What do we remember from the past? How do we respond to instability? Where can we find hope in an ever-changing world? A dynamic programme of exhibitions on display at The Box in Plymouth, asks these questions and explores memory, conflict and activism through the work of 23 internationally acclaimed artists.

Remember Respond Resist (on display until January 11) is part of the UK/Poland Season 2025 and features:

  • Works from the British Council Collection by artists including Henry Moore, Hew Locke, Simon Norfolk, Lubaina Himid, David Shrigley and Andrzej Jackowski. The works on display include sculpture, textiles, taxidermy, painting, drawing and collage. Remember explores memory and conflict. Respond examines our reactions to threats as a society and individuals. Resist explores opposition to challenging present-day realities.
  • Work by two major artists who provide an insight into the social and political worlds of the UK and Poland. Grayson Perry's The Vanity of Small Differences – a series of six acclaimed tapestries created in 2012 that explore British fascination with taste and class – and pieces by Goshka Macuga, a Polish-born artist who has lived and worked in the UK since 1989, that explore ideas of resistance and censorship and highlight Poland's difficult transformation following the fall of communism in 1989.
  • The first-ever UK showing of Honorata Martin's 2013 film 'About Going Out into Poland' which records the experiences of the artist after she set off from her apartment in Gdańsk and walked for two months, avoiding large towns and relying on strangers for assistance and shelter along the way.
  • A presentation from the archives at The Box that examines the historical and cultural ties between Plymouth and the Polish community.

Admission is free. Full details and opening hours information can be found at www.theboxplymouth.com.