Humber Street Gallery

The Humber Street Gallery is an art gallery in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. The three-storey gallery was opened in February 2017 as part of that year's Hull UK City of Culture event, with exhibitions by the COUM Transmissions collective and Sarah Lucas.[1] Curator David Sinclair describes the gallery as being "the new home of the sort of art that Hull inspires".[2]

The "Dead Bod" graffiti in its original location on Riverside Wharf

Humber Street Gallery
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Established2017 (2017)
LocationFruit Market, Hull
Coordinates53.7390°N 0.3347°W / 53.7390; -0.3347
WebsiteHumber Street Gallery

The gallery's cafe includes the local "Dead Bod" graffiti, relocated from its original site on a corrugated iron shed on Riverside Wharf.[3] The artwork is a human-sized depiction of a dead bird, supposedly painted by Captain Len ‘Pongo’ Rood and Chief Engineer Gordon Mason in the 1960s, and was a prominent feature on the city's docks.[4]

The Humber Street Gallery is located in a former fruit and vegetable warehouse in Hull's Fruit Market district.[5]

References
  1. "Hull Gets New Contemporary Gallery for City of Culture 2017". artnet News. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "Feature: Will culture fix Hull?". Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. Robinson, Hannah (30 January 2017). "Dead Bod to go on public view in new Humber Street Gallery". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. Wood, Julian (7 May 2017). "Exploring Hull and its high water". Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. Robinson, Hannah (3 February 2017). "This amazing rooftop bar is coming to Hull". Hull Dail Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2017.


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