Pallant House Gallery

Pallant House Gallery A Modern British and international art gallery set in a Queen Anne townhouse and modern extension.
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Today for World Environment Day we’re thinking about what it means to cultivate a sense of place. 🌍Whilst art cannot rev...
05/06/2026

Today for World Environment Day we’re thinking about what it means to cultivate a sense of place. 🌍

Whilst art cannot reverse rising temperatures, species extinction or disappearing habitats, it can remind us of what has been valued, cherished and imagined within particular landscapes.

In Laetare Sunday – Thrush (1948), David Jones turned his attention to an ordinary moment in the garden of his home in Harrow, observing and drawing a single bird with quiet attentiveness.

Included in British Landscapes: A Sense of Place (open until 1 November 2026), this work reflects on something that feels increasingly urgent today: that landscapes are not interchangeable backdrops, but living environments with distinct histories and fragile futures.

By attending to the land through art, perhaps we rediscover not only its beauty, but our responsibility towards it.

🖼️: David Jones (1895–1974), Laetare-Sunday Thrush, 1948, Chalk, pencil and watercolour on paper, Hussey Bequest, Chichester District Council (1985), © Trustees of the David Jones Estate

We’re delighted to announce the acquisition of a group of works gifted by , founded by the artist and curator Brian Kenn...
04/06/2026

We’re delighted to announce the acquisition of a group of works gifted by , founded by the artist and curator Brian Kennedy and ceramicist Peter Ting.

Bringing together works across art, craft and design, this gift reflects KennedyTing’s commitment to championing the contemporary object, from porcelain and stoneware to painting and print. It includes pieces by artists such as Ian Davenport, Jeremy Moon, Sara Flynn and Hylton Nel, alongside works from Ting and Kennedy’s own practices.

At a time when public collections face increasing pressures, this kind of philanthropic support plays a vital role, enabling us to grow, reflect the present, and share new perspectives with our audiences.

Works from this acquisition including Jeremy Moon’s Madam Bovary 4/64 (1964) and Ian Davenport’s Circle painting magenta/yellow/magenta (2001) can now be seen in our Historic House. Selected ceramic works from the gift will also be going on display soon – stay tuned for updates.

🖼️: Jeremy Moon (1939–1973), Madam Bovary 4/64, 1964, Acrylic on canvas, Gifted by KennedyTing (2026), © Estate of Jeremy Moon

🖼️: Nel, Hylton (b. 1941), Blue check bowl (Full Check), c. 2008, Painted and glazed stoneware, Gifted by KennedyTing (2026), © Nel Hylton

🖼️: Brian Kennedy, Five from Art Folio 3, 1996, Gifted by KennedyTing (2026)


Celebrate Pride at Pallant House Gallery 🌈Join us on Thursday 18 June 2026 for an evening of art, performance, music and...
04/06/2026

Celebrate Pride at Pallant House Gallery 🌈

Join us on Thursday 18 June 2026 for an evening of art, performance, music and community as we collaborate with Chichester Pride for our fifth annual Celebrating Pride Thursday Late.

Explore our exhibitions after hours, take part in creative workshops and tours, and enjoy a vibrant line-up of live entertainment in the courtyard from 7pm.

At 6pm, join authors Mollie Barnes and Gemma Rolls-Bentley in conversation with Gallery Director Simon Martin as they discuss Art Essentials: Q***r Art and the many ways LGBTQIA+ artists have shaped visual culture across generations (separately ticketed).

This much-loved annual event is free to attend, but booking is essential.

Thursday 18 June 2026
5–9.30pm

We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tess Jaray (1937–2026), an artist whose distinctive visual language tr...
03/06/2026

We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tess Jaray (1937–2026), an artist whose distinctive visual language transformed abstraction and resisted any singular classification.

Across more than six decades of practice, Jaray explored the possibilities of painting with extraordinary precision and originality. Through line, colour and geometric form, she created works that seem to shift between depth and surface, distance and closeness.

Born in Vienna and arriving in Britain as a child refugee in 1938, Jaray went on to become one of the most important voices in British abstract painting and a hugely influential teacher, shaping generations of artists through her long career at the Slade School of Fine Art.

Today we celebrate Tess Jaray’s extraordinary life and enduring contribution to British art. We are honoured to hold some of her pieces within our collection.

