DECENNIUM at Hestercombe Gallery
New exhibition celebrating 10 years of Hestercombe Gallery.
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Contemporary Art at Hestercombe Gallery
Hestercombe Contemporary Art Gallery aims to present the best in contemporary arts practice whilst focusing on the relationship between art and landscape. We aim to be a place where art is not just shown but where artists and designers can explore, collaborate, research and respond to make new work through residencies and commissions.
Hestercombe has always had a place at the leading edge of creativity, from Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s groundbreaking landscape garden design with its borrowed views, to Gertrude Jeykyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens’ collaboration that pushed the boundaries of garden design and planting in the formal gardens.
Based in the historic Hestercombe House, the Contemporary Art Gallery is open daily from 11am – 5pm, and entry is via our Visitor Reception. You must book gardens admission in order to visit the Gallery and outdoor exhibitions.
The Gallery is not yet wheelchair accessible; however for all of our exhibitions we display a documentary-style film on the ground floor.
Landscape Resonances Event - February 2023
What's On
Gluck’s Flowers
A new play by Brenda Callis
FOR GLUCK’S SAKE! writing workshop
Theatre West will be providing a free LGBTQIA+ writing workshop for young people inside Hestercombe House.
TEST BED - an artistic afternoon to see, hear, to walk and talk
An artistic afternoon to see, hear, to walk and talk.
Outdoor Commissions
Discover the outdoor artworks and projects commissioned by Hestercombe Gallery
Find outdoor commissions
Past Workshops & Events
Find out about Hestercombe Gallery's extensive list of past workshops, seminars, talks and other events
Find past events
Limited Edition Prints
Original limited edition prints are available to purchase from Hestercombe Gallery
Buy Limited Editions
Previous exhibitions at Hestercombe Gallery
Big Views of Tiny Creatures Exhibition
Join us for our free new minibeast exhibition, 'Big Views of Tiny Creatures', by David Spears in Bampfylde Hall.
The Family Tree Trail
Join us this February half term for our fun Family Tree Trail.
Landscapes of Progress?
New exhibition exploring human progress, landscape and the environment.
We Are Here: A pop-up, neurodivergent film festival
Centred around Hestercombe’s Apple Loft, this pop-up film festival presents a series of short films and excerpts made in the West Country over the past few years.
Naomi Kendall and Lisa Takahashi: Pop-Ups
As part of Somerset Open Studios, Naomi Kendall and Lisa Takahashi will bring pop-up studios and an exhibition to Hestercombe House.
Susan Derges: Many Moons Conversations Event (Fully Booked)
Join us for an afternoon of conversation with artist Susan Derges, poets Fiona Benson and John Wedgwood Clarke, and historian of photography and poet, Mark Haworth-Booth OBE.
