Exhibition Articles

Our 2025 exhibition programme is revealed | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Nov 2024

Our 2025 exhibition programme is revealed

Major shows by significant UK-based artists, national and international collaborations and community engagement mark The Box’s fifth anniversary year and celebrate the power of art.

Meet the artist: Vija Celmins | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Oct 2024

Meet the artist: Vija Celmins

Latvian American artist Vija Celmins has a career that spans six decades and 40 high profile exhibitions. 23 of her works are on display at The Box until 12 January 2025. Drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection at Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, they provide a fascinating glimpse into her practice and inspiration. Find out more about her here.

Meet the artist: Ingrid Pollard | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Oct 2024

Meet the artist: Ingrid Pollard

Our autumn/winter 2024 season features the work of five highly acclaimed artists. Here, you can find out about award-winning artist, photographer and researcher Ingrid Pollard MBE whose recent body of work, 'Three Drops of Blood' forms part of our 'Land Sea Sky' exhibition.

3D printed plankton dress arrives at The Box from Buckingham Palace | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Oct 2024

3D printed plankton dress arrives at The Box from Buckingham Palace

A 3D printed dress inspired by marine plankton and created in collaboration between Arts University Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), has gone on display at The Box, after impressing attendees at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London and even making an appearance outside of Buckingham Palace.

The Box’s Planet Ocean exhibition gets an extended closing date and impressive new artwork | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Sep 2024

The Box’s Planet Ocean exhibition gets an extended closing date and impressive new artwork

The 'Planet Ocean' exhibition has had a major refresh – and had its closing date extended by two months!

Portraits to make you think | The Box Plymouth
News - Sep 2024

Portraits to make you think

If you're looking around our 'Children and Young People's Portrait Competition' display you're bound to notice these two wonderful portraits from our art collection. They're on show with a selection of other materials to complement the 160+ competition entries we received and shed more light on portraiture in its many different forms. Find out more about them here - and catch them before the display comes to an end on 29 September.

Take a look around | The Box Plymouth
News - Aug 2024

Take a look around

Are you a regular visitor to The Box? Are you planning to visit for the first time? There are lots of interesting things dotted around our building that complement our changing exhibitions and permanent galleries. Here are a few things to look out for. If you follow them in this order it makes a nice trail!

A stellar line-up revealed for autumn/winter exhibitions | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Aug 2024

A stellar line-up revealed for autumn/winter exhibitions

We're continuing to bring the best historic and contemporary art to the South West, with an autumn/winter season that reflects Plymouth’s striking coastal setting and military history.

New portraits display at The Box celebrates Devon and Cornwall’s young artists | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Jul 2024

New portraits display at The Box celebrates Devon and Cornwall’s young artists

Portraits by more than 160 talented young artists are now on display at The Box following a competition earlier in the year which encouraged as many young people from Devon and Cornwall as possible to take part.

Major coup for Plymouth as National Portrait Gallery exhibition heads to The Box | The Box Plymouth
Press Release - Jun 2024

Major coup for Plymouth as National Portrait Gallery exhibition heads to The Box

A major international exhibition, featuring some of the hottest names in contemporary art heads to The Box from the National Portrait Gallery this month for its only UK showing outside London. 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', which received five-star reviews during its London run, will be free to visit in Plymouth despite costing £16 in the capital.

Tiny but Mighty: Top Tips for Preserving Plankton on World Environment Day 2024 | The Box Plymouth
Exhibition - Jun 2024

Tiny but Mighty: Top Tips for Preserving Plankton on World Environment Day 2024

Did you know that by making some simple changes in our daily lives, we can help to protect the ocean's delicate ecosystems and the plankton that form the base of the marine food web? Let's have a look at how!