Ferens Art Gallery

Ferens Art Gallery

The Ferens has a magnificent collection of paintings and sculptures, including works by European Old Masters, portraiture, marine painting, and modern and contemporary
British art.

Highlights include masterpieces by Lorenzetti, Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Frederic Lord Leighton, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.

With a regular programme of events, guided tours and changing exhibitions, there’s always something new to explore.

Please book online and in advance (FREE). This is to help us manage the number of people, limit queuing and reduce contact.

  • Tickets will be available at 15 minute intervals (with a maximum of 8 tickets available per interval)
  • Timeslots are available every 15 minutes Monday-Saturday 10am-3pm, Sunday 11am-2.30pm
  • Each visit is limited to one hour.
  • We’ll send your booking confirmation by email. Please make sure you fill in your correct email address when you book to ensure you receive your confirmation email
  • Tickets can be booked by clicking the link below or alternatively by phoning 01482 616 398
  • Please note we will be collecting the name and phone number and email address for the lead member of each party and their entry times to the gallery in line with the NHS’s Test and Trace system. Data will be kept for 21 days and then destroyed securely. All data will be handled in line with GDPR.
Humber Street Gallery

Jamie Crewe: Solidarity & Love

Solidarity & Love is a new collection of work by Glasgow-based artist Jamie Crewe. The exhibition at Humber Street Gallery has been created alongside a sister show at Grand Union, Birmingham titled Love & Solidarity.

These exhibitions, which were also previously open in these spaces at the beginning of this year, have led to Crewe being selected to receive a Turner Prize Bursary – the new format for the Turner Prize in 2020, celebrating artists for their significant contributions to new developments in British contemporary art.

Taking inspiration from Radclyffe Hall’s novel The Well of Loneliness (1928), the exhibitions address the provocations of the book, which has had a lasting impact on generations of queer, lesbian, and transgender people.

Through a combination of video, sculpture and text, Crewe touches on themes of heartbreak, experiences of transphobia, LGBT solidarity and conflict, as well as exploring the legacy of the novel itself.

*Advanced booking is required for this exhibition to allow for social distancing*

Hull Comic Con 2022

Now in it’s seventh year, Hull’s biggest, brightest, family fun comic con is back! 

Returning to Bonus Arena in the heart of the city on Sunday, 20 November you can expect – workshops, props, celebrity guests, comic artists, traders, games, VR and Cos Play.

  • Special guests
  • Cosplay contest with prizes to be won
  • Photo opportunities
  • Comic artists and authors
  • Prop Displays
  • Retro video gaming and arcade machines from Keep It Retro
  • Table top gaming from Back To The Board
  • Talks, panels, Q&As, quizzes
  • Drawing workshops with out artists
  • Creative zone for adults and kids
  • Green Screen photography
  • Movie cars
  • And much more to be announced!
You Have Arrived Hazel Bingham

Wake up to London Photography Exhibition

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.

 

This is Hazel’s first solo photographic exhibition.

She seeks to demonstrate in Wake up to London, how the way we live work and play is increasingly being compromised through the privatisation of space in our cities. She contrasts the computer-generated imagery on the development hoardings and the text found in the developer’s brochure: King’s Cross – A Photographic Essay with what she found on her numerous walks exploring London’s Hottest Postcode N1C.

As you walk round the exhibition Hazel would like you to think about where you are and what you see. Is it a utopia or is it something else?

Working in local government and finance through the 1990s opened Hazel’s eyes to how regeneration projects are procured, designed and built and what can happen post-development.

The seeds of this project were sown during an Open City Architectural Renaissance Tour in May 2018. Hazel found further inspiration in the Urban Photographer Gill Golding’s work on King’s Cross Welcome to the Fake.

As the area develops, spaces become public, private or privately-owned public, changing their accessibility to all forever.

Butterflies Exhibition

Butterflies Birthday Exhibition

To celebrate 10 years of the Charity an exhibition of art and items made by those that the charity have helped will be on display in the Minster from 17th March to 5th April.

Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group was set up by June Cooke in 2010 after her father, George, was diagnosed with dementia in 2008.

She found there were services and support available for the individual diagnosed with the condition, but very little for their families and those closest to them and limited access to groups which welcomed both.

The exhibition goes on display in the North Choir Aisle Tuesday to Sunday during regular opening hours. For more information about the exhibition or the Charity email butterfliesmlsg@yahoo.co.uk

The Minister Kitchen will be open for lunches and refreshments.

