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John Hansard Gallery
@johnhansardgallery.bsky.social
Contemporary art gallery, part of @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Visit our curious, connected and inclusive world, inspired by art. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–5pm. Free Entry
📍 142–144 Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DU
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FILM WEEK LAUNCH! 🚀

This year's #SouthamptonFilmWeek kicks off on Friday 14 November!

As part of City Eye's launch, join us for a night of experimental #film selected by artists Simon Payne and Andrew Vallance🎥

📍Mayflower MAST Studios
⌚7–9pm

FREE tix here >>> mayflower.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The #FutureCuratorsProgramme is a residency programme for Disabled curators led by DASH in collaboration with cultural organisations across England. John Hansard Gallery seeks a Future Curator who will be an integral member of our Programme team. Deadline: 1 December >>> jhg.art/events/futur...
October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Transcribe: Trans Awareness Week with @beyondreflectuk.bsky.social🌈

Celebrate trans and LGBTQIA+ voices through poetry, music, comedy and conversation at @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social

Tickets by donation: bit.ly/UoSTranscrib...

#UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUoS @unisouthampton.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Now showing in our upstairs galleries is 'Outlandish'. Revealing hidden histories and untold tales, pioneering artist #AaronWilliamson brings together a wealth of previously unseen archival material which tells a truly remarkable story, alongside works from his own practice >>> bit.ly/JHGOutlandish
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With the certainty of tides, still I rise is now open. Today we profile Osman Yousefzada and his new JHG commission, Mother. In this work, a piece of domestic furniture is reimagined as a symbolic body, ‘pregnant’ with seeping water evoking a sense of maternal life force >>> jhg.art/events/with-...
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS LAUNCH PARTY 🎉
Friday 3 October, 6–8pm
Join us as we launch our new Autumn season exhibitions, including Outlandish with Aaron Williamson, and group show, With the certainty of tides, still I rise. Read more at jhg.art, and see you on Friday! 💥 #Art #Southampton #SouthamptonEvents
October 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
EVENT ALERT! 🚀
Verity Babbs: Book Launch & In Conversation
Friday 10 October, 6pm // FREE
Join art historian/comedian/presenter #VerityBabbs in conversation with 'a space' arts' Mia Delve, as they discuss Verity’s brand new book, The History of Art in One Sentence >>> bit.ly/VerityBabbs #Southampton
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
NEW EXHIBITION COMING SOON 🍂
Outlandish
4 October 2025 – 10 January 2026
Revealing hidden histories and untold tales, pioneering artist #AaronWilliamson brings together a wealth of previously unseen archival material to tell a remarkable story >>> bit.ly/JHGOutlandish #JHGOutlandish #Southampton
September 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
TOMORROW! 🚨
In Conversation: Alaa Abu Asad & Jumana Manna
Thursday 14 August, 6–7pm • Online
Join artists Alaa Abu Asad and Jumana Manna in conversation with JHG Director Woodrow Kernohan, as part of our summer exhibition programme New World Order. FREE, book here >>> bit.ly/NewWorldOrde... #JHGNWO
In Conversation: Alaa Abu Asad and Jumana Manna
Join artists Alaa Abu Asad and Jumana Manna in conversation with JHG Director Woodrow Kernohan, alongside their current exhibitions.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We'll be there at this one! #SouthamptonMela #Southampton #WeAreUoS
We are ready to go! 🎉

Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!

#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
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July 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
⚠️ #Artists and #arts workers in the South West — we need to hear from you! The Visual Arts South West Artist & Arts Worker Survey 2025 is now open! It’s a crucial opportunity to share your experiences and shape the future of visual arts in the South West region >>> surveymonkey.com/r/VASW-ArtWo...
July 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
EVENT ALERT! 🚨

Screening: 20 Days in Mariupol 🇺🇦
Thursday 17 July, 6.15–8.30pm

Director by Mstyslav Chernov, with photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, 20 Days in Mariupol is an Oscar-winning documentary detailing the first weeks of the full-scale Russian offensive.

FREE. Book here >>> bit.ly/JHG20Days
20 Days in Mariupol
John Hansard Gallery, in partnership with City Eye, host an Oscar-winning documentary highlighting the war in Ukraine.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
EVENT ALERT! 🚨

Plant & seed swap! 🪴
Saturdays 5–12 July

Do you have plants or seeds you want to share? Had a glut of tomato seedlings? Maybe you're looking for a new houseplant to add to your leafy menagerie… 🌱

