Out of Line brings 28 original Banksy works to The Minories from 10 October to 28 February. Tickets are £12.50, and the gallery shop moves to Culver Street.
The Minories will open an exhibition of 28 original artworks by Banksy on Saturday 10 October. Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent runs at the gallery on the High Street until Sunday 28 February 2027.
The Banksy works hang alongside significant pieces by more than twenty other street artists and urban contemporary artists. The gallery says every piece is either an original artwork or a print certified by the artist. “What you will see is the real thing,” its listing says, setting the show apart from the many exhibitions that trade on Banksy’s name with copies. (The Minories, Out of Line)
Who lent the work
Most of the exhibition is on loan from John Brandler of Brandler Galleries in Brentwood, whom The Minories describes as one of the UK’s foremost dealers in street art and urban contemporary work. The show is supported by Colchester City Council and by Sonia and Giles Coode-Adams, who are also named among the charity’s core funders. (The Minories, About us)
The Minories has not published a list of which Banksy works are included.
Tickets, times and access
This is a ticketed show at a gallery that is normally free to enter. The details published so far:
| Dates | Saturday 10 October 2026 to Sunday 28 February 2027 |
|---|---|
| Times | 10am to 4pm |
| Adult ticket | £12.50 |
| Concessions | from £7 |
| Where | The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester CO1 1UE |
| Booking | buytickets.at/theminories |
The exhibition listing gives the hours but not the days. The Minories’ usual opening is Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, with its café, The Commons, keeping the same hours. Check the booking page for the day you want before you travel. (The Minories, Plan your visit)
Access needs a word of warning. The building is Grade II listed and only partly accessible by wheelchair. The garden, the café, the toilets and part of the ground floor can be reached step-free through the back gate on Lewis Gardens, opposite the entrance to Firstsite. The upper floor is not accessible by wheelchair. The gallery has not said which floor the exhibition will use, and it asks visitors with access questions to email info@theminories.org.
The shop moves to Culver Street
The exhibition is taking over the building, so the gallery’s shop is moving out for the duration. In an information sheet for artists, the charity says the new premises, Minories Central on Culver Street, would open in mid-September. It will open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. (Minories Central exhibition information, PDF)
The space has three parts:
- a shop selling work by East Anglian artists and makers
- a workshop space for workshops, pop-ups and markets
- a gallery of about 5.7m by 4.4m that artists can hire
That last part is an opening for local artists. The gallery has two 4.4m walls, 2.5m high, and exhibitions run for at least six days, Tuesday to Sunday, with changeovers on Mondays. Hire costs:
- £300 for 6 days
- £550 for 2 weeks (12 days)
- £800 for 3 weeks (18 days)
- £1,000 for 4 weeks (24 days)
Members of the Minories Artist Network get 10% off. Pop-up shops can be booked from a single day at £65 a day, with lower rates for longer bookings. Both are booked through an expression of interest form. (The Minories, Exhibit at Minories Central; Pop-up shops at Minories Central)
A gallery with a Constable pedigree
The Minories calls itself Colchester’s oldest gallery, and it exists because of a will. Colchester collector Clarence Victor Batte-Lay died in 1935 and left his paintings and furniture to his wife, Margaret. When she died in 1955, her will directed that “an ancient building of antiquarian or archaeological interest” be bought to house the collection “for the benefit and advantage of the inhabitants of Colchester”.
The foundation bought the house at the end of the High Street. Its official opening in 1958, with an exhibition of John Constable, was overseen by the Home Secretary R.A. Butler and Sir Trenchard Cox, director of the V&A. The Victor Batte-Lay Foundation still owns the building and a collection that includes Constable, Camille Pissarro, Paul and John Nash and Maggi Hambling. A second charity, We are the Minories, runs the spaces and the programme. (The Victor Batte-Lay Foundation)
What it means for you
- If you want to see it, the show opens on 10 October and runs for almost five months, so there is no need to rush for the first weekend. Adult tickets are £12.50 and concessions start at £7.
- Check the day before you go. The listing gives 10am to 4pm but not which days, and the gallery is normally closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
- If you use a wheelchair, email the gallery first to ask which floor the exhibition is on. The upper floor has no step-free access.
- If you usually buy from the Minories shop, it is at Culver Street until the end of the exhibition, and it opens on Tuesdays too.
- If you are a local artist, a week in the Culver Street gallery costs £300.
The rest of the city centre is changing too: see our pages on parking in Colchester and Colchester roadworks before you drive in, as roads around St Botolph’s Circus close overnight through September.
Sources
- Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent, The Minories, for the dates, hours, prices, number of works, the lender and the supporters. Read 17 September 2026.
- What’s on, The Minories, confirming the exhibition as the next major show.
- Plan your visit, The Minories, for normal opening days, free admission, the listed building and wheelchair access.
- Minories Central exhibition information (PDF), The Minories, for the reason for the move, the mid-September opening, the three spaces, opening hours and hire rates.
- Exhibit at Minories Central and Pop-up shops at Minories Central, The Minories, for wall sizes, the member discount and the £65 daily pop-up rate.
- About us and The Victor Batte-Lay Foundation, The Minories, for the history, the two charities, the collection and the funders.
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