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News - Nov 2025
Meet the Makers
The Box is hosting its first ever 'Winter Makers Market' on 22 and 23 November 2025 in the beautiful St Luke's gallery. The event will be a great opportunity to browse and buy from a selection of exceptional local makers and artists - just in time for Christmas! Here's your chance to find out more about some of the many makers who will be there.
Exhibition - Nov 2025
Meet the artist: Honorata Martin
The Box's 'Remember Respond Resist' exhibition includes the first-ever UK showing of Honorata Martin's 2013 film 'About Going Out into Poland'. Discover more about this exciting and award-winning Polish-based artist.
Art - Nov 2025
Collection Insight: 'Primus II’ by Bisila Noha
This beautiful work is a recent addition to the art collection at The Box. It’s called ‘Primus II’ and is the work of Bisila Noha. It was purchased from Thrown by the Contemporary Art Society and then presented to The Box.
Natural History - Nov 2025
Collection Insight: Radiocarbon dating a Woolly Rhino Tooth
Radiocarbon dating has helped piece together human history, showing when early people farmed, built homes or migrated. It’s not perfect – items older than about 50,000 years can’t be dated accurately because there’s too little carbon-14 left in them – but it remains one of our most important tools for understanding the past and the timeline of the Earth’s story and the people who lived here long before written records began. Here's what it's helped us learn about a woolly rhino tooth from the natural history collection.
Reimagining the Film Archive; Spotlight - Nov 2025
Spotlight on Jordan Baseman
We are thrilled to announce that Jordan Baseman has been awarded the 2026 Reimagining the Film Archive 'Emotions' Digital Commission. The commissioned work will launch in June 2026 and be displayed in the Media Lab gallery, presented alongside The Box’s summer 2026 exhibition programme.
Reimagining the Film Archive; Spotlight - Nov 2025
Spotlight on Sadia Pineda Hameed
We are delighted to announce that the recipient of the 2026 Reimagining the Film Archives 'Journeys' Digital Commission is Sadia Pineda Hameed. The commissioned work will be exhibited in the Media Lab, Gallery in February 2026, which links with the 'Journeys with Mai' exhibition at The Box.
Art - Nov 2025
Collection Insight: Execution of a Traitor
Millions of people across the UK have been glued to 'The Celebrity Traitors' over the last few weeks. The first episode alone has been watched by over 12 million. The series has captivated audiences with its mix of plotting, backstabbing, trust and contestants and culminates on 6 November. Who will be victorious? Will those who are Faithful successfully banish all the Traitors in time?
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.
Exhibition - Oct 2025
Meet the artist: Goshka Macuga
Internationally renowned Goshka Macuga is one of 23 artists featured in our 'Remember Respond Resist' exhibition. Discover more about this Polish-born British-based artist whose career has taken her all over the world.
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.
Art - Sep 2025
Collection Insight: 'Energy Locator' by Anne Hardy
We are delighted that ‘Energy Locator’ by Anne Hardy has been purchased from Maureen Paley, a well-established art gallery, by Jill Hackel and Andrzej Zarzycki who have gifted the work to the Contemporary Art Society to present to The Box.