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Exhibitions and events calendarOpen daily: 10.30 – 18.00
Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Featured events
Digital photography workshop: BLUR
Sat, 23 March 2024, 11.00-17.00
The Law Photography Studio
£125 (£100 Members / concessions)
Poetry performance: Salena Godden
Sat, 23 March 2024, 14.00-14.30
In Gallery, Room 18
£5 (£4 Members / concessions)
Youth Late
Various dates, next at Thu, 28 March 2024, 19.00-21.00
Across Galleries
Free (booking required)
Adult programme
From performances and talks to practical workshops, DJs, drop-in drawing classes and more, our adult programme offers both free and ticketed events.
Explore the Adult programmeExhibition programme
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
22 February - 19 May 2024
Floor 0
£16.00 / £18.00 with donation
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
21 March - 16 June 2024
£8.50 / £9.50 with donation
Six Lives
20 June - 8 September 2024
Tickets not yet on sale
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
11 July - 27 October 2024
Free to visit
Francis Bacon Portraits
10 October 2024 - 19 January 2025
Tickets not yet on sale
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024
14 November 2024 - 16 February 2025
Tickets not yet on sale
Free displays
Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation
9 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
Room 14, Floor 3
Free
Creative Connections: Cornwall and Southampton
26 February - 12 April 2024
Studio Gallery, Floor -2
Free
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