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Hinda Schuman – Video

Video: As part of our programme around Hinda Schuman's exhibition, Done Doing Time, we hosted a presentation of Hinda talking about her work...

YP Exhibition 25-26

Until 13 December: Youth Programme Exhibition by Ruby Harrison that explores an event that would reshape the cultural and legal landscape of the British countryside....

Cartes de Visite

The carte-de-visiterevolutionised 19th-century portrait photography. A multi-lens camera made portraiture affordable and accessible....

An Evening with Hinda Schuman

Artist Talk: 12 February 2026. Live streaming of Hinda Schuman talking about her work in the current exhibition....

Done Doing Time

Exhibition: The work of Hinda Schuman in her 2023 exploration of two women from one of the most vulnerable, most isolated demographics in America: women released from prison....

Scarlett McNally

Student Exhibition, until end of June. As part of the SVA Open Studios 2025 programme, we're delighted to welcome Scarlett McNally to the museum throughout June....

OL1: A Right to Roam

Until 13 December: Youth Programme Exhibition by Ruby Harrison that explores an event that would reshape the cultural and legal landscape of the British countryside....

Lisette Model

Shaped post-War American photography even while under the watchful eye of the FBI...

The Joyful Women Collective

Next session: 8 January 2026 18:30 - 20:30...

Mask-Making

Film by Lisl Ponger from her mask-making workshop with A-Level students...

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Anti-Violence Projects Featured Forthcoming Event InMuseum Previous Youth Projects

For the month of February, in support of the Knife Angel’s month in Gloucester, as part of its National Anti-Violence tour, and the Knife Rose at the Heroines Quarter, we're running art activities in our Creative Canvas space.

Del Barrett30th January 2023

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Kashmir: The Making of a Family Album

The family photos from this series, symbolically remind us of the inevitability of the past, loss and death. The constructed images are replete with memories that can neither be touched nor altered, only re-lived in our imaginations on an endless loop.

PlanetHeroines12th January 2023

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Kashmir: The Chandelier

Conceived as a decorative piece, this mushroom-shaped chandelier was made using over 3600 pages of legal correspondence between the courts, petitioners, and respondents in Kashmir. This piece draws parallels to the perfectly taxidermized busts and heads of kills that camouflages the violence underneath.

PlanetHeroines12th January 2023

Colour photograph. Six young women in band uniform (large orange hats and sequined clothes) gaze down the lens.

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Collage: Women of the Prix Pictet since 2008

Collage showcases the work of sixty-four women in photography, all of whom have been shortlisted or nominated for the Prix Pictet award.

Katherine Riley9th January 2023

Black and white photograph. A woman in a long coat stands holding an umbrella in one hand and a pair of shoes in the other.

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Marilyn Stafford: Obituary

The legendary photographer Marilyn Stafford, recognised for her portraiture and street photography, has died at the age of 97.

Katherine Riley4th January 2023

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Knife Angel: Photo Competition

Photography competition to see your work featured in the Eastgate Centre and be in with a chance to win a prize!

Del Barrett3rd January 2023

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Knife Rose: Renate Bertlmann

To coincide with the arrival of the Knife Angel – the National Monument for Serious Violence - we have acquired a Knife Rose, thanks to the support of the Stronger, Safer Gloucester Partnership

Del Barrett3rd January 2023

Sepia photograph. Carolee swings from a rope while making pencil marks on a white wall and floor.

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Body Politics: Carolee Schneemann

Body Politics traces Carolee Schneemann's transgressive, interdisciplinary artistic expression over six decades.

Katherine Riley22nd December 2022

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Penny Slinger’s Photocollage Couture

Penny Slinger’s ever-evolving oeuvre encompasses Surrealism, feminism, and eroticism (to name a few) through the mediums of collage, fashion, film, prose and poetry, and sculpture.

PlanetHeroines22nd December 2022

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Margaret Gross Michaelis-Sachs

Margarethe (Margaret) Gross was born in 1902 into a Jewish family in Dzieditz, near Cracow, in what was then Austria (now Poland). Her liberal upbringing led her to studying photography at the Institute of Graphic Arts and Research in Vienna, followed by apprenticeships in some of the leading Viennese studios of the…

PlanetHeroines15th December 2022