31 Aug 2022
Artist, Kurt Jackson, has sold one of his paintings from his exhibition: Biodiversity at Southampton City Art Gallery. The proceeds from the painting, Hogweed Visitors, are being gifted to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) to support their work restoring ecosystems for local wildlife. Biodiversity is an exhibition of paintings, found objects and … Continue reading →
24 May 2022
In line with Southampton’s UK City of Culture 2025 ambitions, Southampton City Art Gallery is excited to announce the opening of Kurt Jackson’s Biodiversity, the latest exhibition in a series of exhibitions at the Gallery that explore environmental concerns and the impact of climate change. Biodiversity is an exhibition of paintings, found objects and sculptures … Continue reading →
1 Feb 2022
In line with Southampton’s UK City of Culture 2025 ambitions and Greener City vision, Southampton City Art Gallery is excited to announce a series of exhibitions that explore environmental concerns and the impact of climate change. The season begins with Earth Art: The Common Ground now open at Southampton City Art Gallery. It features … Continue reading →
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 →