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Nottingham Contemporary is one of the largest galleries of contemporary art in the UK. The gallery hosts regular changing exhibitions of international art. Nottingham Contemporary is set in an iconic building, designed by the award-winning architects Caruso St John, in the heart of city centre.
Alongside the exhibitions, Nottingham Contemporary runs a full programme of events, including talks, film screenings, music and performances. Free drop-in family activities take place every weekend and throughout school holidays.
The café, Ottar at Contemporary serves a seasonal, ripe, and varied menu, as well as award-winning chocolates and a selection of delicious cakes.
International Art. For Everyone. For Free.
The café takes group bookings and can accommodate special requests. It can also be hired out for corporate events.
Gallery & Shop
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm
Sun: 11am–5pm
Closed Mondays
Ottar at Contemporary Café
Tue–Sat: 10am–5pm
Sun: 11am–4pm
Closed Mondays
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| ADULT PRICE | Free |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
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| Opening (1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019) |
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* Gallery & Shop
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm
Sun: 11am–5pm
Closed Mondays
Ottar at Contemporary Café
Tue–Sat: 10am–5pm
Sun: 11am–4pm
Closed Mondays
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Keynote: Silvia FedericiHear feminist writer, thinker and activist Silvia Federici talk about housework as a critical terrain in the class struggle against capitalism and social and institutional violence against women.
Film: American GraffitiFilm: Four teens have misadventures and mishaps in their home town the night before starting college.
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Artists' Film: Deep Implicancy - 4 WatersJoin Nottingham Contemporary for the screening of 4 Waters-Deep Implicancy, a retelling of the Haitian Revolution by Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva from the perspective of an earthquake in 1784.
Voicing the Political: The subject of the sentenceIn this session you will navigate between the writing we hear onscreen and voiced printed text. You will consider ideas including the self in art and under law, anger and its abstraction, and the possibility of political agitation through unruly aesthetic experiment.
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