Galleries · South East England
Hastings Contemporary
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Hastings Contemporary — art museum in Hastings.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Rock-a-Nore Station · 0.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Hastings Contemporary is located at postcode TN34 3AS, with the nearest railway station being Rock-a-Nore Station, just 0.2 km away. Entry is free, and the venue is wheelchair accessible.
About
Hastings Contemporary is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "art museum in Hastings". Coordinates: 50.8561°, 0.5928°.
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Official information
The Jerwood Collection features a significant array of paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and prints by notable artists. It aims to share its collection publicly and is accessible through loans to various institutions and digital platforms.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: High Weald
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings, East Sussex and is a not-for-profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build. The gallery contains temporary exhibitions that included work from artists including L. S. Lowry, Augustus John, Stanley Spencer, Walter Sickert, Ben Nicholson, Patrick Caulfield, Maggi Hambling, Craigie Aitchison and Prunella Clough.
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Background
Architecture
The building was designed by Hana Loftus and Tom Grieve (son of Alan Grieve, the chairman of the Jerwood Foundation) from the architecture firm HAT Projects. The outside of the gallery building is covered with over 8,000 black tiles that were glazed in Kent. In The Observer, the architecture critic Rowan Moore says that the Jerwood building "is not embarrassed by the stuff and clobber around it, and does not embarrass them". Moore concludes that the building is "a simple and straightforward place for viewing art". Wallpaper described the gallery as "a perfectly formed, modest space, that doesn't try too hard".
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- Coordinates
- 50.8561, 0.5928
- County
- East Sussex
- District
- Hastings
- Parish
- Hastings, unparished area
- Postcode
- TN34 3AS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Phone
- +44 1424 728377
- Nearest railway station
- Rock-a-Nore Station — 0.2 km
- Opening
- Tu-Su 11:00-17:00
- Official site
- jerwoodcollection.online
Sources
- wikidata: Q6185311 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hastings Contemporary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Jerwood Gallery.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hastings Contemporary?
- Hastings Contemporary is in East Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TN34 3AS), in the parish of Hastings, unparished area.
- What is Hastings Contemporary?
- Hastings Contemporary — art museum in Hastings.
- How do I get to Hastings Contemporary?
- The nearest railway station is Rock-a-Nore Station, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode TN34 3AS.
- Is Hastings Contemporary a protected site?
- Yes — Hastings Contemporary is part of the High Weald National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Hastings Contemporary?
- The nearest railway station is Rock-a-Nore Station, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN34 3AS.