Thursday Lates
26 June, 24 July, 28 August, 18 September, 23 October 2025
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.
26 June: Celebrating Pride (free entry!)
28 August: Film and Music Night
18 September: Art and Identity
23 October: Portraits of Artists
Admission to exhibitions is free if you purchase a ticket for a talk, film screening or studio workshop, otherwise admission is half price.
For our June Late we will be offering free entry to the galleries.
What’s on?
In June we will be partnering with Chichester Pride to deliver a night full of fun with an incredible line-up of entertainment in the courtyard from 7pm.
For this month’s talk author Peter Parker will be in conversation with Gallery Director Simon Martin, as they discuss Peter’s book Some Men in London. This insightful anthology chronicles the history and reality of life for queer men in London following the Second World War, including several artists featured in our current exhibition.
July is inspired by our Print Room exhibition Ideas for Sculpture, where we’ll be exploring this 3D art form through an exclusive talk. Co-presenters of the Sculpting Lives podcast, Jo Baring (Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art) and Sarah Victoria Turner (Director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art), will discuss Modern and Contemporary British women sculptors, including women artists on display at the Gallery such as Rana Begum, Barbara Hepworth and Rachel Whiteread.
In August enjoy a special screening of Derek, a film involving two courageous and innovative artists, Derek Jarman and Isaac Julien – one the subject and one the filmmaker. This unique film provides a cinematic journey that illuminates the work and enduring importance of the late Derek Jarman.
September sees us explore how artists present their identity to the world. Enjoy an exclusive talk and curator’s tour connected to the exhibition Rana Begum Curates: Opposing Forms, alongside musical entertainment and creative activities in partnership with the University of Chichester.
In October explore our headline exhibition Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists with a special talk and tour. Hear from exhibiting artists Chantal Joffe and Ishbel Myerscough in conversation with the Gallery’s Chief Curator Melanie Vandenbrouck on their life-long friendship and the place it holds in their practice. This conversation will provide a unique insight into the way artists see themselves and each other. Proudly supported by Principal Partner, Dreweatts.
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
