NOW SHOWING · NEW SUNS / OLD MOONS · CLOSES JUL 12 · OPENING THIS FRIDAY · WHERE THE LIGHT GOES · BY DARA OYELOWO · LATE OPENING THURSDAYS · TICKETS FROM £0 · MEMBERS GO FREE · NOW SHOWING · NEW SUNS / OLD MOONS · CLOSES JUL 12 · OPENING THIS FRIDAY · WHERE THE LIGHT GOES · BY DARA OYELOWO · LATE OPENING THURSDAYS · TICKETS FROM £0 · MEMBERS GO FREE ·
EST. 2008 · MARGATE ★ OPENING THIS FRIDAY SPRING SEASON · 2026

A museum of the
present, made
by the artists
still in it.

Hall South is a contemporary art space in Margate, England, programming nine seasons a year of work by artists you haven't quite heard of yet — and a few you have.

EXHIBITIONS A YEAR34
ARTISTS COMMISSIONED121
FREE ADMISSION DAYSAlways
YEARS OPENEighteen
quiet  loud  quiet  loud  quiet  loud  quiet  loud  quiet  loud  quiet  loud 

Eight rooms.
Eight worlds.

NEW
SUNS /
OLD
MOONS
HALL ONE · ON VIEWFREE
where
the light
goes
HALL TWO · OPENS FRI★ NEW
A SLOW
RIVER
OFF-SITE · HARBOURFREE
PAPER
RAIN
UPSTAIRS · TO JUL 12£0
TIDE
STUDY
BASEMENT · ON VIEWFREE
soft
noises
SOUND ROOM · OPENFREE
FIVE
WALLS
HALL THREE · MAY 2SOON
a folded
landscape
BARN · APR 26£8
— ABOUT THE GALLERY

Funded by no one.
Open to everyone.

Hall South was opened in 2008 by three artists who could not find a space that would hang the kind of work they wanted to make. We do not take public money. We do not take corporate sponsorship.

We pay every artist a flat commission fee, sell editions through our own shop, and operate on the income of a thousand-strong membership scheme that costs £6 a month. Admission is, and always will be, free.

2008
Opened
£6
Per month membership
100%
Of artists paid above the W.A.G.E. minimum
0
Sponsorship logos on the walls

Spring programme.

14 EVENTS · MOST FREE · APR–JUL 2026
FRI 24APR · 2026

Where The Light Goes — opening night

EXHIBITION OPENING · DARA OYELOWO
HALL TWO · 18:30
Free →
SAT 02MAY · 2026

An evening with Lucia Ortega — in conversation

TALK · 60 MIN · SUBTITLED EN/PT
SOUND ROOM · 19:00
£8 →
SUN 10MAY · 2026

Family workshop — Paper Rain (ages 5+)

WORKSHOP · 90 MIN · MAX 20 KIDS
UPSTAIRS · 11:00
Free →
FRI 22MAY · 2026

Late night opening — five rooms after dark

EVENT · DJ · BAR · LAST ENTRY 22:30
ALL HALLS · 19:00–23:00
£0–£12 →
SAT 06JUN · 2026

Five Walls — preview & print sale

EXHIBITION OPENING · MEMBERS' PREVIEW
HALL THREE · 18:00
Members →
SUN 28JUN · 2026

A folded landscape — closing brunch & walkthrough

EVENT · WITH ARTIST · BRUNCH INCLUDED
THE BARN · 11:00
£15 →
"This is the most quietly radical gallery in England right now — and it's at the end of a train line in Kent."
— Frieze · Spring 2026

Come see it
in person.

Address
14 Marine Terrace · Margate · CT9 1XJ
Open
Wed–Sun · 10:00 → 18:00
Late Thursdays until 22:00
Admission
Always free.
Some workshops & talks ticketed.
Getting here
22 min walk from Margate Station
(direct trains from London St Pancras)
Accessibility
Step-free across all halls. BSL on Saturdays.

One letter,
once a month.

The new exhibitions, the late openings, the studio visits — straight to your inbox. Easy to leave.