Isabel Rock's Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannnot Hold, one of three brilliant shows running concurrently at Hastings Contemporary, can perhaps best be described as an exuberantly psychedelic doomsday cult. There’s lots of fun to be had with Rock’s giant rat in an open-top sports car and her replica prison cell with a giant slug […]
Sophie Barber’s ‘cushion’ canvases don’t just hang – they slouch, bulge, and whisper secrets from the Sussex countryside. Barber, a native of Hastings, enjoys her first major exhibition in this seaside gallery, riffing on repeated motifs, notably sunflowers and birds. The curious title references a slice of old Sussex weather lore. Get between the folds […]
Create your own hand-stitched journal. Join Hannah O’Hara for a hands-on workshop exploring this ancient craft. You’ll design and stitch your own unique notebook using the traditional four-hole binding technique. Perfect for sketches, photos, writing, or simply admiring. Always on the hunt for the perfect notebook? Want a beautiful place to collect your thoughts, drawings, […]
Net making, knot tying, natural dyeing, block printing and basketmaking. Meet expert artisans specialising in heritage crafts, hear their stories, and try your hand at skills passed down through generations. Net making and knot tying: Hastings, home to one of Britain’s oldest fishing ports, has a seafaring history that stretches back to Viking times. Local […]
New director Kathleen Soriano, former artistic director of the RA, kicks off her reign at the seaside gallery with an enticing double bill.In the (downstairs) Foreshore Gallery The Sun Feeds the Wind is a partnership and exhibition collecting and displaying the living histories of the under-threat fishing community of Hastings. Curated by artist Mary Hooper […]
Prize to the most intriguingly titled exhibition of 2024 goes to Hastings Contemporary. The works in this blockbuster show, that explores the still life genre, are drawn from two of the UK’s most important collections: the Ingram and the David and Indrė Roberts. It juxtaposes world-class contemporary sculpture, video and installation against traditional still- life […]
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Iconic illustrator Sir Quentin Blake is no stranger to Hastings, having lived in an ancient house in the Old Town for forty years. Don't just take our word for it - Blake himself has described the seaside town as his "spiritual home". It is an appropriate place, then, to host this very special exhibition of […]
A first major solo show in Europe for the Ethiopian multi-disciplinary artist, who weaves everyday materials into lyrical abstract compositions, ‘alluding to the frictions between tradition and progress, human contact and social networks, nature and the man-made, and physical presence and the virtual.’
One of the recurring motifs in Birmingham-born painter Hurvin Anderson’s work is a hometown barber shop, a subject he first depicted in 2006, and has returned to regularly since, exploring different styles and techniques, drifting from figuration to abstraction and raising questions about memory, identity and nationhood. That series forms the mainstay of this show. […]
