Hastings Contemporary

[1] The gallery contains temporary exhibitions that included work from artists including L. S. Lowry, Augustus John, Stanley Spencer, Walter Sickert, Ben Nicholson, Patrick Caulfield, Maggi Hambling, Craigie Aitchison and Prunella Clough.

Moore concludes that the building is "a simple and straightforward place for viewing art".

[23] The building of the gallery led to protests from local residents fearing that it would lead to gentrification of the surrounding area.

[24] Keith Leech from the bonfire society said that the gallery represented "a long string of things that people are trying to foist upon us".

[29][30] As part of its separation, the gallery rebranded to be called Hastings Contemporary, though the building remained in the ownership of the Jerwood Foundation.