Explore some of the works on display in our newly opened Contemporary Art Gallery.

11 artworks
Self Portrait in a Blue Trespass Hoody
© the artist. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Self Portrait in a Blue Trespass Hoody 2022

Adil Amin (b.1986)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 21 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Lords and Ladies
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Lords and Ladies mid-20th C

William Menzies Coldstream (1908–1987)

Oil on canvas

H 45 x W 35 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Market in Antigua
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Market in Antigua

Rita Spencer (active 1965)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 49 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Martial Cubes
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Martial Cubes

Stephen Sartin (1938–2023)

Oil on wood

H 173 x W 176 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Rider
© estate of Albert Irvin. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Rider 1969

Albert Irvin (1922–2015)

Oil on canvas

H 203 x W 178 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Kilkenny Cats
© the artist. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Kilkenny Cats

Marjan Wouda (b.1960)

Bronze

H 53 x W 55 x D 27 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Portrait
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Portrait

Brynhild Parker (1907–1987)

Oil on canvas

H 39 x W 30 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Blackburn on the Hill
© the artist. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Blackburn on the Hill 2006

Halima Cassell (b.1975)

Clay

H 18 x W 33 x D 33 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Two Sisters
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Two Sisters

Valerie Duckworth

Oil on panel

H 70 x W 59.5 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Gossypium Hirsutum
© the artist. Image credit: Harry Meadley, courtesy of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Gossypium Hirsutum 2021

Bharti Parmar (b.1966)

Khadi paper

H 76 x W 56 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Still Life
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Still Life 1918

Nina Hamnett (1890–1956)

Oil on canvas

H 44 x W 34 cm

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery