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Beecroft Art Gallery showcases a varied range of temporary exhibitions and stores a permanent collection of over 2000 works, ranging from 16th-century old masters to contemporary works.

🎬 Southend CineScene: Le Samouraï (1967)Join us on Thursday 1st October at 18:30 for Jean-Pierre Melville’s minimalist F...
04/09/2026

🎬 Southend CineScene: Le Samouraï (1967)

Join us on Thursday 1st October at 18:30 for Jean-Pierre Melville’s minimalist French neo-noir, starring Alain Delon.

Jef Costello is a solitary, highly disciplined contract killer who carries out what appears to be a perfect assassination in Paris. But when a witness unexpectedly spares him, and both the police and his employers turn against him, Jef finds himself caught in a deadly game of pursuit and betrayal.

A landmark of French crime cinema, Le Samouraï is all restraint, atmosphere and tension.

📅 Thursday 1st October
🕡 18:30
🎟️ Tickets available now via Eventbrite — link in bio

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🎨 MORE TIME TO ENTER THE 62nd ESSEX OPEN! 🎨Good news for artists! We’ve extended the submission deadline by one week, gi...
28/08/2026

🎨 MORE TIME TO ENTER THE 62nd ESSEX OPEN! 🎨

Good news for artists! We’ve extended the submission deadline by one week, giving you a little more time to get your work ready.

⏰ NEW DEADLINE: Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 4pm
📍 Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea

This year’s Essex Open will be selected by artist Heidi Wigmore, and we’re delighted to announce that £500 will be awarded to the work judged the best in each of the following categories:

🏆 Oil / Acrylic
🏆 Watercolour / Drawing
🏆 Print / Photograph
🏆 3D / Mixed Media

The Essex Open is a fantastic opportunity to have your work exhibited at Beecroft Art Gallery alongside artists from across Essex and the eligible London boroughs.

Entry fees:
1 work – £10
2 works – £15
3 works – £20

✨ Maximum 3 works per artist.

If you’ve been thinking about entering now’s the time!

📅 Deadline: Wednesday 9 September at 4pm
📍 Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EW

Full terms and conditions are available below. Please make sure your work meets all submission, presentation and access requirements before entering.

62nd Essex Open Art Exhibition 2026

Saturday 26 September – Sunday 20 December 2026

Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EW

Terms and conditions for entry can be found here https://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/exhibitions/62nd-essex-open-art-exhibition---terms-and-conditions-for-entry

BETWEEN:USBetween Us brings together the work of Peter Haugh, Jonathan Rust and Victoria Sills at the Beecroft Art Galle...
28/08/2026

BETWEEN:US

Between Us brings together the work of Peter Haugh, Jonathan Rust and Victoria Sills at the Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea.

The exhibition features painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and digitally composed image-based works, reflecting the varied material approaches of the three artists.

Rather than presenting a unified theme, the exhibition proposes a space of relation between artists, between works and between viewer and image. Each practice approaches this differently, yet all share a concern with how meaning is formed. Not as something fixed or delivered, but as something that emerges through encounter.

“Meaning doesn’t arrive fully formed. It emerges in the space between what is seen, what is sensed, and what is allowed to unfold.”

Southend-on-Sea
6th September - 29th November 2026
Private View: 5th September 2-4pm

🎉 What a wonderful start to Big Screen Adventures!A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our sold out screening ...
07/08/2026

🎉 What a wonderful start to Big Screen Adventures!

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our sold out screening of My Neighbour Totoro. Seeing so many families sharing such a special film on the big screen was the perfect way to launch our new family cinema series.

We're delighted to announce that our next Big Screen Adventure is...

🚲 Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure 🚲

Join us on Thursday 20th August for Pee-wee Herman's wonderfully weird, funny and unforgettable cross-country adventure in Tim Burton's brilliant feature debut.

🗓️ Thursday 20th August
🕦 11.30am (Doors 11am)
📍 Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
🎟️ FREE – reserve your tickets now via Eventbrite (link in profile).

We hope to see you there for another morning of big screen adventures!

“loved seeing how the language and technique you have evolved over your career spans the mournful, sexy, playful, tragic...
07/08/2026

“loved seeing how the language and technique you have evolved over your career spans the mournful, sexy, playful, tragic and angry. “
thanks Sam ❤️.dodger
State of Her closing event Sunday 23 August 2-4 with artist talk Beecroft Gallery Southend-on-Sea

If you've never been to CineScene, this is your sign. 🎬Since 2025 we've shared...StalkerDavid Lynch: The Art LifeRadio O...
04/08/2026

If you've never been to CineScene, this is your sign. 🎬

Since 2025 we've shared...

Stalker
David Lynch: The Art Life
Radio On
Repo Man
Borderline (1930)
Bloody Kids
Oil City Confidential
Hausu
A Charlie Brown Christmas & The Holdovers
Wings of Desire
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Party Girl
Harold and Maude
The Salesman
PlayTime
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Nashville..and now Jules et Jim

If you've been with us from the beginning, thank you.

If you've been meaning to come along but haven't yet, we'd love to see you.

Our next screening is François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, one of the defining films of the French New Wave. Funny, romantic, exhilarating and endlessly influential, it's the perfect film to discover on the big screen.

📍 Beecroft Art Gallery
Thursday 6th August, 6:30pm
🎟️ Free admission (reserve your place via Eventbrite)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southend-cinescene-presents-jules-et-jim-tickets-1992563902270?msockid=3654272ed6a568060fd43179d7bd690e

Come and see what CineScene is all about.

04/08/2026

Good call, Old Chum — for Instagram I’d lead with the parent hook: **free summer activity**, then sell the magic of the film. Here’s a more family-outing focused version:

☀️🎬 **FREE SUMMER HOLIDAY CINEMA AT THE BEECROFT!** 🎬☀️

Looking for something magical to do with the family this summer?

Join **CineScene: Big Screen Adventures** for a FREE screening of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved classic *My Neighbour Totoro* on **Thursday 6 August 2026 at 11:30am**.

Step into a world of imagination, friendship and wonder as sisters Satsuki and Mei discover a mysterious forest world filled with unforgettable creatures — including the gentle and iconic Totoro.

🌱 A perfect summer holiday treat
🎬 A big screen experience for all ages
🎟 FREE ENTRY

📍 Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend
📅 Thursday 6 August 2026
⏰ 11:30am

🎫 Tickets via Eventbrite – link

Please note: children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Part of **CineScene: Big Screen Adventures** — bringing great films and unforgettable cinema experiences to families.



This version should perform better because parents scrolling Instagram are usually asking “what can we do in the holidays?” before they’re asking “what film is on?” — then *Totoro* does the emotional selling.

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:Ruth Philo, Blue Cartographies 3Pigments, acryli...
13/04/2026

Now showing on our ground floor as part of Colchester Art Society at 80:

Ruth Philo, Blue Cartographies 3
Pigments, acrylic and graphite on canvas

On view until Sunday 17 May.

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Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS26EX

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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