Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
England
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Telephone
01243 774557
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01243 536038
Pallant House Gallery is a unique combination of a Grade 1 listed Queen Anne townhouse and an award-winning contemporary extension. It is based in the heart of Chichester and holds one of the best collections of Modern British art in the country.
There is an extensive temporary exhibition programme including international touring exhibitions and print room shows. Facilities include 19 gallery spaces, a library, a prints and drawings room, a studio workshop, a shop, a cafe and a courtyard garden.
'In its new incarnation, Pallant House Gallery has just become my favourite venue for Modern British art' Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery, Historic house or home
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
England
Website
General Enquiries
Telephone
01243 774557
Fax
01243 536038
Pallant House Gallery holds one of the best collections of Modern British art in the country. It might be called a 'collection of collections' and provides an overview of British art in the 20th century through the individual tastes and concerns of the different collectors: Walter Hussey, Charles Kearley and Colin St John Wilson.
Collection details
Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Social History
Key artists and exhibits
- Featured artists include: Frank Auerbach, Peter Blake, David Bomberg, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, Barbara Hepworth, Ivon Hitchens, Fernand Leger, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Pablo Picasso, John Piper, Ceri Richards, Bridget Riley, Gino Severini, Walter Sickert and Graham Sutherland.
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Public access available to collections information
- Specialist publications on collections available
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
England
Website
General Enquiries
Telephone
01243 774557
Fax
01243 536038
Edward Burra
The first major museum show for over 25 years of the work of Edward Burra (1905 - 1976), one of the most individual and talented British artists of the twentieth century.
Featuring more than 70 works from across the painter’s career, this new exhibition provides a unique opportunity to reassess Burra's extraordinary creativity and impressive legacy.
Admission
Free with admission. See the website link below for more information.
Website
http://pallant.org.uk/visiting/opening-hours-admissions-and-directions
Enid Marx: The Eve-Breuning Gift
Designer, illustrator, printmaker, Marx was a contemporary of artists such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and Peggy Angus.
During her lifetime Marx created an extraordinary array of textiles, postage stamps, repeat patterns for both fabric and paper, posters for the London Underground, book jackets and book illustrations.
The exhibition showcases the collection of her prints presented to the Gallery in 2006.
Where
De'Longhi Print Room
Admission
Free
Website
The Art of Chichester Festival Theatre: A Celebration
To mark the Chichester Festival Theatre's 50th anniversary this exhibition, curated and designed by renowned scenographer Professor Pamela Howard OBE, celebrates how visual theatre artists responded to the challenge of designing for the first purpose-built Thrust Stage Theatre in the UK.
A selection of models, drawings, paintings, costumes and designs from the early productions will be exhibited for the very first time, assembled in a specially-constructed installation of the theatre park in the galleries of Pallant House Gallery.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free with general gallery admission.
Website
Keith Vaughan: Romanticism to Abstraction
A new exhibition to mark the centenary of the birth of the British painter Keith Vaughan (1912-1977).
Born in the nearby Sussex village of Selsey, Vaughan was one of the most significant artists of his generation, best-known for his painterly depictions of the male nude in the landscape.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
Admission
Included in the gallery admission price.
Website
David Dawson: Working with Lucian Freud
An extraordinary insight into the notoriously private world of the painter Lucian Freud through the eyes of his model and studio assistant of 20 years David Dawson.
This exhibition brings together some of his own little-known paintings of street scenes and cityscapes placing them alongside key pieces by Freud and photographs of the studio.
Suitable for
- 18+
Where
Room 4
Admission
Free with standard admission
Website
Peter Blake and Pop Music
A major exhibition to celebrate the 80th birthday of the godfather of Pop Art, Sir Peter Blake, bringing together important paintings, collages and prints from across his career.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a display of works by Artist Pop Stars such as David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, John Lennon, Patti Smith, Ian Dury and their contemporaries
Admission
Free with general gallery entry fee.
Website
http://www.pallant.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/forthcoming/main-galleries/peter-blake-and-pop-music
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
England
Website
General Enquiries
Telephone
01243 774557
Fax
01243 536038
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