Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Love and Hate at Firstsite
2023-11-09 10:00 - 2026-09-27 17:00 (Europe/London) | Firstsite Colchester, Firstsite Colchester
Tim Noble & Sue Webster’s Love and Hate at Firstsite brings a series of illuminated sculptures by the internationally recognised British artists to spaces throughout the Colchester gallery.

The exhibition draws on Noble and Webster’s distinctive use of light, signage and popular culture. Their illuminated works reference everything from British seaside attractions to Las Vegas and Times Square, using flashing and sequencing lights to explore opposing ideas including love and hate, optimism and nihilism.

The exhibition can be found throughout the Firstsite building and runs until Sunday 27 September 2026.

Admission is free and no booking is required.

Firstsite is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm, Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.

Please note that the exhibition includes flashing lights and contrasting colours.

Arpita Shah: Nalini
2026-06-13 10:00 - 2026-10-04 17:00 | Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, Colchester, CO1 1JH, Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, Colchester, CO1 1JH
Arpita Shah’s Nalini explores motherhood, migration, heritage and the connections between generations through the stories of the artist, her mother and her grandmother.

Developed across India, East Africa and the UK, the photographic series grew from Shah’s desire to understand more about the experiences and relationships of the women in her family.

The exhibition brings together 26 photographic works alongside family photographs and personal objects including dried flowers and traditional saris. Its title comes from Shah’s grandmother, Nalini, meaning ‘lotus’ in Sanskrit, with flowers recurring throughout the work as the artist explores family, femininity, memory and cultural identity.

Nalini runs at Firstsite until Sunday 4 October 2026.

Admission is free and no booking is required.

Firstsite is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm, Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.

Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire: From Drawing to Cruising to DMs
2026-07-11 10:00 - 2026-11-08 17:00 | Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, Colchester, CO1 1JH, Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, Colchester, CO1 1JH
Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire brings together artworks, stories and poetry from different generations to explore the ways LGBT+ people have sought friendship, community and intimacy across changing times and technologies.

At the centre of the exhibition are drawings and paintings by Duncan Grant, including work connected to the period he spent on a Suffolk farm with his then partner David Garnett during the First World War.

More than 35 drawings and paintings by Grant feature alongside contemporary works, with the exhibition looking at the different places and technologies through which people have found one another, from galleries, bars and public spaces to online games, social media and dating apps.

Worlds Through Desire runs at Firstsite until Sunday 8 November 2026.

Admission is free and no booking is required.

Firstsite is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm, Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.

Please note that the exhibition contains nudity. Sexually explicit artworks are displayed in a separate enclosed room restricted to visitors aged 18 and over.
