What's on - Exhibitions
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Explore our current and upcoming exhibitions below.
You can also view previous exhibitions presented at Firstsite in our Exhibition Archive
Firstsite’s artistic programme is generously supported by the following people and organisations: The Coode-Adams Firstsite Trust, Trevor Fenwick, Art Fund and The Firstsite Collectors’ Group
Exhibitions
Free
Simon Carter: From the Landscape
Saturday 19 September 2026 - Sunday 17 January 2027
Lose yourself inside a giant painting as Simon Carter transforms our gallery into an immersive landscape inspired by the Essex coast.
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Free
Polly Braden: Against the Tide
Saturday 10 October 2026 - Sunday 28 February 2027
From ambition and creativity to isolation and inequality, explore intimate photographs and first-hand accounts documenting what life is really like for young people growing up in coastal Britain.
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Free
Jo Chapman and Molly Thomson: Chance Encounters
Saturday 14 November 2026 - Sunday 31 January 2027
Chance Encounters brings together Jo Chapman and Molly Thomson, two artists whose works reveal the intelligence of making in very different ways.
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