Tag: Exhibition

Join us for a bold and colourful exhibition in the Museums Quarter this Spring, as we celebrate the lives of twenty historical women who changed the world, spanning from the 1500’s to the present day. A collection of works by Doncaster-based artist Chinwe Russell will be on display, depicting well-known modern and historical figures from […]

Listen With Others Live is part of an ongoing series dedicated to experimental approaches to sound featuring live presentations of new and exploratory work in music and sound art. Friday 6th March at Ground, Hull Anna Peaker plis support. Anna Peaker is an artist based in Leeds. Their sound work centers around experimentation with electronics […]

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition. Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing […]

The Hands on History Museum, in the old Grammar School where William Wilberforce studied, houses the story of Hull and its people. Entry to the museum is free. Hands on History includes a fascinating glimpse into Victorian times, the Story of Hull and also features the Egyptian Gallery. This gallery is home to a genuine […]

Sightseers is a major new exhibition by Birmingham-based artist Luke Routledge, presenting an ambitious body of newly commissioned work at Humber Street Gallery. Visitors are invited into the latest chapter of Routledge’s ever-evolving imagined multiverse, where a gathering of larger-than-life, multicoloured beings inhabit a world that feels both playful and unfamiliar. These figures hint at stories, […]

Deep Unknowns by Maria Donnai 24 January – 11 April 2026 Public Launch 23 January 2026 | 6-8 PM (quiet hour 5-6pm) 87 Princes Avenue, Hull HU5 3QP Exhibition tour with Maria Donnai (free to attend): Saturday 24 January, 12-1pm   Maria Donnai is an artist based in Hull. After a career in the veterinary […]

An exploration of nature’s ever-changing atmosphere and landscapes through the eyes of a wide range of artistic mediums. In ‘The Changing Seasons’ members of the celebrated East Riding Artists group share their creative insights, inspirations and interpretations of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, bringing their own unique concepts into this exploration of nature and its […]

Explore the stories and secrets behind dozens of works as we bring the collection stores into the public galleries at the Ferens. Visitors will become curators for the day as they discover what goes on behind the scenes at a busy art gallery. They’ll find out how fragile art works are stored, packed and safely […]

A painting is not merely an image that can be reproduced in a book, magazine or on a screen. Every picture belonging to the Ferens is a physical object that needs care and expertise to ensure its survival for future generations. The conservation of artworks is a unique discipline that requires creativity, painstaking practical skills […]

Would you like to learn more about Sightseers by Luke Routledge? Join the staff at Humber Street Gallery to hear more of the stories, ideas, and thoughts behind the work on display at our lunchtime exhibition talks.

A unique exhibition celebrating Yorkshire-born carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison, who invented the marine chronometer. The exhibition not only recognises the extraordinary impact and life-changing influence of Harrison’s creations, but also the East Riding Artists’ personal and creative interpretations of Moments in Time. John Harrison, 3 April 1693 to 24 March 1776, changed the World by […]

Burton Constable Hall has long been intertwined with the story of the East Riding Yeomanry, thanks to the distinguished military service of the Chichester-Constable family. To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we are proud to present a special exhibition showcasing the Neil Hutty Collection, the largest private collection dedicated to the East Riding […]

Everywhere we look there are surfaces and structures we take for granted. Whether human-created or showcased by nature, we are surrounded by materials and forms which literally shape our worlds. In this imaginative exhibition, members of East Riding Artists explore the intricacies of texture, relief and layers through their own distinctive creative mediums. From buildings […]

Step into the charming world of the Moomins with a specially curated interactive exhibition at Hull’s stunning Ferens Art Gallery. The exhibition celebrates the beloved stories and enchanting artwork of Tove Jansson’s Moomin characters. Wander through beautifully crafted island installations that invite little people to explore big feelings, discover projections of Tove Jansson’s stunning paintings, […]

Water’s Edge is an exhibition celebrating the extraordinary characteristics associated with our unique coastlines, seashores and other junctions between land and water.  In these striking interpretations of the divide between land and a body of water, members of East Riding Artists have explored this visually powerful element of nature through a variety of mediums, concepts […]

Monet’s masterpiece, The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil (1872), go on display at the gallery as part of The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2025 – 27. The artwork will form part of an exhibition co-curated with Flourish, Ferens Art Gallery’s creative group for children and young people, organised with and for disabled and […]