📸: Nicholas Sinclair (b. 1954), Tess Jaray, London, 1992, Silver gelatin print, Presented by the Artist (2024)

June has arrived... 🌿Robin Tanner’s June (1946) captures the richness and rhythm of the British countryside in early sum...
01/06/2026

June has arrived... 🌿

Robin Tanner’s June (1946) captures the richness and rhythm of the British countryside in early summer. Working in the tradition of Samuel Palmer and English Neo-Romanticism, Tanner created deeply observed etchings that evoke both a landscape and a sense of belonging within it.

This pastoral scene features in British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, our newly-opened exhibition exploring how artists from the 18th to the 20th century responded to the changing landscapes of the British Isles.

Now open at Pallant House Gallery until 1 November 2026.

🖼️: Robin Tanner (1904–1988), June, 1946, Etching on paper, The David Leslie Medd Bequest (2009), (c) Crafts Study Centre, University of the Creative Arts

Born on this day in 1860 was one of the most influential figures in British art of the early 20th century – Walter Sicke...
31/05/2026

Born on this day in 1860 was one of the most influential figures in British art of the early 20th century – Walter Sickert.

Across a career spanning more than six decades, Sickert developed a distinctive approach to painting that moved between portraiture, urban scenes and landscape. Influenced by French impressionism but firmly rooted in observation, his work captured everyday subjects with an immediacy that helped shape the direction of modern British painting.

Sickert turned his attention to the English landscape during the First World War, when travel abroad was no longer possible. In the summer of 1915, he visited Chagford on the edge of Dartmoor, where the church and surrounding countryside became recurring subjects in his work.

Painted the following year, Chagford Across Fields (1916) captures this Devon landscape through loose brushwork and shifting light, bringing an Impressionist sensibility to a distinctly English sense of place.

This painting is currently on display in British Landscapes: A Sense of Place – now open at Pallant House Gallery.

🖼️: Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942), Chagford Across Fields, 1916, Oil on canvas, On loan From a Private Collection (1995)

✨ SEASON LAUNCH: British Landscapes: A Sense of Place is now open 🌿Spanning more than two centuries of art, British Land...
30/05/2026

✨ SEASON LAUNCH: British Landscapes: A Sense of Place is now open 🌿

Spanning more than two centuries of art, British Landscapes: A Sense of Place brings together works by over 60 artists exploring how the landscapes of the British Isles have been seen, shaped and remembered. From the golden age of British watercolour to postwar abstraction, the exhibition traces a rich journey through landscape as a place of memory, identity and emotion.

Featuring works by Thomas Gainsborough, Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barbara Hepworth, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Prunella Clough and many more, the exhibition moves from quiet rural lanes and chalk hills to industrial terrains and abstract coastlines, revealing the many ways artists have responded to the world around them.

“How our best artists captured the beauty of Britain” – The Telegraph

📍On view now until 1 November 2026

https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/british-landscapes-a-sense-of-place/

🖼️: Mark Gertler (1891–1939), Near Swanage, 1916, Oil on board, Kearley Bequest, through Art Fund (1989)

William Crozier's The Edge of the Landscape, Essex (1959) has now joined the Gallery's collection, presented by the Esta...
29/05/2026

William Crozier's The Edge of the Landscape, Essex (1959) has now joined the Gallery's collection, presented by the Estate of William Crozier.

Painted following a period spent working in Pebmarsh, Essex, the work is based on the River Colne and forms part of a series of dark, desolate landscapes inspired by the emptiness of the Essex ‘wilderness’. Created during the Cold War era, these emotionally charged paintings reflect a wider atmosphere of unease while exploring ideas of authenticity, meaning and humanity’s relationship to place.

In The Edge of the Landscape, Essex, Crozier transforms landscape into something deeply psychological – a space shaped as much by feeling as by observation.

We are happy to be showing this work in British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, opening tomorrow.

🖼️: William Crozier (1930–2011), The Edge of the Landscape, Essex, 1959, Oil on board, Presented by the Estate of William Crozier (2026), © Estate of William Crozier

23/05/2026

Angela is one of the volunteers behind our Volunteers’ Art Exhibition, and one of the artists featured within it.

Bringing together a wide range of personal, thoughtful and unexpected works, the exhibition celebrates the creativity of our volunteer community. With no set brief or theme, each piece reflects something individual and meaningful.

🗓 4 April – 7 June 2026
🎨 All proceeds support volunteer initiatives

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