Site Gallery

More often than not has the best exhibitions in the city.

The Site Gallery (Patron: Jarvis Cocker) specialises in contemporary lens-​based art — and occasionally it does get a bit up its own art. It puts on some great shows, and the odd turkey, but there’s something a bit peculiar about the space itself — can’t quite put my finger on it, it may be the proportions, but somehow it doesn’t quite feel right.
A lot of the work shown here is video art, which can mean sitting down in front of a screen for quite some time, watching the whole piece. Other times, it’s photography, generally with a conceptual-​slant.
Possibly the best thing about it is its occasional Site Platform series, during which artists occupy the gallery for a week at a time, and you can come in to watch their work in progress.