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Reimagining the Film Archive: Milestones - Jul 2025
The Box is seeking artists and filmmakers for new digital commissions
The Box is pleased to announce a new series of digital commissions for 2025. We are inviting artists / filmmakers to make a contemporary response to one of the two separate themes of ‘Journeys’ and ‘Emotion’ that will be reflected in our forthcoming exhibition programme.
Press Release - Jul 2025
Looking Back: A new window for St Luke's
The Box selected Portuguese artist Leonor Antunes (b. 1972) to create a new east window for St Luke’s Church in 2019 after she represented her country at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Her commission took us on a journey that connected contemporary art, European craftsmanship, a 17th century female scientist/artist, and our historically important Cottonian Collection.
News - Jul 2025
How it started v How it's going - Part Three
We're back with a third post where we're casting our minds back to 2019-2020 when The Box was being developed. This time we're looking at St Luke's church, which underwent a huge transformation inside and outside to become the beautiful gallery space it is today.
News - Jul 2025
A celebration of creativity and community
‘Hello Sailor’ took place at Tinside Lido on Saturday 5 July 2025 and it was such a great event to witness! Deputy Leader, Councillor Jemima Laing gives her report on the outdoor event of the summer.
Community - Jul 2025
Community Payback Scheme is coming up roses
Members of Plymouth's Community Payback Team were on site at The Box recently helping to breathe new life to the planted area in Tavistock Place.
Press Release - Jun 2025
Looking Back: A mammoth moment
It was a ‘huge’ moment for The Box back in February 2020 as our fully assembled woolly mammoth was revealed for the first time.
Press Release - Jun 2025
Devon’s Top Attractions serve up smiles, scones and 40 years of tourism
Sunshine, scones and spectacular scenery..... 'Devon’s Top Attractions' marked a major milestone this month as they gathered on the lawn of Holne Park House at River Dart Country Park for a glorious celebration of four decades of excellence - and they did it in the most Devon way possible: with a cream tea in hand!
Press Release - Jun 2025
Historic plaque unveiled in Plymouth to honour Sir Charles Eastlake
The Box was delighted to welcome Sir Gabriele Finaldi, director of the National Gallery to Plymouth on Thursday 26 June, to celebrate the unveiling of a new commemorative blue plaque honouring Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865). The plaque is located at Hillside Court, Plympton St Mary, the site of the pioneering Victorian art scholar and first director of the National Gallery's former home 'Hillside'.
Reimagining the Film Archive: Discoveries - Jun 2025
Rediscovering 'Some Day Man': A Complex Portrait in British-Caribbean Screen History
The rediscovery of 'Some Day Man' (1986) through the Reimagining the Film Archive (RtFA) project brings to light a television play offering a distinctive glimpse into Jamaican-British family life during the 1980s.
Press Release - Jun 2025
The Box announces landmark Beryl Cook exhibition for 2026
Taking place 100 years after she was born, the exhibition will re-assess and re-present Cook’s work, giving her the acclaim she deserves.
News - Jun 2025
The ProBleu Project – inspiring the Ocean City’s future citizens
During 2025 The Box has partnered with Hyde Park Infant and Junior School to deliver Future Citizens of Plymouth – The Ocean City, connecting local school children and the wider community with the ocean on their doorstep.
Press Release - Jun 2025
Jeremy Deller’s ‘Hello Sailor’ splashes into Tinside Lido this July
‘Hello Sailor!’ created by 2004 Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller will make a splash at Tinside Lido in Plymouth on Saturday 5 July. The event is part of the National Gallery's bicentenary celebrations. It marks how festivals are part and parcel of art, culture and civic life, and celebrates the fact that art and artists can be catalysts of collaboration and joy.