“I often stand in a forest and think how old the trees are, imagining the scenes they have witnessed. I find it interesting to think about the feet that have walked the path beneath my own, the journeys that others have taken.” –Freya Douglas-Morris

Lehmann Maupin London is pleased to present My time here is brief, an exhibition of new paintings by British artist Freya Douglas-Morris and her first since joining the gallery’s program in January. In her newest works, which will inaugurate the gallery’s 2026 program at Frieze’s No.9 Cork Street, Douglas-Morris depicts a series of ethereal landscapes in which memory itself becomes the subject. The exhibition flows from one painting to the next like a visual phrase, emulating the familiar patterns of nature—from the changing of seasons to the rhythms of day and night. My time here is brief considers how a place is emotionally experienced on both a personal and shared level. In spring 2027, Douglas-Morris will have concurrent solo exhibitions in New York with Lehmann Maupin and Alexander Berggruen, who co-represent the artist in the US.