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We are pleased to announce that all gallery spaces within Cartwright Hall have now reopened following essential building repairs.  There are further works taking place in other parts of the building, so at times there may still be noise generated by the contractors.  We apologise for any disruption caused by these works taking place to safeguard the future of the building.

Along with selected artworks from the permanent collection, our upstairs galleries are home to our David Hockney exhibition and our Calm Gallery – a co-curated project between All Star Ent’s and Bradford District Museums & Galleries.  Jadughor – The Magic Room, the Print Gallery and our Women in Uniform exhibition by Shy Burhan are all available on our Ground Floor.

Cartwright Hall is open from 10am-4pm on Tuesday-Friday and 11am-4pm on Saturday & Sunday. Please check our home page or social media for Bank Holiday openings.

Our collections

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery has been collecting prints for over one hundred years and its collection includes works by master printmakers such as Francisco Goya, William Blake and Walter Sickert and by modern masters – Pop Artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Richard Hamilton. We also have the four major series of prints produced by David Hockney; Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, The Blue Guitar, A Rake’s Progress and Illustrations of the Poetry of C. P. Cavafy. For enquires regarding the print collection please contact cartwright.hall@bradford.gov.uk.

Well known artists currently on display within the  permanent galleries include such names as Paula Rego, Yinka Shonibare, Anish Kapoor, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dhruva Mistry, Cornelia Parker, Salima Hashmi, LS Lowry, Arpana Caur, Francis Newton Souza, Damien Hirst plus many decorative arts, Asian textiles and calligraphy.

For images of work in our art collection available for reproduction, please go to www.bridgemanimages.com.