Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
England
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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
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.
Friends of Chartres: A Sense of Place
Printed works inspired by a sens of place
Suitable for
Admission
Free
St Anthony's School
A collaborative project documenting students' responses to Gino Severini's "Danseuse No. 5 (Dancer No.5".)
Suitable for
Admission
Free
Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings
In the late 1940s Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) embarked on a series of studies of the operating theatre at the invitation of her friend, the surgeon Norman Capener. The remarkable drawings demonstrate Hepworth's consummate skill as a draughtsperson and the affinity she felt between her work as a sculptor and the surgeon's craft. In contrast to the pure abstract work for which Hepworth is celebrated, the drawings also reveal her aptitude for narrative realism.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
Pallant House Gallery
Admission
£9 (£3.50 children, £5.50 students, other concessions available). Tuesdays half price, Thursdays 5pm - 8pm FREE.
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R.B. Kitaj: Obsessions - Analyst for our Time
R.B. Kitaj (1932 - 2007) was one of the most significaqnt painters of the post-war period. Together with his friends Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud, he pioneered a new, figurative art which defied the trend in abstraction and conceptualism. This spring Pallant House Gallery and the Jewish Museum London will concurrently present the only UK showing of highlights from the major Berlin retrospective R.B. Kitaj: Obsessions. Subtitled Analyst for our Time the exhibition at Pallant House Gallery will feature over 70 major paintings, sketches and prints including key international loans, presenting an overview of all periods of Kitaj's extensive oeuvre from the 1960s to his death in 2007.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
Pallant House Gallery
Admission
£9 (£3.50 children, £5.50 students, other concession available). Tuesdays half price, Thursdays 5pm - 8pm FREE
James Lake
An original installation by Outside In artist James Lake inspired by the Paralympic Games and created with the assistance of acclaimed artist Richard Wilson.
Suitable for
Admission
Free
Paul Nash: The Clare Neilson Gift
The artist Paul Nash (1889–1946) was one of the leading British artists of the early-twentieth century, celebrated for his lyrical depictions of the British landscape, Surrealist imagery and his work as a war artist.
This is the first public showing of the collection of his work amassed by his great friend Clare Neilson which has recently been gifted to Pallant House Gallery through The Art Fund, including important early wood engravings and etchings, photographs, collage, correspondence and illustrated books.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
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Bouke de Vries: Bow Selector
The intricate piece in the eighteenth century stairwell is constructed from the Gallery's collection of Bow porcelain which consists of over 300 key examples produced between the years 1747 and 1776.
The collection is the most comprehensive record of the output of the Bow factory which was originally situated in the East End of London, on what is now the site of the Olympic Park.
Where
Stairwell, Historic House
Admission
Adults: £7.50
Students: £3.75
Family Ticket: £17
Children (5-15): £2.30
Cheap Tuesdays: Half Price
Group Bookings Available
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Eduardo Paolozzi: Collaging Culture
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) was one of the most inventive and prolific of the British artists who came to prominence after the Second World War.
Collage was central to his methods, both as printmaker and sculpture. Indeed, he once stated that ‘all human experience is one big collage', which was particularly true for his own life.
This exhibition draws on the extensive selection of Paolozzi works in Pallant House Gallery's Collection and includes drawings, prints and sculpture from throughout his career.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- 14-15
Where
Main galleries 12 to 17
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Dr Chris Stephens on Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth is one of the most significant British artists of the 20th Century Head of Displays at Tate Britain, Dr Chris Stephens will explore her extensive oeuvre from the naturalistic carvings of the 1920s to the strikingly diverse creations of her final years.
Suitable for
When
6-8pm
Admission
Talk and wine: £12 (Friends £10.50)
Talk only: £8.50 (Friends £7, Students £7.50)
Night by Victor Willing
Victor Willing's painting of a boat stranded in a basement stands as a metaphor for a state of mind. Working from an improvised raft, sails, rope and other objects set up in the studio, create a drawing with a similarly surreal and hallucinatory quality.
Suitable for
When
1-3pm
Admission
£8
Barbara Hepworth: Hospital Drawing Tour
An opportunity to find out more about the exhibition with Gallery guide Liz Walker.
Suitable for
When
11am-12pm
Admission
£3
Kitaj in the Aura of Cezanna and Other Masters
Made at the time of Kitaj's exhibition at the National Gallery in 2001, this film contains an interbiew with the artist filmed in his home and studio in Los Angeles. In the film, Kitaj talks candidly about his life and work as well as his Jewish identity.
Suitable for
When
6-7pm
Admission
£5 (Friends £4, Students £4.50)
Redland Park Congregational Church by John Piper
Come and discuss the work of John Piper and his painting. Create observational sketches and produce a final scene with similar layers of depth and light. You will be encouraged to use vivid dyes, charcoal, water colour, wax crayons and other materials.
Suitable for
When
1-3pm
Admission
£9
Andrew Causey on Paul Nash
Paul Nash created ab individual pathway through English art in the first half of the 20th century, shaping a body of work that recognised the importance of the modern movement and stimulated him to eveolve his own English landscape-based Surealism. Causey, the leading authority on Nash will discuss his work.
Suitable for
When
6-8pm
Admission
Talk and wine: £12 (Friends £10.50)
Talk only: £8.50 (Friends £7, Students £7.50)
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