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Beecroft Art Gallery showcases a varied range of temporary exhibitions and stores a permanent collection of over 2000 works, ranging from 16th-century old masters to contemporary works.

Join us at the Beecroft Art Gallery for a screening of Peter Weir’s quietly unsettling classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. ...
07/05/2026

Join us at the Beecroft Art Gallery for a screening of Peter Weir’s quietly unsettling classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Set in the Australian countryside at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows a group of schoolgirls on a Valentine’s Day excursion to the ancient Hanging Rock — an outing that drifts into something far more elusive and inexplicable.

With its gauzy visuals, dreamlike pacing, and haunting score, the film resists easy explanation, unfolding instead as a mood piece steeped in suggestion and unease. What begins as a pastoral escape gradually slips into ambiguity, where absence speaks louder than answers and the landscape itself feels charged with mystery.

Widely regarded as a landmark of atmospheric cinema, Picnic at Hanging Rock continues to captivate with its strange, lingering power.

Free tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southend-cinescene-presents-picnic-at-hanging-rock-tickets-1987670205090?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*z6dus3*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTY2NDczNDExLjE3NzY0MTQwMjU.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzY0MTQwMjQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzY0MTQwMjQkajYwJGwwJGgw&keep_tld=true

Save the date ✨Heidi Wigmore – State of HerOpens Saturday 30th MayJoin us from 12pm for the opening event — all welcome.
01/05/2026

Save the date ✨

Heidi Wigmore – State of Her
Opens Saturday 30th May

Join us from 12pm for the opening event — all welcome.

Last chance to see, Colchester Art Society at 80 🎉Founded in 1946 and backing visual art ever since, Colchester Art Soci...
01/05/2026

Last chance to see, Colchester Art Society at 80 🎉

Founded in 1946 and backing visual art ever since, Colchester Art Society has spent eight decades championing creativity across generations. From early connections with Cedric Morris, John Nash and the spirit of Benton End, to today’s thriving community of nearly 400 members 🌳🎨

This landmark exhibition is a bold celebration of art, ideas and North Essex creativity—honouring the past while showcasing the energy of the present.

🗓 Last few weeks to visit
📍 Beecroft Art Gallery
🕚 Open Wed–Sunday, 11–5
🎟 Free admission
⏳ Closes Sunday 17th May

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:Ruth Philo, Blue Cartographies 3Pigments, acryli...
13/04/2026

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:

Ruth Philo, Blue Cartographies 3
Pigments, acrylic and graphite on canvas

On view until Sunday 17 May.

Taken from the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection and on view in Colchester Art Society at 80:Joyce Pallot (191...
11/04/2026

Taken from the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection and on view in Colchester Art Society at 80:

Joyce Pallot (1912 to 2004), *Essex Seaside*, 1981

Born in Brightlingsea and educated at Colchester County High School for Girls, Pallot went on to study industrial art and design at Colchester and Southend School of Art. While studying in Colchester in 1932 she met artist Henry Collins, whom she married in 1938, beginning a creative partnership that lasted over 60 years.

A founding member of Colchester Art Society in 1946 alongside John Nash and Cedric Morris, Pallot was a regular and leading exhibitor at the Minories for more than four decades. She also exhibited widely, including at the Mercury Theatre, Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury and the Trafford Gallery in London, where she held a solo exhibition in 1968.

Throughout the 1970s she worked on commissions and murals with Collins, including a public work still visible outside Sainsbury’s in Kingsway, Colchester. Her work is held in private collections as well as schools, hotels and industrial settings.

This colourful and geometric view of the Essex seaside in summer is probably made up from various sketches during visits to the Essex coast, hence its ambiguous title. There is no evidence that this is a particular place

On view until Sunday 17 May.

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:Weathering the StormFiona KaneAcrylic on canvasO...
11/04/2026

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:

Weathering the Storm
Fiona Kane
Acrylic on canvas

On view until Sunday 17 May.

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:'Information Overload'Sara ImpeyFabric and stitc...
09/04/2026

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:

'Information Overload'
Sara Impey
Fabric and stitch

Layering text, pattern and image, Impey explores the constant stream of information that shapes how we see and understand the world. Fragments overlap and compete, echoing the noise of modern life and the challenge of making sense of it.

On view until Sunday 17 May.

🎬 Southend CineScene presents: PlayTime (1967)Step into Jacques Tati’s dazzling modernist comedy a visually inventive, m...
02/04/2026

🎬 Southend CineScene presents: PlayTime (1967)

Step into Jacques Tati’s dazzling modernist comedy a visually inventive, meticulously choreographed portrait of Paris in the age of glass, steel, and confusion.

Following the gentle Monsieur Hulot through a maze of reflections, office blocks, and baffling technology, PlayTime turns everyday moments into brilliantly staged visual gags. A film to get lost in and laugh with, on the big screen.

🗓 Thursday 7 May
⏰ 6:30pm

📍 Beecroft Art Gallery

🎟 Free Tickets via Eventbrite — link at

Planning a visit to the Beecroft over Easter? 🐣Take note of our opening hours:• Wednesday & Thursday: 11am–5pm• Good Fri...
31/03/2026

Planning a visit to the Beecroft over Easter? 🐣

Take note of our opening hours:
• Wednesday & Thursday: 11am–5pm
• Good Friday: Closed
• Saturday 4 April: Open 11am-5pm
• Easter Sunday: Closed

Image: Easter Parcel by Margaret Thomas (1916–2016)

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Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS26EX

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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