theme ‘Imagining Otherwise, No Matter The Tide’. The fair spotlighted special projects and commissions by and Temitayo Ogunbiyi () and an exhibition of works by the legendary J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere.

Pelham has been working with ART X Lagos to increase international awareness of this year’s edition by highlighting the fair’s commitment to innovation and experimentation, as demonstrated by the expansion of its programming to support younger and underrepresented voices and foster a pan-African arts ecosystem.

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