Press Release Articles
Press Release - Dec 2025
Twixmas at The Box
Schools out and many of us are now in holiday mode or dealing with last-minute festive preparations, but if you're thinking about what to do with your family, friends and time off over the next few days or during 'Twixmas' - that strange stretch between Christmas and New Year that seems to have a rhythm all of its own - we hope this handy checklist will help!
Press Release - Dec 2025
Mai's journey across the UK concludes in a showstopping exhibition at The Box
National tour builds to an ambitious finale with a major exhibition that includes contemporary commissions, historic loans and the last chance to see Sir Joshua Reynolds’ famous portrait before it heads to Los Angeles.
Press Release - Dec 2025
Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy - Centenary exhibition repositions Britain's most popular painter as radical voice of 20th century British life
100 years after her birth, Beryl Cook (1926-2008) once named Britain's most popular painter is finally receiving the serious artistic recognition that eluded her during her lifetime. The Box’s landmark exhibition, 'Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy' opens on 24 January 2026 and will fundamentally reassess Cook's significance as a chronicler of everyday life during Britain's most tumultuous period of social transformation.
Press Release - Dec 2025
Beryl Cook's characters come to life across Plymouth
Life-size sculptures will celebrate Britain's most popular painter in her centenary year.
Press Release - Nov 2025
The Box Plymouth announces ambitious programme for 2026
We're delighted to unveil more details about our 2026 programme which will feature major exhibitions that explore the connections between Plymouth and the South Pacific, celebrate the legacy of two female artists with strong links to the South West, involve important national partnerships and collaboration with young people.
Press Release - Oct 2025
Celebrate Christmas at The Box
There are plenty of Christmas treats on offer at The Box this year. From late November until late December its St Luke’s church gallery will be transformed into a truly festive space with a programme of wonderful seasonal events for everyone to enjoy.
Press Release - Oct 2025
Museum Renewal Fund announcement for The Box
We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from the Museum Renewal Fund established by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and administered by Arts Council England (ACE).
Press Release - Sep 2025
Five Years On: The Box celebrates its fifth anniversary and outlines its impact
To mark The Box's fifth anniversary, we are proud to release the results of a new report which outlines the impact the venue has had since it welcomed its first visitors on 29 September 2020.
Press Release - Sep 2025
Looking Back: The Box secures significant funding to keep rare work of art in the UK
In early 2020, The Box announced that it had raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds from five key funders to save a rare piece of 19th century studio pottery for the nation. As we get closer to our fifth anniversary on 29 September 2025, we look back at this significant addition to the art collection.
Press Release - Aug 2025
Looking Back: Figurehead flotilla is revealed
It was an exciting day at The Box on 10 March 2020, when an impressive flotilla of 19th century ship’s figureheads was unveiled for the first time.
Press Release - Aug 2025
The Box unboxes developer donation
A Plymouth-based developer has donated £2,000 to The Box Foundation. Persimmon Homes Cornwall & West Devon handed over the cheque earlier this month as part of its Community Champions scheme, with Plymouth City Council’s leader, Cllr Tudor Evans, in attendance.
Press Release - Aug 2025
Major exhibition programme explores shared UK-Poland histories
The Box's dynamic winter programme runs until Sunday 11 January 2026. It features Grayson Perry, Goshka Macuga, highlights from the British Council Collection and is an important part of UK/Poland Season 2025.