Thursday Lates
11 Dec, 15 Jan, 19 Feb, 19 Mar, 16 Apr
5 – 8.30pm
Half Price Admission: £7.50 / £8.50 with Gift Aid (June Late is Free entry)
We’re open until 8.30pm one Thursday a month (apart from our changeover months of May and November), when you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours.
Enjoy talks and studio workshops, as well as free tours and drop in creative activities, plus live music in the courtyard from June to September. Pallant Café will be open serving a selection of food & drink and you can browse the Bookshop’s fabulous art books, prints and gifts.
19 February – The Art of Laughter
19 March – The Art of Performance
16 April – The Art of Appearance
Admission to exhibitions is free if you purchase a ticket for a talk, film screening or studio workshop, otherwise admission is half price.
What's on?
In December, enjoy a festive Thursday Late surrounded by beautiful art. We’ll be joined by La Diva — the award-winning chamber choir from Bishop Luffa School — for an evening of heartwarming Christmas carols around our magnificent Bösendorfer grand piano. Alongside the music, you can warm up with hot drinks and mince pies from Pallant Café (open until 8pm), and don’t miss the chance to pick up the perfect Christmas gift at Pallant Bookshop, open late for a little festive browsing.
In January, join us for a Thursday Late exploring art, care, and creativity. Enjoy an exclusive film screening and Q&A with Caroline Walker, artist of Mothering (sold separately). Women’s Work (2025, 60 mins) follows Walker over five years as she explores themes of childcare, nurture, and women’s work. The evening also includes a Library show and tell, a curator’s tour of Mothering, drop-in life drawing with Wendy Barratt, and a Studio drink and draw workshop (sold separately).
Join us in February for an evening of creativity, comedy, and culture. Alongside a programme of workshops and tours, we’ll be joined by art historian and comedian Verity Babbs for her talk Art Laughs: Art History’s Funniest Bits – a hilarious and insightful journey through the wildest stories in art history, from feuds and scandals to jaw-dropping masterpieces. (Talk tickets sold separately – BOOK HERE).
Join us in March for a Thursday Late exploring William Nicholson’s connection to the theatre world. Hear from Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance, Theatre and Performance at the V&A, in a special talk about how William Nicholson’s creative imagination leapt from the canvas to the stage, and how his theatrical designs reflect the wider story of performance, art, and innovation in the period (tickets sold separately – BOOK HERE).
Join us in April for a Thursday Late event looking at the art of appearance. In a special talk (tickets sold separately – BOOK HERE), celebrated curator and aesthete Stephen Calloway invites us into the fascinating world of self-fashioning – revealing how William Nicholson’s evolving persona, captured in portraits and photographs across his long career, became one of his most enduring works of art. There will be a Library show and tell session, a curator’s tour of William Nicholson, life drawing with award winning artist Wendy Barratt and a studio drink and draw workshop.
Each Thursday Late event will follow this general schedule:
5-6pm Library Show and Tell
6-7.30pm Talk and book signing or film screening (tickets sold separately)
6.30- 8pm Studio workshop (tickets sold separately)
6-8pm Drop-in creative activity
7.30-8pm Guided tour
