Undersea is the latest exhibition on a maritime theme, curated by art historian James Russell, for the Hastings Contemporary. It completes a trilogy following Seaside Modern (2021) and (2022).
22 April 2025
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will take place out of London this Spring, 2025.
22 March 2025
Kathleen Soriano has been named interim Director of Hastings Contemporary beginning January 2025. The new head is an independent curator,… Read More
19 December 2024
Here is the Artlyst pick of out-of-London exhibitions on view this winter.
26 November 2024
Liz Gilmore, the Director of Hastings Contemporary, is stepping down from her role after 14 years to become CEO of… Read More
20 November 2024
In the multi-tiered hierarchy of academic painting, Still Life has traditionally ranked on the bottom rung, its everyday meat-and-veg celebrations…
30 September 2024
August’s diary highlights a range of shows which engage with art as a form of storytelling by revealing hidden histories and telling lost stories.
6 August 2024
Elias Sime is one of the best-known artists of his generation from Ethiopia. He was born in Addis Ababa and is a graduate of the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design. His work of collage and sculptural assemblage from found materials
18 March 2024
In recent years Roland Hicks has used gouache, paper and coloured pencil to refashion and scrupulously reproduce the texture of plywood
8 January 2024
Hurvin Anderson’s latest exhibition, “Salon Paintings,” at Hastings Contemporary, immerses visitors in a vibrant exploration of identity, memory, and cultural heritage.
20 November 2023
For my November Art Diary, I highlight exhibitions in Cambridge, Venice, Hastings, Lisbon, St David’s, Cookham and Colchester
1 November 2023
The October round-up of exhibitions in the Hastings area features Hastings Contemporary and Project 78 in St Leonards on Sea.
17 October 2023
The picturesque landscapes of East and West Sussex have long been a muse for artists seeking to capture the essence of its rolling hills,
21 August 2023
The June Art Diary includes Gwen John, Marc Chagall, Louis Carreon, Peter Howson, Laura Knight, Cecilia Vicuña and Yun Hyong-keun
5 June 2023
A show of six artists living and working in Hastings who are a band of ambitious makers with global subjects that come together with this local remit.
17 April 2023
When a major exhibition of such significant artists as Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff, with such a comprehensive display of important paintings, comes to a seaside town like Hastings…
4 April 2023
Soutine / Kossoff is the first-ever museum exhibition to explore the artistic relationship between British artist Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) and Belarus-born painter Chaim Soutine (1893-1943).
2 March 2023
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2023.
9 January 2023
Turner Prize shortlisted artist Nathan Coley has installed a series of large-scale outdoor light sculptures at six spectacular locations across East Sussex as part of Sussex Modern.
15 June 2022
In a stormy wind, the choppy waves of the Stade Hastings felt dangerous. No fishing boats could be seen out today on the lively sea, although the working beach was active with a few tidying up and taking care of things on land.
29 May 2022
Christie’s has launched the inaugural 20th/21st Century: Shanghai to London sale series with staggering results. This pioneering cultural dialogue between… Read More
2 March 2022
Artist Support Pledge (ASP) moves from our screens into a real-life gallery. From 25 November, the first-ever exhibition crowdsourced from Instagram opens at Hastings Contemporary.
18 November 2021
Jude Cowan Montague explores Seaside Modern: Art and Life on the Beach at Hastings Contemporary.
3 June 2021
Hastings Contemporary has announced their reopening exhibition for the 27th May with a spectacular summer show ‘Seaside Modern’
29 April 2021
Born in 1986 to an English mother and a Ugandan father, Lakwena Maciver studied graphic design at the London College of Communications, graduating in 2009.
31 January 2021
Quentin Blake and Victor Pasmore Hastings Contemporary: I’m standing for the first time inside the Hastings Contemporary
13 September 2020
Two new exhibitions of work by the highly regarded painter Victor Willing (1928-1988) are currently on display at Hastings Contemporary and the Turps Gallery in S.E. London. The retrospective in Hastings is the first significant show of his work since his untimely death from multiple sclerosis in 1988.
12 November 2019
Hastings Contemporary is to mount the first major UK retrospective of work by British artist Victor Willing (1928-1988) since his… Read More
29 July 2019
Hastings Contemporary, (the former Jerwood Gallery) launched as an independent gallery on Tuesday with three notable exhibitions, Roy Oxlade alongside works by his tutor David Bomberg, Contemporary Danish Artist Tal R, and new works by artist/illustrator Quentin Blake.
4 July 2019
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so if you’re planning on heading out of London, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. Don’t miss the Keith Haring extravaganza at Tate Liverpool; major sculpture exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park including David Smith and Damien Hirst as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International; seaside photography at Turner Contemporary and painting shows galore from early 20th century masters such as Vuillard to contemporary giants Bridget Riley and Paula Rego and historical exhibitions such as Last Supper in Pompeii at the Ashmolean.
4 July 2019
