Humber Street Gallery is our visual arts base and hosts a year-round exhibitions programme as well as events, performances and activities.
Originally established in 2017 as part of the City of Culture programme, it has developed into a vibrant, high-quality contemporary visual art space for Hull.
It is now a significant contributor to the contemporary visual arts offer in the north.
Our ambition is to further develop the venue into a multi-artform and multi-functional creative centre, showcasing a wide range of art and activities providing something for everyone.
Check out what you can come and see in our building below!
What’s On
Exhibition Tour
Wednesday 31 July 2024
2-3pm
Humber Street Gallery
Free, booking required
Would you like to learn more about our exhibitions? Get to know Humber Street Gallery with a guided exhibition tour.
Join us to hear more of the stories, ideas, and thoughts behind the work on display at our after-hours exhibition tours.
Film Screening: Style Wars & Heartlands
Thursday 1 August 2024
7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Pay what you can, booking required
Heartlands is the original Hull Graffiti documentary. Made in Hull in 1997 by CREATRIX and produced by Dave Coates, Heartlands features Leebo, Has2, Pinky, Smel, Spam, Merl, Perv, Admas, Eko, Paris, Xens, Risk and others.
Running time: 24 mins
Style Wars is regarded as the indispensable document of New York Street culture of the early ’80s, the filmic record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis.
Style Wars captured the look and feel of New York’s ramshackle subway system as graffiti writers’ public playground, battleground and spectacular artistic canvas. Opposing them by every means possible were Mayor Edward Koch, the police, and the New York Transit Authority. Meanwhile MCs, DJs and B-boys rocked the city with new sounds and new moves and street corner breakdance battles evolved into performance art.
Running time: 1hr 9mins.
Style Wars screening and exhibition licensing by arrangement with Soundview Media Partners.
Thursday Lates with Trinity Warriors and DJ sets
Thursday 15 August 2024
7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Pay what you can, booking required
The urban creativity of street art, graffiti and hip-hop and DJ culture have been linked together for decades and these art forms have influenced and enriched each other. Join us at Humber Street Gallery as Derby-based breakdancing crew Trinity Warriors respond to the Live Like Legends exhibition. Trinity Warriors have competed at the highest level of global competition. They will be joined by DJs playing sets covering a variety of musical genres.
Live Like Legends Artist Talk
Thursday 22 August 2024
7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Pay what you can, booking required
Writer and creative consultant Leanne Cloudsdale chairs an artist talk exploring 40 years of Hull’s graffiti scene and associated culture in the city of Hull and beyond, with Paris, Pinky and mike sprout.
Leanne Cloudsdale is an experienced communications consultant, design journalist and founder of Concrete Communities. Her clients include Vitsœ, Studio Nicholson, RIMOWA, Margaret Howell, Vispring, Sedilia, LVMH, Cutler & Gross, Mr Porter, Coldwells Build, Universal Works, IKEA, Farfetch, Toast and Conran.
Exhibition Tour
Wednesday 11 September 2024
2-3pm
Humber Street Gallery
Free, booking required
Would you like to learn more about our exhibitions? Get to know Humber Street Gallery with a guided exhibition tour.
Join us to hear more of the stories, ideas, and thoughts behind the work on display at our after-hours exhibition tours.
Time and Place: The Towns and Cities That Inspire Us
Thursday 12 September 2024
7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
£6, booking required
A nostalgic trip through the many towns and cities – including Hull and Withernsea – that have inspired the authors during their careers.
Former Hacienda DJ turned writer Dave Haslam has written on towns and cities including Paris, New York and Manchester – and has also explored Hull’s legendary music scene. His interests lie particularly in life after dark – the hours of exploration, hedonism and inspiration out on the town at night.
Award-winning Northern writer, Adam Farrer’s acclaimed memoir Cold Fish Soup is a humorous and poignant exploration of how a place shapes its community. As Withernsea literally crumbles into the sea, how has this impacted the identity and spirit of the town.
They will be joined by host and author Lucy Nichol, who will discuss how Hull’s HU5 area and the city’s famous music venues played a significant role in the creation of her fictional dark comedies The Twenty Seven Club and Parklife.
An informal and relaxed evening of chat, readings and Q&A.
Humber Street Gallery Café-bar
Offering coffee from The Blending Room, cakes and bakes from Scrummy Crumb Vegan Bakery, cocktails and more, our café is the perfect spot to socialise – especially if you love artistic setting!
The café space includes the installation of a mural by local artist Noh One.
Hires
From conferences to birthdays, Christmas parties to meetings, we have a space for your event at our gallery. Humber Street Gallery is also fully licensed for Civil Wedding and Partnership Ceremonies, with our gallery spaces, café and rooftop bar available for your ceremony and reception.
Visit our hires pagefor more information.
Schools & colleges
To request information about how the gallery can facilitate creative learning or to book a group visit please contact info@absolutelycultured.co.uk, and you can find our risk assessment document here.
Access
Wheelchair access and lifts.
Dogs welcome.
Baby changing facilities.
Breastfeeding friendly.
Free water bottle refills.
Are you an artist looking for opportunities?
We run a range of call outs, projects and professional development opportunities. Follow the link here, to sign up to our mailing list to keep up to date with upcoming events and opportunities.
Please note, Humber Street Gallery’s curated exhibition and events programmes are developed up to two years in advance. Because of this, we cannot accept unsolicited proposals.
Where to find us
64 Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TU
Opening times:
Monday – Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 10:30am-5pm
Thursday 12pm-7pm
Friday – Sunday 10:30am-5pm
