Saturday, 10th July 2021 to Sunday, 17th October 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Dates subject to Government guidance around Covid. | Free
Work by Ian Breakwell, a world-renowned artist who played a key role in Bristol’s art scene as a young man
Saturday, 16th October 2021 to Sunday, 16th January 2022, 11:00 to 18:00
In Autumn 2021 Arnolfini will be celebrating over thirty years of extraordinary practice from Bristol-born photographer Stephen Gill, drawing together new previously un-exhibited work, alongside works from other iconic series.
Saturday, 19th February 2022 to Tuesday, 31st May 2022, 11:00 to 18:00 | Exact end date to be confirmed
Holding the Baby is an exhibition of new photographic work by artist Polly Braden, creating a portrait of the strength and resilience of single parent families facing austerity.
Saturday, 2nd October 2021, 18:30 to 20:00 | £9/£5
Known internationally as a pioneering performance artist, Franko B revisits his seminal bloodletting works for the first time in 15 years through 360° body-mapping techniques.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 12:00 to 13:30 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
A retired sailor becomes a custodian at a mental hospital to be closer to his estranged wife, one of the patients at the facility. Their daughter is soon to be married, but the father’s fear and pain surrounding his wife’s mental state along with the reasons for her captivity threaten the future happiness of the family.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 14:30 to 16:00 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
By day sweet-faced Tokiko (Tanaka Kinuyo) is an ordinary typist but come nightfall she’s a fun-loving gangster’s moll. Dazzlingly stylized, spirited and kinetic, Dragnet Girl is also an intimate, compassionate study of young people caught in the cultural cross fire.
Friday, 24th September 2021, 19:30 to 21:00 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
A very rare chance to see Augusto Genina’s 1925 French-Italian stunning version of Cyrano de Bergerac on the big screen which takes advantage of the spectacular black drop of 17th-century France, the grandeur of the costumes and the possibility for some great classic swashbuckling action.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 17:00 to 18:30 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
Still rated amongst the top twenty Japanese movies of all time, the original Godzilla is perhaps the definitive monster movie – both a bold metaphor for the atomic age and a thrilling tour de force of pioneering special effects.
Saturday, 9th October 2021 to Sunday, 10th October 2021, 00:00 to 00:00 | Free drop in.
Bristol artist film collective BEEF explore the legacy of artist Ian Breakwell and to respond to it creatively, focusing on his performative film practice.
Sunday, 19th September 2021, 14:00 to 15:30 | £8, £6 concessions.
A feature documentary exploring the story behind Mumbai’s first contemporary art gallery.
Friday, 1st October 2021 to Sunday, 31st October 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free entry. Exhibition slots bookable in advance.
Not the Same Poet, But Always an Artist consists of drawings and photographs by artist Hazel Hammond from her challenges with Aphasia and to raise awareness of the vital role that arts can play in recovery.
Tuesday, 10th August 2021 to Friday, 31st December 2021, 11:00 to 18:00
Arnolfini’s Arnold Art Cart packed full of creative materials and exhibition-inspired activities.
Thursday, 22nd July 2021 to Thursday, 16th December 2021, 13:00 to 15:00 | Free
creativeShiftcic bring their creative wellbeing practices to Arnolfini, inviting anyone to take some time out for themselves to be creative in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Friday, 5th November 2021 to Sunday, 13th February 2022, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free entry.
Arnolfini is delighted to invite Sutapa Biswas back in our sixtieth anniversary year, to present new and existing work.
Thursday, 25th March 2021 to Friday, 31st December 2021, 18:00 to 18:00
A 12-part immersive podcast series by PECo Theatre that invites you on a journey into the city of Bristol as experienced through the perspectives of its visually impaired citizens.
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