Hastings Contemporary is a not-for-profit museum of contemporary British art on the Stade in Hastings, East Sussex. Hana Loftus and Tom Grieve of HAT Projects designed it. It opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery, and it took its present name in 2019. The article puts the cost at 4 million pounds and does not give a construction start.
The building stands on the site of a former coach park. Its exterior is covered in more than 8,000 black tiles that were glazed in Kent. The article does not state its size, structure or style. The building won a RIBA National Award in 2013.
The Jerwood Foundation owned the building until it gave the head lease to Hastings Borough Council in spring 2023. The council had always owned the freehold and granted a 99-year lease to the Hastings Contemporary charitable trust. The museum shows temporary exhibitions, and local residents pay a reduced entry rate.
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