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25/11/2025

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17/11/2025

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Massive thanks to all who supported local film at the Blokhouse last night! And huge thanks to Kat Rollinson and the team for hosting.

12/11/2025

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Focal Point Gallery is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Feeley as Head of Contemporary Visual Arts. Claire will have responsibility for the artistic direction of the Gallery as well as leading on the ambitions for contextualising contemporary arts across Southend-on-Sea. She will take up post from mid-November 2025.

Claire joins Focal Point Gallery and Southend City Council from her post as Creative Programme and Partnership Manager at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and prior to this has worked as Head of Exhibitions and Learning Programme at Edinburgh’s Jupiter Artland. Claire has held senior curatorial roles at institutions including the British Council, the Barbican and the Serpentine, in addition to freelance work as a curator, writer and producer.

We look forward to working with Claire!

09/10/2025

📣 Coming Soon! Lucía Pizzani: Faunal Succession
Focal Point Gallery, Southend: 26 March – 30 May 2026

Travelling to KARST, Plymouth from 11 June – 1 August 2026 and Mostyn, Llandudno in Spring 2027

We are excited to announce ‘Faunal Succession’ a major new project by Lucía Pizzani () to explore environmental change across three coastal venues in Britain: Focal Point Gallery in Southend, KARST () in Plymouth and Mostyn () in Llandudno.
In the exhibition, Pizzani reimagines the coast through a ‘deep time’ lens linking geological transformation with contemporary questions of climate change, migration, and social transformation.

Faunal Succession will be formed around three immersive environments that merge sculpture, performance, and community participation. Each iteration will evolve in dialogue with local research and landscapes, partnering with community groups to develop workshops whose outcomes will be integrated into the final presentation. It will premiere at Focal Point Gallery, marking the first institutional exhibition in the UK by Pizzani, before travelling to KARST in Summer 2026 and Mostyn in Spring 2027.

Find out more from our website: https://zurl.co/2YExk

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Híbridos, 2025 (detail). Stoneware, glazes and acrylic on canvas.