EVENT ALERT! 🚨 Book Launch | Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant, by Philip Hoare Weds 11 Nov, 6pm Join author @philiphoare.bsky.social for the launch of his exciting new publication on 1920's socialite, writer, and artist, #StephenTennant. >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2003662775...

Book Launch | Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant

Join Philip Hoare for the launch of his new publication, Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant.

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Join us for a special Preview on Friday 23 October, 6-8pm!

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Join @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social for a powerful exhibition that explores queer joy and the positive future of archives. Book your tickets! 📍John Hansard Gallery 📅 24th October 2026 – 9th January 2027 🎟️ bit.ly/bit.ly/UoSArtsHumFestCeremonies #UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUos

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Fourteen months after we published 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, our new report asks: what's changed? Read the report here >>> jhg.art/events/frami...

BIG NEWS! 📣 This September, Southampton will host the #BritishScienceFestival, five days of events exploring the ideas shaping our world, in areas like AI and robotics, health, climate change, the future of food and sustainability, and much more! >>> jhg.art/events/briti... #BSF2026 #Southampton

TOMORROW! 🎥 We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher Screening & Discussion Thursday 2 July, MAST Mayflower Studios Join us for a cinematic experience and conversation exploring the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture, and the future. Tickets here >>> www.mayflower.org.uk/whats-on/we-...

This Pride Month, Southampton Pride and John Hansard Gallery presents five artworks celebrating Trans+ Pride and gender diversity. Selected through an Open Call, see the works now in Southampton's Guildhall Square, and vote for your favourite via QR codes and our website >>> jhg.art/events/trans...

John Waters and Nick Rossi, on a visit to SO THIS IS REAL LIFE, photographed by curator, Philip Hoare. We are entering the last week of the exhibition. Join @philiphoare.bsky.social for a final tour of SO THIS IS REAL LIFE on Sat. 9 May at 3pm to help close out the show >>> jhg.art/events/so-th...

EVENT ALERT 🚨 In Conversation: Wuhan Punk Tues 21 Apr, 12pm Winchester School of Art Join Chris Zhongtian Yuan, whose film Wuhan Punk is on show at JHG, in conversation w/ Marie Jarrell (Games Design and Art, Art & Media Tech at Winchester School of Art). >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986081806...

Wuhan Punk In Conversation

Join Chris Zhongtian Yuan, whose film Wuhan Punk is currently showing at JHG for an In Conversation event at Winchester School of Art.

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THIS FRIDAY! 🚨 Artist Talk with Philip Hoare Join @philiphoare.bsky.social, co-curator of our current exhibition, SO THIS IS REAL LIFE, for a special evening event discussing the show's origins, contents, and connected conversations. FREE, book here >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985439269...

Today on Transgender Day of Visibility, we're excited to launch a new Open Call! Alongside #SouthamptonPride + #SouthamptonTransPride, we invite Expressions of Interest from UK-based artists & designers to create work exploring trans+ pride and gender diversity >>> jhg.art/events/open-... ##TDOV2026

EVENT ALERT! 🚨 In Conversation: Punk-post-punk Friday 1 May, 6pm Join @philiphoare.bsky.social, co-curator of SO THIS IS REAL LIFE, discussing punk-post-punk w/ Michael Bracewell, renowned author & curator, who will be reading from his new novella, The Smiths. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985722992...

TOMORROW! SO THIS IS REAL LIFE tour with Philip Hoare Friday 20 March, 1–2pm FREE Join @philiphoare.bsky.social for a tour of the exhibition, SO THIS IS REAL LIFE. Curated with Philip, the show looks at the impact of the punk and post-punk period of 1970/80s, and its present-day reverberations.

Now showing: SO THIS IS REAL LIFE Until 9 May 2026 >>> www.jhg.art

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WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE-DOWN fabulous billboard montage made for us by Linder jhg.art/events/so-this-is-real-life-punk-post-punk-imagining-1975-1985/

Colin Hambrook explores Outlandish, Aaron Williamson’s latest exhibition at @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social in Southampton. disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

ARTIST OPPORTUNITY! 👀 Calling Hampshire & Isle of Wight artists! Join Creative Conceptions, a @unisouthampton.bsky.social project focusing on the voices of women of Black and South Asian background in pregnancy care. More information and how to apply here >>> jhg.art/events/open-... #OpenCall

John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Open Call: Creative Conceptions

Creative Conceptions, led by the University of Southampton, is a partnership built around the voices of local women with past or current pregnancy experience. UK maternal and neonatal outcomes are wor...

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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...

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...

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

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

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-...

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

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

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

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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We'll be there at this one! #SouthamptonMela #Southampton #WeAreUoS

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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 @southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social

⚠️ #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...

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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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

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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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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