The gallery’s exhibition programme will consist of two parts. The Jerwood Art Collection will be on permanent display, rehung regularly on a thematic basis. The collection consists of 20th century and contemporary British art and is constantly growing. New purchases will be featured in the rehangs alongside the highlights of the collection, including works by L.S. Lowry, Stanley Spencer, Terry Frost, Maggi Hambling and Prunella Clough.
The receiving gallery will be the host of around six exhibitions every year, mainly drawn from the Jerwood Visual Arts programme but also featuring exhibitions specially curated for the gallery. Jerwood Visual Arts is a programme of awards, exhibitions and events to celebrate and support talented artists in the early stages of their careers, across the visual arts disciplines. The programme currently includes the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Contemporary Makers, Jerwood Contemporary Painters, the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and the Encounters series, a series of smaller, cross-disciplinary shows. These exhibitions show the best emerging artists from around Britain, and are widely recognised as a place to discover ‘rising stars’ in contemporary arts.
The exhibitions that are specially created and commissioned for the Jerwood Gallery may include work by local artists or with a particular relationship to Hastings, drawing on Jerwood’s experience in commissioning outstanding curators and artists from around the country, and relationships with other leading arts organisations such as Artangel, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Crafts Council.
Hastings, UK
