Long-Running Exhibitions/Events
In order of their Opening Date
(Please check with individual venues to confirm their open hours, as some may be temporarily changed due to Covid-19.)
– Saturday 21 September 2019 to January 2022
ROYAL PAVILION & MUSEUMS
A Prince’s Treasure
From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion – the Royal Collection Returns to Brighton
A spectacular loan from the Royal Collection is on display at the Royal Pavilion. The culmination of a collaborative venture between Royal Collection Trust and the Royal Pavilion & Museums, over 120 remarkable decorative works of art that were originally commissioned by the Prince Regent, have been relocated from Buckingham Palace and re-united in their previous setting of the Royal Pavilion. Many of the works have not been on public display for over 170 years and are on loan to the Royal Pavilion whilst essential building works in the East Wing of Buckingham Palace take place. This unique project provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for visitors to see these magnificent items in their former home.
Royal Pavilion, Royal Pavilion Gardens, BN1 1EE
During opening hours, free with admission, members free
Royal Pavilion reopens 17 May 2021
10am-5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm)
Admission £16 Adult, £10 Child (5-18)
Book admission tickets at brightonmuseums.org.uk
More information: visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk or 03000 290902
– From Saturday 22 February 2020 – February 2022
Queer the Pier
This community curated display peers into local LGBTIQA+ history. Celebrating the lives of the writers, artists, performers, activists and ordinary people who have made Brighton & Hove so fabulous, their stories are brought to life with film and photography, fashion and drag and oral histories.
Part of Be Bold, a series of collaborative exhibitions and events, programmed with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ communities.
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton BN1 1EE
Free with Brighton Museum admission, residents and members free
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery reopens 18 May 2021
10am-5pm
Admission £6.20 Adult, £3.60 Child (5-18)
Book admission tickets at brightonmuseums.org.uk
Exhibitions include Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me: Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76 (additional admission fee payable), Queer the Pier and Designing an Enchanted Palace: The Crace decorators at the Royal Pavilion
Information: brightonmuseums.org.uk
– From 18 May 2021 – 23 January 2022
Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me – Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
An exhibition of unique photographs taken by David Bowie’s close friend and travelling companion Geoff MacCormack between 1973-76.
From Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and the ground-breaking Diamond Dogs’ tour across the USA, Japan and the UK via Russia (on the Trans Siberian Express) to Bowie’s first major film The Man Who Fell to Earth, and the recording of Station to Station, this exhibition of intimate photographs, gives a glimpse of a close friendship, and life on the road with one of the greatest rock stars of all time.
The exhibition includes recently rediscovered and never previously seen images of Bowie alongside rarely seen film footage shot by Bowie of the May Day Parade in Moscow, 1973, film of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, and a specially created exhibition playlist.
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery reopens 18 May 2021
10am-5pm
Admission £6.20 Adult, £3.60 Child (5-18)
Exhibitions include Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me: Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76 (additional admission fee payable), Queer the Pier and Designing an Enchanted Palace: The Crace decorators at the Royal Pavilion
Book admission tickets at brightonmuseums.org.uk
– From 01 September – 26 September 2021
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10.00am–4.00pm; Sunday 2.00–4.00pm
Textile Art Exhibition: Rethreaded Group
Taking inspiration from what is to be found in our natural world, members of the textile group Rethreaded are delighted to be showing varied interpretations, using an array of processes and materials.
The Grange Art Gallery, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA
Admission free
Information: rottingdeanheritage.org.uk / thegrangegallery@gmail.com / 01273 301004
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– From 4 September – 3 October 2021
Open Wednesday–Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm
Community Takeover – Stories
Main Gallery, Phoenix Art Space, 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Free entry, no booking required
Information: 01273 603700 / info@phoenixbrighton.org
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– From 24 September – 3 October 2021
Art Exhibition
At the Fishing Quarter Gallery, 201 Kings Road Arches, Brighton BN1 1NB
Friday 24 September–Sunday 3 October – 10.00am–6.00pm
Free admission
Information: 07881568374 / www.societyofsussexpainters.co.uk
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– From 24 September – 17 October 2021
Shoreham Wordfest’s autumn festival of words and ideas.
With David Olusoga, Cerys Matthews, Murray Lachlan Young, Alexander McCall Smith, Radio 4’s Any Questions Environment Day with Isabella Tree and much more: Books, Talks, Drama, Song and Family Events.
For further details and bookings please see our website: https://www.shorehamwordfest.com/
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– From 29 September – 17 October 2021
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10.00am–4.00pm; Sunday 2.00–4.00pm
Exhibition of Art, Pottery and Quilting: “Paintings, Pottery & Patterns”
Kimmy Priggen, Jake Fern, Louise Elizabeth & Liza Morton
The Grange Art Gallery, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA
Admission free
Information: rottingdeanheritage.org.uk / thegrangegallery@gmail.com / 01273 301004; KimmyPriggen.com / jakefern.co.uk / @LouiseElizabethUK
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– From 9 October – 7 November 2021
Open Wednesday–Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm
Platform Graduate Award Show
Main Gallery, Phoenix Art Space, 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Free entry, no booking required
Information: 01273 603700 / info@phoenixbrighton.org
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– From 3 November – 21 November 2021
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10.00am–4.00pm; Sunday 2.00–4.00pm
Photography Exhibition – ‘Hundred Heroines’
A participatory exhibition to celebrate the launch of Hundred Heroines Museum on Demand. A panoply of photography and objects imbued with heroinic meaning. Absolutely not to be missed!
The Grange Art Gallery, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA
Admission free
Information: rottingdeanheritage.org.uk / thegrangegallery@gmail.com / 01273 301004; hundredheroines.org
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– From 13 November – 19 December 2021
Open Wednesday–Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm
PRESS + PLAY Festival of Print
A five-week celebration of contemporary printmaking featuring an exhibition of local printmakers as well as supporting workshops, talks and table top fair. Festivities include a programme of taster courses from Draw Brighton with opportunities to create prints of your own. Browse and buy original prints, cards and items direct from makers at the table top fair. Expect screen printing, linocut, lithography, drypoint, monotype, letterpress and more. An annual showcase at Phoenix Art Space for new and established printmakers.
Main Gallery, Phoenix Art Space, 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Free entry, no booking required
Information: 01273 603700 / info@phoenixbrighton.org/ https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/Events/press-play-festival-of-print/
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