Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
A painting of a ship trapped in ice
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Opened in 1927, the award winning Ferens Art Gallery combines internationally renowned permanent collections with a thriving programme of temporary exhibitions. We also run a children's gallery as part of a lively education and events programme that includes tours, talks and art workshops.

The gallery's first-class permanent collection of paintings and sculpture spans the medieval period to the present day. These include European Old Masters, particularly Dutch and Flemish, portraiture, marine paintings, modern and contemporary British art, including video. Highlights include masterpieces by Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.

Part of the Designated Collections of national importance relating to the city and region of Kingston upon Hull are on display here.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1330-1630

 Admission charges

FREE

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Part of a Designated Collection of national importance is on display at this gallery.

Collection details

Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Open Exhibition

13 February — 18 April 2010 *on now

The Ferens’ annual celebration of creative talent brings together contemporary fine art and craft by both amateur and professional artists. This year's selectors are Visual Artist Jane Poulton Artist and Dean of Hull School of Art and Design Rob moore.
Entry forms available from December 2009.
Hand-in Dates: 11 - 30 January 2010, Mon - Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, Sundays: 1.30-4pm

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

10am-4:30pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery

Admission

Free Admission.
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sundays 1.30-4.30pm

Connect>Create

29 April — 31 May 2010

Connect>Create uses Hull museums and the Ferens Art Gallery’s collections as an inspirational starting point for student work. This year’s maritime theme incorporates the weird and wonderful objects and paintings held in these collections. This selected exhibition, which promotes new local talent from art colleges in Hull and across the region, will prove to be a thrilling voyage!

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

10am-4pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery

Admission

Free Entry
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 1.30-4.30pm

Manic Mechanics, Moving Sculpture by artists Johnny White and Amanda Wray

15 May — 5 September 2010

Large, quirky, and humorous kinetic sculptures made from recycled materials. Come and interact with White and Wray’s sculptures, fun for all the family.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children
  • All ages

When

10am-4:30pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

Admission

Free Entry
Mon - Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 1.30-4.30pm

Ern Shaw (1891 – 1986): The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up

19 June — 10 October 2010

Discover the work of the prolific Hull born Illustrator Ern Shaw, who produced many cartoons and caricatures of Hull sportsmen, illustrated books and designed games for children.
Ern Shaw Family Launch Party – Saturday 19 June, 11am to 3pm
Come and meet Guardian cartoonist Patrick Blower and see a professional cartoonist at work. Participate in crafty activities and create your own comic strips.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • All ages

When

10am-4:30pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery

Admission

Free Entry
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Underwater

25 September — 28 November 2010

An exhibition of contemporary painting, sculpture, photography and video by 10 international artists: Dorothy Cross, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Cut and Scrape, Ellen Gallagher, Shirley Kaneda, Klaus Osterwald, Ed Pien, Janaina Tschäpe, Bill Viola, and Seung Hyun Woo.
The exhibition brings together works of art that are concerned with the state of total submersion. We are invited to a world beyond our own, somewhere associated with death and the womb, secrets and lost treasures, and both freedom and dread.
A Towner touring exhibition curated by Angela Kingston.

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

10am-4:30pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

Admission

Free Entry
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun - 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Ern Shaw Family Launch Party - Wack it to 'em

19 June 2010

Come and meet Guardian cartoonist Patrick Blower and see a professional cartoonist at work. Participate in crafty activities and create your own comic strips.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children

When

11am-3pm

Where

Ferens Art Gallery

Admission

Free Entry

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Art across the curriculum

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=112

Using art as a starting point for cross curricular work

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Connect>Create 2008

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=531

Hull's Art students focus on the Ferens' contemporary art collection

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Connect>Create 2009

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=578

The exhibition, stunning student work and the Ferens collections

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Hull Through the Eyes of a Sculptor

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=143

Explore the maritime themed sculpture ´Siren´

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Hull Traders: Revolutionary Fabrics

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=615

Fabric and furniture design produced by Hull Traders 1957-1980

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Objects and Meanings

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=163

Explore British Surrealism at the Ferens Art Gallery

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Self Image

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=147

Exploring Self Portraiture

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

The Painted Lady - Tudor Portraits at the Ferens

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=509

What can we learn about the Tudors from their art?

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 3RA
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

01482 613902

Fax

01482 613710

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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