Jeremy Houghton’s 250th Anniversary Tour USA
October 2026
This autumn, British artist Jeremy Houghton returns to the United States for a new speaking tour, sharing extraordinary stories from behind some of the world’s most remarkable doors.
Best known for his residencies at places rarely seen by the public, Houghton has built an international reputation by painting from within institutions that are usually hidden from view. His work has taken him from Windsor Castle, where he served as Artist in Residence to HM Queen Elizabeth II, to Wimbledon, the London 2012 Olympic Games, the America’s Cup, and most recently the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pontifical Swiss Guard in the Vatican.
Each venue on this year’s tour has been chosen because it shares something with Houghton’s work: a love of history, heritage, music, sport, architecture or community.
New York
The tour begins in New York, where Jeremy will speak at the renowned Bedford Playhouse and a private members club in Greenwich.
The Bedford Playhouse has developed a reputation as one of America’s leading cultural venues, attracting audiences with interests spanning film, literature, music and the arts. With Jeremy’s recent residency with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this promises to be a particularly fitting setting. His talk explores how artists and musicians tell stories in remarkably similar ways – through rhythm, atmosphere, composition and emotion – and offers a behind-the-scenes look at life inside one of Britain’s great orchestras.
Baltimore
Travelling south by rail, Jeremy continues to Baltimore for engagements at the Maryland Horse Library and the Mt. Vernon Club.
The Maryland Horse Library is one of the newest and most exciting equestrian institutions in the United States. Dedicated to preserving and celebrating horse culture, it provides the perfect backdrop for Jeremy’s lifelong fascination with equestrian sport. His paintings of hunting, polo, racing and military horses have long attracted collectors on both sides of the Atlantic, making this an especially natural partnership.
The Mt. Vernon Club, one of Baltimore’s oldest private cultural clubs, offers a different perspective. Here the emphasis shifts from sporting heritage to storytelling, travel and artistic process. Jeremy’s journey through extraordinary places – from palaces and battlefields to cathedrals and orchestras – creates an engaging evening for an audience with broad cultural interests.
Virginia
The Virginia leg of the tour centres on Middleburg and Farmington Country Club, where Jeremy has been commissioned to create a significant new painting for the club.
Farmington occupies a unique place within American history, closely connected with Thomas Jefferson and the cultural traditions of Charlottesville. During his visit Jeremy will continue work on this important commission while meeting members and discussing the role of artists in recording the life of institutions. The commission reflects a growing interest among American clubs and organisations in using contemporary painting to preserve their own histories.
Washington, D.C.
The tour concludes in Washington with a talks at the Sulgrave Club .
The Sulgrave Club, founded to strengthen the historic friendship between Britain and America, provides an ideal setting for Jeremy’s stories of painting within royal households, military organisations and international institutions. His work explores not simply famous places, but the people who quietly serve them, revealing the unseen moments that shape history.
Looking Ahead
The 2026 tour builds on the success of Jeremy’s previous visits to America and reflects a growing network of collectors, institutions and cultural organisations across the East Coast.
Rather than simply exhibiting paintings, Jeremy’s talks invite audiences into places they would never normally experience. Through sketches, finished works and personal stories, he reveals what it is like to stand behind palace doors before dawn, to paint alongside musicians during rehearsal, to witness moments of military ceremony, or to walk ancient Vatican corridors still marked by history.
For American audiences, it is an opportunity not only to discover remarkable paintings, but to experience the extraordinary journeys that made them possible.