In celebration of ‘Don McCullin. 90,’ join us for a screening of the BBC documentary ‘Don McCullin. Looking for England’ (2019) at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
This travelogue follows the acclaimed photographer as he documents his home country, from inner cities to seaside towns, revisiting the sites of several iconic photographs featured in our exhibition—the East End of London, Bradford, Consett, Eastbourne and Scarborough. Don McCullin’s journey in search of his own nation is punctuated by intimate scenes in his darkroom in Somerset, a place rarely seen on camera.
The screening will take place in the Bourgeois gallery and seats will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. We recommend an age rating of 13 years and above. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The documentary is 1 hour with no interval.
Tickets cost £5 with free entry to anyone under 16 years. All proceeds will support our 2025 – 2026 charity partner, Good Company Bruton. Advance booking is essential.
Please note that the gallery and garden will close at 5 pm. Roth Bar will be open for food and drink until 6 pm. You are welcome to purchase drinks and snacks beforehand to enjoy during the screening. Da Costa will taking dinner reservations until 9.30 pm.
About ‘Don McCullin. Looking for England’
‘Don McCullin. Looking for England’ (2019) is a Bright Yellow Films / Oxford Films production for the BBC. It was directed and produced by Adrian Sibley and its executive producers were Nicolas Kent and Sam Hobkinson. Director of Photography was Eoin McLoughlin and its Editor was Hugo Fowler.
About ‘Don McCullin. 90’
The gallery is honored to celebrate ‘Don McCullin. 90’ in the photographer’s home county of Somerset, marking his 90th year and coinciding with ‘Don McCullin. Broken Beauty’ at the Holburne Museum in Bath. The presentation will span both the Bourgeois and Rhoades galleries, including works featured in McCullin’s 2019 Tate Britain exhibition in London, alongside seminal images across his seven-decade career. His only self-portrait, taken in 1963 at Crowthers Reclamation Yard, Isleworth, will be exhibited for the first time in the UK.
The exhibition is on view from 14 February through 12 April.
About Don McCullin
Don McCullin is widely regarded as one of the most important and celebrated photographers of the late 20th Century, renowned for his unflinching and deeply empathetic documentation of war, famine and human displacement worldwide. He is the recipient of the University of Oxford’s Bodley Medal: Life and Work Award (2025) for his outstanding contribution to photography and journalism. He was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for his lifetime services to photography.
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Photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.
