Bournemouth welcomes new arts hub

Bournemouth has welcomed the UK’s largest artist-run gallery space outside of London.

The independently-funded 15,000sqft art centre opened August 7 with two exhibitions focused on Covid-19 and protest and activism.

Giant is a collaboration between site owner Ashley Nicholson and Bournemouth-based artist Stuart Semple, curator of one of the exhibitions.

Semple said there was a “huge queue” for the opening, with almost 1,000 visitors each day of its opening weekend.

“The [owners] vision of community, the arts and the building serving the public is a truly beautiful thing, and I'm grateful that they've put their faith in us to create something like this for the town.”