Stop by our foyer in July to pick up or drop off plants & seeds. FREE! 🍅

#Southampton
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Winchester School of Art BA Degree Show 2025 👀
Come and see @unisouthampton.bsky.social's #Winchester campus transformed with work by students on their undergraduate courses.
• Preview: Thurs 5 June, 6–8pm
• Public opening: 6–11 June
>>> www.southampton.ac.uk/wsa/winchest... #DegreeShow #WeAreUoS
Summer Degree Show | Winchester School of Art | Winchester School of Art | University of Southampton
As part of their degree programmes, our final year students exhibit their work in exciting and engaging Degree Shows in Winchester.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
JHG Summer Programme: New World Order
31 May–6 September 2025
#MykolaRidnyi premieres his Mazepa trilogy, created in collaboration with JHG. Mazepa's Ride unveils two new works that extend Ridnyi's exploration of Ivan Mazepa’s contested legacy >>> jhg.art/events/mykol... #JHGNWO #Southampton
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Mykola Ridnyi: Mazepa's Ride
This culminating exhibition unveils two new artworks that extend Ridnyi’s exploration of Ivan Mazepa’s contested legacy – a political and military leader of the Zaporozhian Sich and Left-bank Ukraine ...
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May 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
JHG Summer Programme: New World Order
31 May–6 September 2025
Artists #KinStructures (Kwame Lowe and Arman Nouri) present …rooting (2025), showcasing their ongoing work to create infrastructure for cultural and community expression >>> jhg.art/events/kin-s... #JHGNWO #Southampton
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Kin Structures present... rooting
Artists Kin Structures (Kwame Lowe and Arman Nouri) present …rooting (2025), showcasing their ongoing work to create infrastructure for cultural and community expression. Beginning in response to the ...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
JHG Summer Programme: New World Order
31 May–6 September 2025
Available Light is a new film by #MorganQuaintance. The work explores notions of home through interviews with museum workers in Japan, alongside conversations with renters in Tokyo & London >>> jhg.art/events/morga... #JHGNWO #Southampton
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Morgan Quaintance: Available Light
Available Light (2025) is major new film developed through an innovative research partnership with cultural sociologist Laura Harris. Shot while visiting Japan, this immersive work explores notions of...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
JHG Summer Programme: New World Order
31 May–6 September 2025
In Wild Plants of Palestine (2018), #AlaaAbuAsad follows expeditions documenting flora in the West Bank, interrogating what constitutes ‘Palestinian’ in a postcolonial landscape >>> jhg.art/events/alaa-... #JHGNWO #Southampton #SotonArts
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Alaa Abu Asad
In his video-essay Wild Plants of Palestine (2018), Alaa Abu Asad follows botanical expeditions led by Birzeit University professors documenting Palestinian flora in the West Bank. The work interrogat...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
JHG Summer Programme: New World Order
31 May–6 September 2025
#JumanaManna’s film Foragers (2022) blends fiction, documentary and archival footage to examine the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on Palestinian foraging traditions >>> jhg.art/events/juman... #JHGNWO #Southampton #SotonArts
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Jumana Manna
Jumana Manna’s film Foragers (2022) blends fiction, documentary, and archival footage to examine the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on Palestinian foraging traditions. Shot in the Golan Heig...
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May 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING 31 MAY! 📆

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿
Preview: Friday 30 May, 6–8pm

This summer, we present an exploration of artistic responses to our rapidly evolving global landscape. New World Order unites voices from across the globe, fostering solidarity in divisive times >>> bit.ly/JHGNWO
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | New World Order
In an era characterised by geopolitical instability and shifting power dynamics, artists offer vital alternative perspectives on conflict and division. Through examinations of botany, community buildi...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"From artists and educators to galleries and audiences, every component plays a role in sustaining a vibrant cultural landscape that is genuinely world-leading."

A timely & compelling case for arts investment by @elizaeaston.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social CVAN👇
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Framing the Future - CVAN
The UK’s visual arts sector is a global leader and a vital part of our national identity, creative economy, and public life. From Turner Prize-winning
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May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
FINAL WEEK! Blending drawing, sculpture and installation, Stasis Field by artist #KathyPrendergast explores themes of identity, geography, and the human body. The show invites you to contemplate your relationship with the land, history, and place in an ever-changing world >>> bit.ly/JHGPrendergast
April 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Who’s Got Game!
Saturday 10 May, 11am–4pm
We hit ‘Play Again’ on our annual games event! Join us and Board in the City as our gallery fills with board games and new cutting-edge online platforms to enjoy for free! Book here >>> bit.ly/WGG2025 #BoardGames #GameDesign #SouthamptonEvents #Southampton
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Framing the Future: The Political Case for Strengthening the Visual Arts Ecosystem

🚀 Launching today at House of Commons and backed by the APPG Visual Arts & Artists, the report sets out a plan for the government to unlock the potential of the UK’s visual arts sector.

>>> cvan.art/work-campaig...
April 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
EVENT ALERT! 🚨
Book Launch & In Conversation
'William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love' by Philip Hoare
Thursday 22 May, 6–8pm
Join #PhilipHoare and artist #GeorgeShaw as they discuss Philip’s new book, a celebration of the radical, timeless energy of #WilliamBlake >>> bit.ly/JHGSeaMonstersOfLove
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM