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The Corn Hall is a vibrant venue in the heart of the historic market town of Diss on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. It is an impressive Grade II listed building which was originally built in the 19th century as a corn exchange. Nowadays it offers a fabulous range of quality arts entertainment, with two galleries as well as film, theatre, music, talks and much more.
The Corn Hall has an ambitious exhibition programme with past shows including work by international artists such as Lucian Freud, Maggi Hambling, Paula Rego and John Kiki. It also promotes emerging and regional artists as well as varied exhibitions exploring local heritage. The Corn Hall is generally closed on Sunday and public holidays. The Corn Hall, St Nicholas Street, Diss. Norfolk IP22 4LB Box office Tel 01379 652241 www.thecornhall.co.uk Maggi Hambling will join us in the gallery at2pm on Saturday 18th September, followed bya screening of the BBC’s celebration of her75th birthday, ‘Making Love with the Paint’,directed by Randall Wright, followed by aQ&A. The screening is free, but booking is essential. August 21st to October 9th MAGGI HAMBLING Everything changes but nothing changes Monday to Saturday 10am to 3pm Maggi Hambling’s life, as everyone else’s, hasbeen turned upside down over the last year.Plans and exhibitions cancelled, movementcurtailed. But her working routine and preoccupationsremain as before, exploring both the power ofnature in her sea paintings but also its fragilityin her current installation at Snape Maltings(‘Relic’ till 31 August), and life and friendshipwith its joys and sadness. Our exhibition, her fourth at the Corn Hall,brings together recent themes, including herNorth Sea Waves, the melting polar icecaps inher Edge paintings and powerful portraits ofher Mother and Father. Front cover: Lipstick, 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches Back cover: Wave and Gulls, 2018, 10 x 12 inches Maggi Hambling will join us in the gallery at2pm on Saturday 18th September, followed bya screening of the BBC’s celebration of her75th birthday, ‘Making Love with the Paint’,directed by Randall Wright, followed by aQ&A. The screening is free, but booking is essential. August 21st to October 9th MAGGI HAMBLING Everything changes but nothing changes Monday to Saturday 10am to 3pm Maggi Hambling’s life, as everyone else’s, hasbeen turned upside down over the last year.Plans and exhibitions cancelled, movementcurtailed. But her working routine and preoccupationsremain as before, exploring both the power ofnature in her sea paintings but also its fragilityin her current installation at Snape Maltings(‘Relic’ till 31 August), and life and friendshipwith its joys and sadness. Our exhibition, her fourth at the Corn Hall,brings together recent themes, including herNorth Sea Waves, the melting polar icecaps inher Edge paintings and powerful portraits ofher Mother and Father. Front cover: Lipstick, 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches Back cover: Wave and Gulls, 2018, 10 x 12 inches |
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