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You are invited to celebrate the opening of our summer exhibitions, Tohé Commaret: Mijitas and Nancy Lupo: Several Chickens Later.

Discover the most significant presentations of Commaret and Lupo’s works in the UK to date, as both present newly commissioned work at Spike Island this summer. Two new moving image pieces from Commaret expand on her catalogue of short films that drift at the threshold between documentary and fiction, approaching social realities through magical realism. Rosa—a new work commissioned by Spike Island and realised as part of the PONTOPREIS MMK 2026—follows several women from different backgrounds, all living in the suburbs of Paris, whose lives become suddenly entangled through a secret diary.

A corpus of newly commissioned sculptures from Lupo probe aspirations, ambiguities and material culture. The exhibition prolongs the reverie and the longing for domesticity, refusing a reality-check and looping back into wistful illusion. Although the mirage is tired, its feeble flame still somehow persists. These new works see Lupo playing with the scale and industrial grandeur of Spike Island’s galleries, evoking the fragility of our endeavours, and the futility of our fantasies.

Alongside exploring our summer exhibitions, catch vinyl DJ sets from Noods Radio resident Amaia and Whitts, who will be spinning everything from funk, disco and groove to bass, dubstep and post-club from 8pm onwards in our onsite café-bar Emmeline. Cocktails, local wine and beers, and alcohol-free options will be being served throughout the evening.

6–9pm: Galleries open
6–11pm: Café-bar open
8–9.30pm: Whitts DJ set
9.30–10.50pm: Amaia DJ set