4 Nov 2021
There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! In Memoriam, Alfred Lord Tennyson In line with Southampton’s UK City of Culture 2025 ambitions, Southampton City Art Gallery is excited to announce a major exhibition of work by Julian Perry in Spring 2022, presenting new paintings that explore coastal … Continue reading
27 Aug 2020
Face of Britain, curated by Nahem Shoa, is an exhibition of portraits by outstanding artists who have painted British individuals from the 17th century to the present day. At its heart is a selection of Shoa’s own striking oil paintings of black and mixed race sitters. Face of Britain asks a question which is especially … Continue reading
9 Jun 2020
Southampton City Art Gallery will still host its 2020 biennial Open Exhibition ‘In Search of a New World’, now in a new digital format. ‘In Search of a New World’ is part of the Mayflower 400 programme. Launching on 15 August 2020, this digital exhibition will coincide with the anniversary of the day the Mayflower … Continue reading
15 May 2020
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Southampton City Art Gallery will be sharing art works from the city’s incredible Collection, chosen by Cultural Services staff that they find calming, each day on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter from Monday 18 May culminating in an online exhibition: Calm in the Collection opening on Saturday 23 May. Mental … Continue reading
13 May 2020
2019-21 Curatorial Traineeships supported by Art Fund with the assistance of the Vivmar Foundation The National Gallery and Art Fund are pleased to announce Southampton City Art Gallery and Museums Sheffield as their partners for two fully funded curatorial traineeships, supported by Art Fund with the assistance of the Vivmar Foundation. Two new trainees, Jemma … Continue reading
13 Dec 2019
John Hitchens: Aspects of Landscape Opening at the City Art Gallery in Spring 2020, Aspects of Landscape will present the first comprehensive retrospective of paintings by John Hitchens, created over a period of more than six decades. The exhibition will include work that has never been shown in public before. It is timed to coincide … Continue reading
28 Nov 2019
Further details for Southampton City Art Gallery’s 2020 Open Exhibition – ‘In Search of a New World’ have now been released. Find more details and your downloadable pack > This exhibition is part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations: responses can touch on any one of the themes of journey, migration and the sea and entrants … Continue reading
11 Oct 2019
The exhibition, entitled Beyond the Brotherhood: The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy, is supported by the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund, and will run at Southampton City Art Gallery from 18 October 2019 until 1 February 2020 then at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, from 21 February until 21 June 2020. Romeo and Juliet, Frank … Continue reading
20 Sep 2019
Southampton City Art Gallery presents Gallery 80: From Generous Beginnings to Lasting Legacies at London Art Fair 2020, an exhibition highlighting the Gallery’s outstanding collection of modern British and contemporary art, which earned ‘Designated’ status from Arts Council England in 1998. The exhibition will reveal the depth and variety of Southampton’s evolving collection of modern … Continue reading
16 Aug 2019
‘Iris 02’ by LGBTQ artist Lucy Ash was acquired by Southampton City Art Gallery last year where it was displayed in the gallery’s main hall for Southampton Pride 2018. The artist wanted to demonstrate her gratitude to Hampshire, which had facilitated her artistic education. ‘Iris 02’ will now be proudly displayed at SeaCity Museum this … Continue reading