Thursday 21 May 2026
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Experience the Art Gallery after hours
Visit our current exhibition, Lives in Motion: Stories of Migration from the 11th Century to the Present Day featuring stories of migration from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.
Glynn Vivian BIG art book sale. Browse our collection of discounted artist books. 75% off all reduced stock!
Gallery tours, 5:30pm, 6:00pm and 7:00pm
Artist film screening , 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Join us for an audio described screening of Come As You Really Are by Hetain Patel, made in 2024, duration 12 minutes. During this hour-long screening the film will be played on a loop to allow visitor to drop in and out as needed.
The film explores the outstanding creativity and passion that people put into their hobbies. Depicting a range of hobbies from across the country from freestyle dance to wild swimming, cosplay, gardening, miniature railways, radio-controlled airplane model making, felting, car modifiers, collecting, miniature pottery, miniature origami and nail art.
The film adopts the artist’s trademark style of combining high-end cinematic production with scenes from the everyday, to showcase ephemeral pastimes and handcrafted objects in a visual language usually reserved for Hollywood films and luxury advertising.
Creative workshop, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Bar and café open
Free, everyone welcome
No tickets required, drop in and join us at any time
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