What’s On

German artist Lothar Götz has transformed the exterior walls of the gallery with his new large-scale, colourful geometric artwork, 'Dance Diagonal'.

Led by Eastbourne-based dance teachers Yanaëlle Thiran, these outdoor sessions give you a unique opportunity to follow and create movements inspired by the lines and bright colours of Lothar Götz’s Dance Diagonal (2019).

Join Eastbourne-based dance artist Yanaëlle Thiran for The Performance Path, a different kind of walking tour, as part of Eastbourne Walking Festival this Spring 2024.

Eastbourne Studio Pottery is inviting local groups to take part in artist-led workshops between November 2023 and May 2024. Each workshop invites six people from two different community, arts, health, or education-focused groups, plus independent businesses in the local area, to create together as a catalyst for conversation and the cross-fertilisation of ideas.

Since 2008 the artists and makers of Eastbourne have opened their homes and studios to the public. Registration is now open for artists and makers for the summer season of 2024.

In celebration for the Turner Prize 2023 exhibition coming to Towner Eastbourne and the town, Eastbourne-based independent businesses Emma Mason and Urban Ground are collaborating on a project to show a selection of original prints from the Emma Mason Gallery in the beautiful Urban Ground coffee shops in central Eastbourne.

Set against the dramatic wartime locations that inspired him, acclaimed director Margy Kinmonth’s superb documentary brings to life this brilliant, well-known, much-loved British artist.

Anthony Hopkins stars as late British humanitarian Nicholas Winton – who helped save Jewish children from a horrific fate on the eve of World War II – in James Hawes’ sweeping feature debut.

Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this new Exhibition on Screen documentary will examine how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.

Wim Wenders’ (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, Pina) thrilling, reverent documentary takes you inside the boundless creativity of German artist Anselm Kiefer. 

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.

Extreme athletes Omar Nour and Omar Samra accept the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, a 3,000-mile Atlantic Ocean crossing by rowboat with no assistance, and no stopping. Training and preparing for two years, they commit their adventure to the plight of displaced people crossing the Mediterranean with support from UNHCR and UNDP. 

A sensitive, beautifully realised adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel capturing a year in 1980s rural Ireland.

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, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion but also his medicine. It’s how Allan survives the passing of his wife, leaving him and their four children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her.

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

Internationally renowned choreographer & visual artist Florence Peake presents a monumental painting installation that embodies her distinctive gestural, movement-marking techniques.

Melting Ice | Rising Tides is Emma Stibbon’s first large-scale show at a major UK institution and will create an immersive experience for the viewer, aiming 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. 

Exquisitely shot and performed, full of light, intelligence and colour, If Only I Could Hibernate is a warm and optimistic tale of resilience in a cold climate, nurtured with care. 

A new documentary highlighting the experiences of three intersex individuals who were once encouraged to hide their condition and have surgery they now regret. Their subsequent lives as adults is the focus of this insightful and moving US documentary.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their carers at Towner! Developed and led by artists Katy Beinart and Lydia Hunt.

In this eagerly-awaited documentary, Phil Grabsky’s biographical account of Haydn’s life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world’s most celebrated musicians.

Emma Stibbon and journalist and author Richard Fisher invite you to a conversation discussing the sublime, deep time and how artwork bears witness to changes brought about by climate change.

In the setting of her FACTUAL ACTUAL: Ensemble exhibition, Florence Peake speaks about her expansive artistic practice, illustrating her talk with filmed snippets of past works and performative demonstrations.  

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.

Wild Water provides a glimpse into the world of cold water swimming at Gaddings Dam, the site of the highest beach in England.

A gripping and thought-provoking new documentary from Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald, charting the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano.

Independent, middle-aged Etero never wanted a husband, and cherishes her freedom as much as the mille-feuille she repeat-orders at a local café. But when an unexpected encounter brings a new recklessness to her life, she must decide whether to pursue a relationship or continue alone.

This specially curated tour of Towner Eastbourne's Art Store will share works by a selection of artists who also feature in the Methodist Modern Art Collection exhibition New Vision at Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne.

In this captivating documentary, Martin Scorsese explains his lasting love of the films of Powell and Pressburger.

Josh O’Connor plays a melancholy tomb-robber in this captivating fable of love and treasure.

Artist Amy Leung invites you to takeover the gallery as part of our final Family Day this school holiday!

Re-interpreting and expanding on a performance at the National Gallery in 2021, FACTUAL ACTUAL presents seven large scale paintings on unstretched canvases that hang over a gloss dance floor.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their carers at Towner! Developed and led by artists Katy Beinart and Lydia Hunt.

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.

Join the curator of Emma Stibbon: Melting Ice | Rising Tides, Sara Cooper, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their carers at Towner! Developed and led by artists Katy Beinart and Lydia Hunt.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their carers at Towner! Developed and led by artists Katy Beinart and Lydia Hunt.

Join artist Emma Stibbon RA and learn to draw sea landscapes at scale. You’ll be introduced to different techniques, washes and ways to translate natural environments to paper.

Join the curator of Maria Amidu: in the perpetual back and forth, Hollie Douglas, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

Join Maria Amidu and writer and researcher Rohini Malik Okon for a conversation discussing themes of memory, care and kindness found within Maria’s exhibition in the perpetual back and forth and her new commission 26,778,780 minutes.

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