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A Day Out in Nailsworth

Looking for the perfect autumn day out? Nailsworth is full of charm, creativity and interesting shops - ideal for a day trip or cosy weekend break....

Tour and Talk with Gulshan Khan

Artist Tour : 18 October 2025 from 11:00. Join us for a tour and talk with award-winning photojournalist Gulshan Khan....

Woman in a green coat and a white hat behind a glass window

Capturing the Zeitgeist

If there was ever cause for celebration, it’s a centenary. One hundred years ago, the ‘Grand Old Lady of Finnish Photography,’ Claire Aho, was born in Helsinki....

The Joyful Woman Collective

Launch event and taster session: 6 November 2025 18:30 - 20:30...

A Tribute to Textiles

Co-curated installation: 20 September 2025 from 11:00 with Lisl Ponger as part of Heritage Open Days...

Garden Party Invitation – Poisoned Futures

Join us in Mortimer Gardens for an early evening gathering beneath the trees to celebrate the summer season and the artists, thinkers and changemakers shaping a better future....

Visible Mending Workshop

Workshop : 31st July 2025, 18:30 - 20:30, Join us for a creative, hands-on session exploring the art of visible mending...

Poisoned Futures?

13.06.25 - 25.10.25 EXHIBITION "Poisoned Futures" - entanglements of climate change featuring Gulshan Khan, Laura El-Tantawy and Lisl Ponger...

Green: Photo Competition

Photography competition to see your work featured in the Art Garden and be in with a chance to win a prize!...

Self portrait (in robe with masks attached) © Claude Cahun. Courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Collections

Hidden Histories: Claude Cahun

For Claude, exploring the limits of male & female identities was not merely a critique of societal gender norms, but rather a highly introspective endeavour...

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A pair of red shoes with slightly pointed toes. They are in used condition with some marks and blemishes.

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Miyako Ishiuchi exhibits in Scotland

Celebrated photographer Miyako Ishiuchi exhibits three series at Stills, Edinburgh which document material traces of the passage of time.

Katherine Riley6th September 2022

Installation image. A room bathed in orange light. A white metallic structure leans over in the centre of the image.

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Last Chance to See: British Art Show 9

Anne Hardy installation appears in the ninth iteration of The British Art Show, a leading contemporary art show in the UK.

Katherine Riley31st August 2022

Uliana is knitting a decoration while an older woman lies on a bed behind her.

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Natalya Saprunova wins Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2022

Natalya Saprunova has been awarded the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2022 for her project depicting Russian Sámis.

Katherine Riley30th August 2022

Black and white self portrait of Vivian Maier holding her camera, reflected in a circular mirror.

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Vivian Maier: Anthology

Hundred Heroines volunteer Paula Vellet shares her experience of visiting a landmark exhibition of works by enigmatic street photographer Vivian Maier.

Katherine Riley16th August 2022

A women of Zapotec indigenous origin is posing in her traditional outfit in a studio in Juchitan, Mexico, July, 2019

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8 Things to see at Arles 2022

Our overview of Heroine highlights from the 53rd iteration of the iconic Rencontres d'Arles.

Katherine Riley12th August 2022

Black and white photo. A man holds an umbrella above a woman's head outside of a shop.

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Marilyn Stafford: A Life in Photography

A major retrospective, the exhibition provides a reflective and engaging look at a period of 20th century history through Marilyn's unique gaze.

Katherine Riley10th August 2022

La comtesse de Castiglione - Instantané, 1861-1867

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The Countess of Castiglione

LAST CHANCE TO SEE: The Countess of Castiglione. A new London exhibition highlights one of the greatest figures in the history of photography

PlanetHeroines3rd August 2022

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Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870 –1942), Canadian-born American photographer and photojournalist, was the first published female photojournalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She documented Greenwich Village and the major figures and events of New York from the Victorian era up to the Depression.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022

A group of brown bottles stands on a table, beside a cactus, a lemon, and a small sculpture of a cherub.

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Jan Groover

American photographer Jan Groover experimented with space, light, colour, and form in painterly, large-format still lives.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022

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Belonging : Haley Drolet

To coincide with Gloucester Cathedrals 'Belonging' exhibition currently being on display in the Cathedral, they've been catching up with members of the Gloucester community to find out what Belonging means to them.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022