Hull Minster C Mike Bartlett

‘Creation’ Exhibition

To celebrate the ‘Michelangelo – A Different View’ exhibition we asked visitors to explore an artistic response to the famous ‘The Creation of Adam’ fresco which adorns the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Artists of all ages and abilities were given free rein over how to express themselves.

Artists of all ages and abilities were encouraged to submit works of any size and medium. 51 pieces of art that will be on display at the special exhibition include paintings, drawings, poems, photographs and sculptures.

SUFFERING ARCADIA – REMOTE

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.

 

For ‘Suffering Arcadia – REMOTE’ Annabel McCourt will place a replica of a drone control station in the gallery for visitors to interact with. This installation plays devil’s advocate, challenging our ideas around power and control: are we completely detached from the wider world, more insulated, less connected, fragmented or are we ultimately in charge? Accompanied by readymade ‘THEATRE of War’, the work provides the physical conduit to examine our preconceptions, our imagination and ultimately our moral code.

Working closely with the University’s specialist departments, ‘REMOTE’ will evolve over the duration of the exhibition to encompass a number of augmented reality scenarios.

An interactive maquette of ‘REMOTE’ will be on display at Scarborough’s Rotunda Museum throughout the period of the exhibition.

REMOTE was made possible by St Hugh’s Foundation for the Arts, which awarded Annabel its Main Award in 2018. The registered charity has made over 100 awards to artists and arts organisations in the City of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

With thanks to:
Pearlgreen Engineering & Sovereign Signs (Strata Holdings Ltd.)
BetaJester Ltd.
HOTA

Opening times: Wed-Mon 10am-5pm, Tuesday 10am-7pm

Ludwig Gruner Jewel-Cabinet 1851

Preview of Masterpieces in Focus from the Royal Collection: Ludwig Gruner

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.

 

Join us for a celebratory evening to open the latest exhibition in the series of Masterpieces from the Royal Collection. It will be the first chance to see Ludwig Grüner’s Jewelled Cabinet displayed in Hull. There will be welcoming guest speakers and refreshments available.

Free, booking essential.

Ferens Late – 2020 Open

This event has been cancelled.

 

Join us for a relaxed night of art and discussion. Artists from our 2020 Open exhibition will be sharing their work, in conversation with local Art Studios and creatives. Co-produced by the Future Ferens, the Ferens Late is a great opportunity to explore the 2020 Open after hours.

Supported by the Friends of the Ferens.

Free, booking required.

Neil Holmes Photography

MINORITY VOICE

A community of refugees share their cultural heritage and traditions in this new exhibition.

Hull’s Banyamulenge community fled conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo eight years ago.

The exhibition includes examples and photographs of art and artefacts, and video footage of events and celebrations filmed in Rwanda earlier this year.

Humber Street Gallery

LUCY CLOUT: ZZZ

All events/exhibitions at Humber Street Gallery cancelled

and will remain closed until May 1st.

 

London-based artist Lucy Clout addresses debates around queer reproduction and parenting in an exhibition of new work.

Using sculpture, film and drawing Clout expands upon past work to tell anecdotal stories from queer people of DIY reproduction whilst also considering fantasies of the  future.

Madame Clapham: Dressmaker to Royalty

Find out more about celebrated Hull dressmaker Madame Clapham, who she made dresses for, and what made her salon so successful. Takes place 1pm – 2pm and 2.20pm – 3.30pm

Young People’s Screening

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.

 

This artist-led screening event will showcase a selection of short films, chosen by young people. A chance to see original films, discover new talent and meet local artists and filmmakers.

Free, booking essential.

A whistle stop tour of Railways in Hull, 1836 – Now

Hull’s important position as a port in the 1800’s would inevitably mean that the railways were coming!

Railways went wherever the business owners saw a money making opportunity!

Throughout the 19th Century Hull’s railway connections grew until the eventual downturn in the 1960s. This is a whistle stop tour from 1840 – Now of the railways in this great city!

Free, booking essential.

Streetlife Museum © Neil Holmes

Remembering the Past Series – Life on the Homefront

Meet Mrs Lockington a 1940’s housewife as she talks about life at war in Hull and transports you to a bygone age.

The performance will be followed by an opportunity to handle objects and share memories of life in the 1940’s & 1950’s.

Hull & East Riding Museum © Neil Holmes

Exploring Islamic Art: helmets

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.

 

Explore Islamic Art through this display of Kulah Khud.

The display will explore these highly decorative helmets and culture that created them.