Beecroft Art Gallery

Opening Saturday - Colchester Art Society at 80. Expect a bold celebration of North Essex creativity.

🎬 Southend CineScene Presents: Salesman (1969) Maysles Brothers’ landmark doc—raw, intimate, hugely influential. Wed 1 April, 6:30pm 📍 Beecroft Art Gallery Free tickets here eventbrite.com/e/southend-cin…

🌼 CineScene hits Southend with a cult classic! 🎬 Join us Wed 28 March for Harold and Maude — dark, funny, and unexpectedly life-affirming. 🎟 Tickets via Eventbrite eventbrite.com/e/southend-cin… Don’t miss it. 🍿

Heidi Wigmore
State of Her
30/5-24/8 Three decades of work. An unflinching take on contemporary womanhood. From billboards and banners to painting, film and found objects, Wigmore challenges and subverts idealised images of the female form. Bold, political and deeply personal

Showing this Thursday at the Beecroft 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Trailer youtu.be/oR_e9y-bka0?si… via @YouTube Tickets here eventbrite.com/e/2001-a-space…

Looking ahead 👀 This week, we’re previewing what’s coming up at the Beecroft in 2026. After the Essex Open (15 Feb), we celebrate Colchester Art Society at 80 🎉 For 8 decades, CAS has championed the visual arts in North Essex. Opens 7 March.

Showing this week Southend CineceneS presents 'WINGS OF DESIRE' Wim Wenders’ hypnotic masterpiece — on the big screen. Featuring a rare, electric appearance by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, performing as themselves in the film’s underground Berlin scenes. eventbrite.com/e/southend-cin…

🎄 LA VITA È MERAVIGLIOSA (English-language version) 🎄 Join us this Friday for a free rare screening of La vita è meravigliosa — the English-language version — starring James Stewart, at Beecroft Art Gallery. 📅 Fri 19 Dec ⏰ 2pm 🎟️Free

🎄 Beecroft Art Gallery – Christmas Opening Hours Mon 22 Dec – Closed Tue 23 Dec – Closed Wed 24 Dec – 11am–2pm Thu 25 Dec (Christmas Day) – Closed Fri 26 Dec (Boxing Day) – Closed Sat 27 Dec – 11am-5pm Sun 28 Dec – 11am–5pm Thu 1 Jan – Closed

Southend CineScene presents Wings of Desire (1987) 📅 7 Jan 2026 ⏱️ 128 mins 🎬 Dir: Wim Wenders A poetic, iconic dive into love, longing & Berlin’s soul. 🎟️ Tickets eventbrite.co.uk/e/southend-cin… @SouthendMuseums #WingsOfDesire #SouthendCineScene #FilmScreening

Now showing. The 61st Essex Open Art Exhibition, celebrating the creativity and talent of artists from across our region. Poster Image: Niiice! by Sherie Corney @SouthendMuseums @VisitSouthend

Tomorrow night 🎄✨ Join us at the Beecroft Art Gallery for a cosy Christmas Double Bill. A Charlie Brown Christmas at 6pm followed by The Holdovers. Free entry with donation encouraged. Tickets eventbrite.co.uk/e/southend-cin…🎥❄️

It’s nearly here! 🎉 The 61st Essex Open opens Sat 22 Nov at Beecroft Art Gallery – celebrating the amazing creativity and talent of artists from across our region. Poster Image: Niiice! by Sherie Corney @SouthendMuseums @VisitSouthend

Last weekend to enter the 61st Essex Open Art Exhibition

🎬 Remember, remember the 5th of November… 🏠💀 Southend CineScene screens HOUSE (1977) — a surreal Japanese horror trip like no other! 📍Beecroft Art Gallery 🕕 Doors 6pm | Film 6:30pm 🎟️ Free (donations welcome) eventbrite.com/e/southend-cin… #House1977 #SouthendCineScene #CultCinema

🎥 Essex on screen, chaos on film. Weds 1st October from 5pm RATS x Southend CineScene takeover night: 📼 Electric Punks (1995) – The Prodigy 🎬 Bloody Kids (1980) – Southend streets 🎶 The Horrors: Counting in Fives (2007) – Junk Club chaos 🎟️ Tickets eventbrite.com/e/rats-film-ni…

🎬 Back to 1980! Bloody Kids screens Wed, 1st Oct at 6:30 PM, in collaboration with RATS and as part of The Screen by the Sea – Mapping Southend’s Popular Culture. Don’t miss this cult classic! 🍿 eventbrite.com/e/rats-x-south… eventbrite.com/e/rats-x-south…

📣NEW FASHION EXHIBITION📣 'Dressed for Business: The Gloria Levin Collection of Hardy Amies Couture' @beecroftartgallery from 20/09/25. Free Entry. Our new exhibition at the explores the wardrobe of Gloria Levin, one of the most influential women in British business history.

Oil City Confidential trailer youtu.be/7nr52B8WU8Y?fe… free tickets available now from eventbrite eventbrite.com/e/southend-cin…

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