Pallant House Gallery — Attraction in Chichester

Extraordinary BLend of an Historic WineMerchants House,(known locally as The Do-Do House because of the Beast Edifices astride the Gate) has original works by George Romney and William Hogarth,supplemented by Chichester Cathedral Bequest of The Amberley Panels which were decorations for a Royal visit by Henry VIII to Chichester,a bust of King Charles I These unique items and this Do-Do building a few minutes walk from the Cathedral are located at the Cruciform Intersection of the North,East,West,South Pallant Lanes are novel enough for inclusion in a visit to Hot Cross Bun City....so called because of the encircling thoroughfares centred on the Bishop Storey Market ( typical of the arabian souk "Shopping Malls" copied by Crusaders) And the nearby St Mary's Hospital which is an almshouse also dating from Crusader Era and an amazing unique boat-hull original construct. This Historic Novelty of The Do-Do House is now Paralleled by an Experiment House. One of Britain's Best Architects of the Second Millennium Closure Period. StJohnWilson has,like the Crusaders and Sir Christopher Wren,incorporated RIBA design which has produced The Gherkin and The Shard on more massive scales. Yes the BLend of Mediaeval and Modern are Melded and to time travel across more than 1,000 years and still be centred in the 21st century with sense of historic experiment modernity has got to be experienced in person. The Third Component is now Evolving as again a Unique British Invention incorporating a Southern Counties BLend of European ideas of Modern Art and Education is now Established. The last twenty years have witnessed a Virulent Passion for exploring Expression of Concepts by Enfringed Artists in This Extraordinary Art Gallery of Pallant House.

70 miles South of London,midway between Brighton's Avant Garde and Southampton Harbour City gateway to The Western Counties, there is an Educational Organisation that inspires like Tate Modern to Create Creationists. This Design School has the twentieth century bundled with Enthusiasm to Create Art into the coming centuries Link to Outside In and the Jaqui Lawson sites and witness Naive and Finesse Styles coexisting to empower everyone of us in emotional and...

Whilst the collections on the day were good we, the book group talk was particularly informative and added a further layer you might not get at any other gallery. I believe they meet here each month and review a book which is directly linked to an exhibition or artist at the museum. We and a number of others felt very fortunate to be able to join this group on the day, not having read the book (they were very welcoming) and were generous in allowing us to participate in with the discussion. We learnt so much from this group (today's book was a biography of Virginia Woolf). The group took us through the book and allowed us to ask questions and shared in the debate. It was an excellent way to appreciate such a great woman and an interesting life and gave us much to ponder long after we left.

We hope the group can use a room at the gallery in the future as we felt the restaurant area they were given to use today and the goings on around us was a bit too noisy so not conducive to the flow of discussion.

It's a eeally great feature this sort of gathering and probably unique aspect it gives the gallery. We hope this is developed further at this venue by the gallery management and the volunteers.

It made for an really enjoyable and insightful afternoon. Many thanks to members of...

Pallant House Gallery need to attend to some of the basics of the visitor experience as well as the great art they display

Simon Martin has done a great job as Director of the Pallant Gallery with the current Glyn Philpot Exhibition being an excellent example.

However, it’s badly let down by poor Wi-Fi and not very helpful staff on the front desk. We had trouble downloading the audio app because of a wrong QR code displayed on a poster and the front desk staff member I spoke to was uninterested and/or unknowledgeable about how the App works to the point of indifference.

When we finally accessed the audio guide via the app it kept dropping out because of poor Wi-Fi. We also had to wait half an hour for a coffee – the explanation being the order had not gone through because of poor Internet access. A good start would be making it clear on the website how to access the audio guide...