{"id":429211,"date":"2026-02-16T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429211\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:36:08","slug":"sixty-artists-take-over-brighton-landmark-in-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429211\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixty artists take over Brighton landmark in new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Kellie Miller Arts Gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/25117395.former-dockerills-store-brighton-opens-art-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has transformed the former Dockerills hardware store<\/a> on Church Street into a creative hub.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Its first Open Call show mixes new local talent with established artists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gallery owner Kellie Miller opened the &#8220;beautiful building&#8221; to the community to celebrate its place in Brighton\u2019s history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The new show launched on February 13 (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;As a standalone independent gallery, there are only so many people the gallery can represent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We felt it important to share the opportunities this beautiful building presents with the greater artistic community, so we invited artists from across the region to submit.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building has deep local roots, from the Prince Regent\u2019s estate to decades as a family-run hardware store.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It now holds paintings, photography, textiles and sculpture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brighton artist Jim Naughten is among the picks, after showing work at the National Portrait Gallery and the Wellcome Collection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He is showing pieces from his Biophilia series, an AI project that looks beyond surface beauty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The exhibition mixes experienced and newly emerging local artists (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Also on show are textured abstract paintings by Rosalind Lymer and Neolithic-style ceramic vessels by Dee Harvey.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dean Grossmith\u2019s urban black-and-white photos sit alongside Sam Beck\u2019s mixed-media work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Crowds packed the venue for a lively launch party on Friday, February 13, starting the six-week run.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The exhibition is open daily and free to enter. It runs until March 30, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the gallery said: &#8220;Culminating in an outstanding representation of Sussex artistic talent, the exhibition showcases the variety and diversity of original art, particularly in a region with such a rich and evolving artistic history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Painting, photography, original print, textiles, sculpture and ceramics have been selected from 60 artists ranging from emerging to those more established.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The gallery showcases work over two floors (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Later this year, the gallery will stage shows by painter David Hayward and sculptor Anna Barlow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In 2025, the gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/24883600.new-brighton-business-moving-former-dockerills-site\/#:~:text=The%20gallery%2C%20which%20is%20moving%20from%20its%20current%20location%20on%20Market%20Street%2C%20will%20open%20at%203%20Church%20Street%20in%20April%202025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">moved from Market Street to 3 Church Street<\/a>, a shift it said would double its floor space.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dockerills, the family-run hardware shop that previously occupied the unit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/24611576.brightons-beloved-hardware-store-dockerills-shuts-doors-today\/#:~:text=has%20been%20running%20since%201915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">traced its roots to 1915<\/a> and closed its last Church Street store in September 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kellie Miller Arts Gallery has transformed the former Dockerills hardware store on Church Street into a creative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-429211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}