Artists to bring Hull’s maritime heritage to life

Award-winning artists have been commissioned to create new works inspired by Hull’s maritime history.

The Hull Maritime project includes the restoration and refurbishment of the Maritime Museum, North End Shipyard, Arctic Corsair trawler and Queen’s Gardens.

Officials said the artworks, including videos, sculptures and street furniture, would “enrich the new maritime attractions”.

The artists include Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer, who previously created the Ship of the Gods installation at Hull Minster in 2018.

Their new work will be based on themes from the maritime museum’s collections, including the Arctic Corsair.

The vessel will feature in a film entitled Ship of Ice, which the artists are creating for the visitor centre at the North End Ship Yard, where the trawler will be housed.

The multimillion-pound refurbishment of Hull Maritime Museum, which started in 2021 as part of a £27.5m revamp of the city’s maritime heritage, is expected to be completed by spring next year.

Other artists to be commissioned include Patricia Mackinnon-Day, whose work will explore the stories of female seafarers, along with print-maker and fine art photographer Katayoun Dowlatshahi, who is designing a number of landscape works for the Queen’s Gardens development.