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Artist Residencies

Our residencies are a place for new work, new ideas and new collaboration

A place for new work, new ideas and new collaborations, our Artist Residencies feature pioneering artists who are pushing boundaries and breaking ground.

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Sunday 28 June

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Cassie Kinoshi in a white lace blouse on a pink and yellow background facing the camera

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 27 September

Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Portrait of a man with a messy beard and hair, wearing a gray hoodie against a weathered, neutral-toned wall.

Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 4 October

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
A woman in a green silk blouse stands behind a seated man in a light blue embroidered robe against a smoky dark blue backdrop.

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 25 October

Jean Rondeau, Nicholas Alstaedt & Thomas Dunford
A bearded man in a black sweatshirt sits on a stool, tilting his head slightly against a distressed, gray concrete wall.

Jean Rondeau, Nicholas Alstaedt & Thomas Dunford

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 9 June

Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban
Aidan O'Rourke (pink raincoat, holding fiddle) and Sean Shibe (yellow coat, holding lute) sit together

Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban

Classical music
Purcell Room
Multi-buy

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.