Ferens Art Gallery

View article Hull museums announce plans for reopening

Hull museums announce plans for reopening

Three of Hull’s most-treasured museums and galleries plan to reopen on Monday 17 May, subject to government guidance. Ferens Art Gallery, the Streetlife Museum and the Hull and East Riding Museum plan to reopen, with safety measures and guidance in place to protect both visitors and staff. Simon Green, cultural services director at Hull Culture […]

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View article Magical Museums activity booklet returns for Easter holidays

Magical Museums activity booklet returns for Easter holidays

Children across the city will be keeping themselves entertained this Easter with the Magical Museums activity booklet from Hull Museums. The second edition of the booklet, developed in partnership with Hull City Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team and designed by artist Joseph Cox, has a health and wellbeing theme and is filled with fun activities inspired […]

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View article Submit your artwork for chance to exhibit at Ferens Art Gallery as part of annual Open Exhibition

Submit your artwork for chance to exhibit at Ferens Art Gallery as part of annual Open Exhibition

Submissions are now being accepted for Ferens Art Galley’s annual showcase, the Open Exhibition. This year’s Open, the 54th, is set to launch at the Ferens Art Gallery in July and run until October. The Open Exhibition showcases a diverse range of talent and is open to painters, drawers, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists, as well as […]

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View article Young artists invited to showcase talents in Ferens Art Gallery’s Junior Open

Young artists invited to showcase talents in Ferens Art Gallery’s Junior Open

The Ferens Junior Open exhibition, an annual highlight of the Ferens calendar, will take place, not once, but twice this year. The exhibition, which traditionally takes place towards the end of the year, was postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2020 exhibition will now open early in 2021 in the form of […]

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View article The Turner Prize, armed Italian police escorts and thousands of people painting themselves blue all in the name of art – Kirsten Simister looks back on an incredible 17 years as curator at Ferens Art Gallery

The Turner Prize, armed Italian police escorts and thousands of people painting themselves blue all in the name of art – Kirsten Simister looks back on an incredible 17 years as curator at Ferens Art Gallery

When Kirsten Simister arrived in Hull in 2003 to take up the role of curator at Ferens Art Gallery, she couldn’t have imagined what was in store for both her and her new adopted city. Hull’s rich cultural and artistic landscape has flourished since then, with Ferens Art Gallery itself benefitting from a £5.2m refurbishment […]

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View article Ferens Open Exhibition 2020 celebrated with digital takeover day

Ferens Open Exhibition 2020 celebrated with digital takeover day

Ferens Art Gallery will be revisiting and celebrating this year’s Open Exhibition with an all-day digital takeover on Friday. On the Humber Museums Partnership website and through social media channels, this year’s event will be remembered through images, interviews, memories and blog posts. Councillor Marjorie Brabazon, chair of Hull Culture and Leisure, said: “The annual […]

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View article Ferens Art Gallery favourites to feature in special exhibition

Ferens Art Gallery favourites to feature in special exhibition

Iconic and much-loved artworks from Ferens Art Gallery’s permanent collection will be the focus of a special celebratory exhibition later this year. After months of closure due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the art gallery wants to enable visitors to reunite with the paintings they love. Ferens Favourites will tell the story of the municipal art […]

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View article Ferens Art Gallery and Streetlife Museum reopen this week

Ferens Art Gallery and Streetlife Museum reopen this week

Ferens Art Gallery and the Streetlife Museum will both reopen on Wednesday 22 July. The two much-loved Hull destinations will reopen with measures in place to protect staff and visitors, in accordance with Public Health England guidance. Entry will be by advance online booking only to manage the number of visitors at each site. Councillor […]

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View article Digital platform to showcase emerging UK artists

Digital platform to showcase emerging UK artists

A new digital platform will showcase the work of 36 emerging artists from UK art schools and alternative education programmes. New Contemporaries is launching the specially created platform for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020 this September, in partnership with Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery. It will allow the public to engage with some of […]

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View article Online showcase for region’s museums and galleries

Online showcase for region’s museums and galleries

Exhibitions from some of the region’s favourite museums and galleries are being brought to life online. The revamped Humber Museums Partnership website, a collaboration between Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and North Lincolnshire Council, digitally hosts exhibitions and showcases the region’s unique collections giving people the opportunity to enjoy art, history and […]

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View article Stunning royal jewel-cabinet on its way to Hull

Stunning royal jewel-cabinet on its way to Hull

A stunning jewel-cabinet – once gifted to Queen Victoria – is coming to Hull next month. Ferens’ latest exhibition will feature the masterpiece, designed by Ludwig Grüner, as part of an ongoing partnership with Royal Collection Trust. Queen Victoria’s jewel-cabinet will be the centrepiece of an upcoming exhibition, displayed amongst Victorian highlights from Ferens Art […]

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