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The Minories

Editor's pickRecommended

One of the best curated and most variegated galleries in the East of England, the Minories' shows featuring regional artists are among the best of their kind. (Almost exclusively reliant on private funding and philanthropy, the gallery is also a venue for hire. While we cannot vouch for those third party shows, the Minories' own exhibitions are carefully and thoughtfully curated and we recommend them highly.)
- The Editors

Housed in a historic Georgian building on Colchester's High Street, the Minories is a contemporary art gallery - and, in fact, the city's oldest. It has shown regional and national artists since the 1950s and remains an important platform for emerging practice in north Essex. It is also the permanent home of the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation, which periodically draws on its distinguished collection for rotating displays - holdings that include works by John Constable, Camille Pissarro, Eduardo Paolozzi, Paul Nash and John Nash, and Maggi Hambling.