Baby, It’s Cold Outside
An exhibition by Charles Williams, Lily Hughes and Jay Rechsteiner
24 Prices Avenue, CT9 2NT, Margate
January 23rd to 25th, 2026
In this collaborative exhibition by Charles Williams, Lily Hughes and Jay Rechsteiner, visitors enter a domestic space where comfort and disturbance sit close together. Paintings, objects and video occupy a setting that normally shelters us from the world, yet the works allow the outside to seep in. Drawing on humour, conflict, memory and everyday habits, the exhibition reflects different ways we assemble meaning from what reaches us at home.
The exhibition is open during the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday, Jay Rechsteiner serves spaghetti as a deliberate gesture, making a simple meal part of the shared experience. On Saturday evening, poetry readings and a selection of short films extend the exhibition, contrasting the warmth of the space with the stories and images carried in from elsewhere.
Opening times & programme
Friday — Opening day
12:00–21:00
Exhibition across dining room, kitchen and basement
Spaghetti served throughout the day
Informal conversations and drop-in viewing
Saturday — Exhibition & poetry / short film evening
12:00–18:00 — Exhibition open
19:00 — Open mic: poetry, short texts, readings
Spaghetti available before and after readings
Sunday — Exhibition
12:00–17:00 — Exhibition open
100 × 120 cm
Oil on linen, 2021
Charles Williams
A former student at the Royal Academy Schools and a founder-member of the Stuckist movement, Charles Williams is a painter, writer and lecturer whose work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and the United States. He is President of the Royal Watercolour Society, a member of the Accademia Internazionale dell’ Acquarello, and is represented by New Art Projects, London.
Williams describes himself as a painter who also writes. His work builds through improvisation, where narrative, surface and image are tested against the possibility of presence in painting, moving between autobiography, fiction and studio anecdote. Recent work continues this enquiry through shifting personae and an interest in therianthropy.
Glazed stoneware, 10 × 10 × 14 cm
2025
Lily Hughes
Info coming soon.
22.7 × 30.5 cm
Oil on canvas, July 2024
Jay Rechsteiner
Jay Rechsteiner is a Swiss-born multidisciplinary artist working across painting, objects, video and performance. His practice examines how violence, language, media and private life intersect, using direct and deliberately simple strategies to keep meaning unstable rather than resolved.
Alongside the ongoing Bad Painting series, recent work extends into unstretched canvases, masks, domestic scenes and video, foregrounding process, vulnerability and transformation. He has also initiated participatory platforms including The Washroom Projects, The Washroom Talks and monoloqueArt, and has worked collaboratively under the name Sardine & Tobleroni.