'Descartes Error, the mind is the body & the body is the mind'
painting on found book cover
Selected by Eileen Cooper RA and Katherine Jones RA and exhibited in Gallery IX.
Hotel in Lake Gargagno overlooking Lake Garda towards Venice
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026
Gallery IX
Opening June 16 - August 24
Royal Academy, Green Park, London.
'Hampstead Streets & Pubs'
June - August 2026
Paintings and Prints from Vanessa Brassey & Sophie Brassey
Kalendar, Swain's Lane
Highgate, London
'Is this the right mode for an argument?'
June 15-18 2026
Presentation, The Mind Art Knowledge Conference 2026
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels
Hotel Room Keys & Jackets
MAK EXPO show
PV opens 16th, 7pm - 10pm
Bd Anvers 49 1000 BRUSSELS
'Bacon & The Time of Monsters'
Short Documentary Philosophy Film
British Society of Aesthetics Grant Award 2026
In production, collaboration with Professor Ben Ware and Envis Media
'Cogito in 16mm'
Short Documentary Philosophy Research Film
British Society of Aesthetics Grant Award 2026
In production, collaboration with Dr. Marina Christodoulou and Envis Media
Routledge Book 'The Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts'
Edited by Vanessa Brassey and Derek Matravers, Routledge - out now in paperback.
Events Recap Jan - June 2026
LOVE at The Philosophy Bar
Monday 9th February 6-8pm,
Colony Room Green (Mayfair)
Sold out.
The Frieze-Perediza Edit
Friday 17th April
Shoreditch Arts Club.
By invitation to Frieze members.
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath
PV May 6th- daily, 7 - 10 May,
Contemporarti Stand J9
Happy Place, g Both Gallery Highgate London
PV May 7th - daily 8-10 May,
323 Archway Road, opposite Highgate Tube.
Pop in for some joy.
'Artistic Intelligence'
Wednesday 27th May – Sunday 31st May
Fitzrovia Gallery139 Whitfield St, London W1T 5EN22/5
'FLESH' National Gallery
Friday Lates, 22nd May 6-8pm
Gallery 18, The National Gallery.
SOLD OUT
Live Events & Exhibitions
Video Animation & Production
King's Queens & Dream Machines, new album from Saul Damelyn
Saul Damelyn releases his debut single and music video from his forthcoming album, KINGS, QUEENS & Dream Machines, out now.
Video concept, design, and animation by Vanessa Brassey with Jenny Bell at Envis film.
Vanessa Brassey Studio
Vanessa Brassey is a London-based figurative painter and academic philosopher, celebrated for her evocative paintings featuring swimmers, landscapes, and portraits.
Francesca Mack, London
“I received the print this morning and it's absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the speedy dispatch"
Lucy, Etsy
"Beautiful card and lovely quality."
Jo B., Bucks
"The painting is up on the kitchen wall and I LOVE it. Everyone comments as soon as they come in the room.”
Short Films
Short Films
Saul Damelyn - We Broke the Rules feat Phoebe White (Official Lyric Music Video)
Saul Damelyn - Museum of Love (Official Lyric Music Video)
Vanessa Brassey Studio
