What’s On

Maria Amidu is the third artist in iniva’s Future Collect Commission partnership programme. The exhibition centres around 26,778,780 minutes, a new paper and text-based installation and accompanying sound piece which explores the dialogue between paper and writing.

Since the 1930s, Towner has developed one of the largest public collections of work by Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) as well as extensive archive materials.

Melting Ice | Rising Tides is Emma Stibbon’s first large-scale show at a major UK institution and aims to act as a stark reminder that the seemingly remote events of polar ice sheet melt is directly connected with the changes that we are witnessing in our local, more familiar UK landscape. 

Based on the phenomenally successful Colleen Hoover romance novel, It Ends with Us stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman overcoming a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston. 

After 500 years Bosch’s paintings still shock and fascinate us. Delve into the vivid imagination of this true visionary.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

After suffering a catastrophic and near fatal spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. Told he would never walk again, Ed harnessed his determination to create a future for himself and his family that most thought impossible. 

Following the triumphant 2024 Paris Olympics, revisit Hugh Hudson’s extraordinary debut – a masterful, indelibly scored British classic, nominated for seven Oscars and winner of four including Best Picture, set 100 years ago at the 1924 Olympic Games.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.

Oscar winner Kate Winslet gives a formidable performance as iconic, trailblazing photojournalist Lee Miller.

Towner fairs are back, this time celebrating the art of contemporary jewellery-making across a variety of styles and materials.

Justly considered one of the greatest films of all time, Carol Reed’s noirish thriller is back in cinemas for its 75th anniversary.

Emma Stibbon is joined by those at the forefront of climate action, including politician, author and end-of-life doula Caroline Lucas.   

Based on the true story behind world-renowned champagne business Veuve Clicquot, Widow Clicquot is a sweeping, inspiring and romantic period drama about a visionary young widow defying convention in 18th century France, starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge and Sam Riley.

Spanning the career of artist Robert Tavener (1920-2004) this exhibition brings together a range of lithographs, linocuts and illustrations drawn from the collections held by Towner and Emma Mason.

Blue Monkey Network present a new and improved event where 4 artist members give short 10 minute talks about their practice. 

Join artist Sarah Becvar for a botanical painting workshop with a difference. Surrounded by seasonal flowers and old botanical guidebooks, Sarah will lead you through this peaceful workshop introducing watercolour painting as a mindfulness activity.

Gerard Byrne’s Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli - Film inside an image (2015-16) will be presented at Towner for the first time since it was acquired for the Towner Collection through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund.

Drawing the Unspeakable is a curation of works by David Dimbleby and Liza Dimbleby, exploring how the medium of drawing can express complex and difficult human emotions

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

This six–week course offers an introduction to modern British art by exploring a selection of predominantly British artists and artistic movements, and their response to the dramatic societal changes which occurred during the first half of the 20th- century. Themes and artists have been included to tie in with selected works from the extensive Towner Collection.

New Blue Monkey Network member Carrie Stanley will give a talk on her processes; connection to colours and textures, dismissal of conventional boundaries and edges, the importance of drawing to life sized scale and in the moment, and the importance of being true to self.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Towner presents a selection of sculpture, prints and drawings by internationally renowned artist Nigel Hall (b.1943), including some of his earliest American desert landscape sketches from the late 1960s and new sculptural works.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.