{"id":465543,"date":"2026-03-09T07:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465543\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:41:21","slug":"southampton-city-art-gallery-to-reopen-after-refurbishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465543\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton City Art Gallery to reopen after refurbishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Southampton City Art Gallery will reopen on Saturday, March 7, unveiling a new series of exhibitions and recent acquisitions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Among the new displays is Centrifugal Forces (2024), a sculpture by Laura Ford, purchased with support from the Arts Council England\/V&amp;A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Southampton\u2019s Museums, Archives and Galleries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25874481.major-exhibition-set-launch-southampton-city-art-gallery\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major exhibition set to launch at Southampton City Art Gallery<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Southampton City Art Gallery reopens on Saturday, March 7. (Image: Joe Low Photography)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor Alex Winning, Leader of the Council, said: &#8220;We are proud that Southampton holds one of the finest regional collections in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This is largely due to the generosity of individual donors and grant giving bodies which have provided exceptional support over the years and continue to do so today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We hope that this will carry on long into the future to support our wonderful Gallery for residents of Southampton and our many visitors to enjoy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I can\u2019t wait to see all the new artworks as well as Emma Richardson\u2019s exhibition in this wonderful space that is such a great cultural asset for our city.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Southampton-based artist Julian Grater is also featured in the reimagined space with his series of charcoal drawings exploring the rapidly changing high arctic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25858366.crown-actor-unveils-new-artwork-display-romsey\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Crown actor unveils new artwork on display in Romsey<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Leanne Manfredi, national programmes lead, Arts Council England\/V&amp;A Purchase Grant Fund, Victoria and Albert Museum, said: &#8220;The Arts Council England\/V&amp;A Purchase Grant Fund supports the purchase of a wide range of material for the permanent collections of non-nationally funded organisations in England and Wales.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are delighted that the major new acquisition, Centrifugal Forces, 2024, by the internationally acclaimed artist Laura Ford has been acquired by Southampton City Art Gallery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Its place in the newly refurbished displays form part of a series of exciting new acquisitions shown for the first time since they have come into the collection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The work will inspire audiences for years to come.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Artist Laura Ford\u00a0said: &#8220;I am thrilled to be included in the Southampton City Arts Gallery hugely impressive and internationally renowned collection, and I would like to thank all those who have made the purchase possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southampton City Art Gallery will reopen on Saturday, March 7, unveiling a new series of exhibitions and recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-465543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465543","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=465543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}