Hauser & Wirth has reopened Stockwell House, a Grade-II listed building on Bruton High Street, as a shared space for creative exchange, collaboration and experimentation. Guided by the gallery, the building is intended to support independent, community-led projects, alongside research and exhibitions, giving the Somerset town a new venue shaped by local initiative rather than a fixed programme imposed from outside.

The opening programme sets out that ambition across the autumn and winter. Mark Fearbunce's Exhibit A, an art development programme, runs from 8 September 2026 to 23 January 2027, while George Cole's Lost Energy: Cycles occupied the space from 26 October to 1 November. From 7 to 15 November, Sally and Stewart Walton present Let's Eat Bruton & Beyond, an exhibition of more than forty paintings of places to eat, drink and shop within forty miles of Bruton, accompanied by a book launch.

Later in the year the building turns to food and festivity. Sit, feast, a hybrid pop-up, installation and supper club curated by Ambra Dentella and Elliot Lunn with art direction by Matteo Bandi, runs from 27 November to 5 December and is activated by supper clubs on 4 and 5 December. On 19 December, from 10am to 1pm, The Good Wrap offers a gift-wrapping service in support of local not-for-profit organisations.

Applications to use the gallery spaces are now open, with enquiries directed to the gallery's dedicated Stockwell House address. The reopening positions the historic High Street building as a working resource for Bruton's creative community, hosting a rolling sequence of exhibitions, gatherings and practical projects through the winter months.