Couper Collection

The Couper Collection is an internationally exhibited collection of artwork and installations by the British artist Max Couper, as well as a venue for: exhibitions and events by other artists; and youth art education projects.

Based in Hove, Sussex since 2022, the Couper Collection for many years exhibited its art in a floating gallery on converted barges, moored on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, London.

Between 2001 and 2003 the Collection was a Focus Site of the London String of Pearls Golden Jubilee Festival, Patron Prince Charles.

[2] Max Couper claimed "ancient mooring rights", but in 2013 Justice Arnold ruled that the barges should be removed,[3] and Hutchison Whampoa sought to enforce the ruling with a further High Court order to "dispose of or destroy" the gallery.

[4] The final judgement in the litigation was later in 2017, when Couper attempted to sue his solicitors and counsel in the earlier proceedings.