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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 🔗 linktr.ee/JohnHansardGallery
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NOW SHOWING! Blending drawing, sculpture, and installation to explore themes of identity, geography, and the human body, Stasis Field is a new exhibition by Kathy Prendergast. The show invites audiences to contemplate their place in an ever-changing world >>> bit.ly/JHGPrendergast #Art #Southampton

NOW SHOWING! Combining filmmaking, choreography, and public engagement, Soundings by artist Emma Critchley addresses the complex issue of deep-sea mining. The exhibition invites audiences to connect with the deep ocean from an intensely embodied perspective >>> bit.ly/JHGSoundings #Art #Southampton

OPEN CALL 🌈⁠ Southampton Pride is working in partnership with GO! Southampton, John Hansard Gallery and City Eye to gather Expressions of Interest from artists, designers and illustrators in the UK for artworks raising awareness of HIV/AIDS >>> bit.ly/JHGPrideOpenCall #ArtsJobs #ArtsOpps #LGBTQIA

NEW EXHIBITION PREVIEWS You are invited to join us for the launch of our Spring exhibitions on Friday 7 February, 6–8pm 🎉 Emma Critchley: Soundings Kathy Prendergast: Stasis Field Abelardo Gil-Fournier and Jussi Parikka: LUMI Visit www.jhg.art to learn more. #Art #Southampton #SouthamptonEvents

🌊 Don't miss this powerful exhibition! If you're in the UK 🇬🇧, visit @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social to experience Emma Critchley's Soundings. Through film, choreography & public engagement, it dives into the urgent issue of #DeepSeaMining & why we must #DefendTheDeep. ℹ️ https://buff.ly/42lvGGP

Opening 8 February! 🦑

Our deep-sea experts, such as @joncopley.bsky.social, have worked with artist Emma Critchley on an inspiring upcoming exhibition at @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social. The Soundings exhibition explores our relationship with the deep ocean and the impacts of deep-sea mining. Read more: brnw.ch/21wQ7vE

Now screening on our Digital Array, we are delighted to present #LUMI, a captivating new video essay by #AbelardoGilFournier and #JussiParikka. Featuring a powerful soundscape by #MaríaAnduezaOlmedo, the film investigates luminosity and the reflections of planetary light >>> bit.ly/JHGLUMI

TICKETS ON SALE! In Conversation with #DavidHarewood Tuesday 28 January, 7pm MAST Mayflower Studios, #Southampton Exploring the impact of being Black in Britain, this discussion will examine what it means to struggle, suffer, survive, and succeed. Book your free tickets here: bit.ly/InConversati...

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Kathy Prendergast: Stasis Field 8 February – 3 May 2025 We are delighted to announce a new exhibition by artist #KathyPrendergast. 'Stasis Field' blends drawing, sculpture and installation to explore themes of identity, geography and the human body >>> bit.ly/JHGPrendergast

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Emma Critchley: Soundings 8 February–3 May 2025 We are excited to announce a new exhibition by artist #EmmaCritchley. 'Soundings' combines filmmaking, choreography and public engagement to address the urgent and complex issue of deep-sea mining >>> bit.ly/JHGSoundings

"Las Gemelas have reflected on a historical and cultural precedent asking us to consider how we relate to trauma." Thanks to Colin Hambrook (@disabilityarts.bsky.social) for the insightful review of our current exhibition by #SoniaBoué and #AshokkumarDMistry >>> disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

Season's Greetings from everyone at John Hansard Gallery. Thanks to all our artists, audience, community, partners and funders for your support this year. Our current exhibitions continue over the holidays, hit the link for our opening times >>> bit.ly/JHGOpeningTi... #SeasonsGreetings #Southampton

DATE FOR 2025 DIARIES 📅 In Conversation with #DavidHarewood Tuesday 28 January 2025, 7-8.45pm MAST Mayflower Studios, #Southampton Exploring the impact of being Black in Britain, this discussion will examine what it means to struggle, suffer, survive, and succeed. Tickets on sale in the New Year!

ARTIST OPPORTUNITY 🔊 We are looking for an artist to create a pop-up experience in connection with our forthcoming Emma Critchley exhibition in February 2025. This is an open access encounter, where the public are invited to explore your practice and response to the show >>> bit.ly/JHGPopUpStudio

OPEN WAVE 👋 In partnership with #BSLCelebration, we are seeking Expressions of Interest from UK-based deaf BSL artists and designers to submit work around the theme of climate change for an exhibition as part of Southampton BSL Fest 2025 >>> bit.ly/JHGOpenWave #BSLArtists #BSLFest2025 #Southampton

Fantastic talk by @soniaboue.bsky.social who shares her work at @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social ‘I like ‘diverse minds’… rather than neuro-divergent…other people are different, I’m a perfectly autistic human’… and an amazing artist, I think!