RHODES

65 Great Portland Street

London, W1W 7LW

16 - 31 january 2026

OPENING RECEPTION:

THURSDAY 15. january 6 - 8pm

RHODES is pleased to present A Long Afternoon, a solo exhibition by Martha Zmpounou.

The exhibition brings together a new body of work that centres on family, community, outdoor spaces and florals, capturing the warmth and looseness of time spent together outside.

In A Long Afternoon, Zmpounou turns her attention to gatherings that feel instinctively familiar: friends, couples and families sitting close in parks and gardens, moving through dappled shade, pausing in conversation. These paintings do not describe fixed narratives but lived moments; a shoulder turned, a hand mid-reach, a glance held just a second longer than necessary. The scenes feel observed rather than staged, rooted in the rhythms of everyday connection.