Press Comments

Whether it's the building, the arts, or performances, the De La Warr Pavilion generates a lot of press coverage at local, national and international level, have a look below to see what they have to say about us.

'The De La Warr Pavilion, The most admired seaside building in Britain, dreamed up by a socialist mayor, desigined by German Jews and cunningly revamped by John McAslan. This is as edible as concrete gets. Grade 1 listed for its Zen geometry, the interior is truly musical, with a 1,000 seat auditorium, studio space for hire, a gallery to make White Cube gasp and surprsingly good food.'
The Guardian Seaside Supplement, 14th July 2007

'The De La Warr Pavilion, Almost as peculiar as finding Thomas Heatherwick in sleepy Littlehampton is coming across the staunchly socialist product of a giant of European modernism in gentle Bexhill on Sea. During the great seaside building boom in the 1930's  Earl De La Warrr commissioned Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff to create this pleasure Pavilion. Here you could self-improve, exercise, read novels, sun yourself and have fun - pleasure and enlightenment combined. This Utopia inevitably faded, but it was crisply restored as part  of Bexhill and Hastings regeneration plan two summers ago by John McAslan and newly kitted out by one of Britain's best young furniture designers, Barber Osgerby. Go and slide down the most glamorous staircase around.'
The Times, 14th July 2007

"sleek white beauty of a building...a showstopper...the feeling is of being on board an ocean liner, sailing luxuriously to the unknown destinations...forcefully theatrical...rare, heroic"
The Guardian August 2005

"an unforgettable glimpse of the heroic days of modern architecture...a very romantic, poetic building with spiralling gestures... beautifully simple and clear"
The Observer April 2005

"impossibly sexy staircase and the rooftop sun deck, glorious come rain or shine...opening a door to a racy, anything goes future in this gentle sea-side resort"
The Times August 2005

"His new exhibition, (Deller) in the splendidly remodelled galleries of that gleaming modernist masterpiece, the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea....."
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Seven Mag Sunday Telegraph August 2006 (4 stars)

"Indy Hunjan from Kala Phool's Big Dance which took Bexhill by storm and sold out:
An amazing response.... the vevue has been amazing and everyone has really worked so hard to make it a success"
Bexhill Observer July 2006

"A sparkling programme at the newly-reopened, iconic building"
Architecture booklet June 2006

"The De La Warr Pavilion has scored a major success in hosting the prestigious Arts and Business South East Awards night ceremony..."
Bexhill Observer  June 2006

"De La Warr Pavilion May Ball
A glamourous ball in the Sussex's most glamourous of buildings"
Sussex Life June Listings 2006

"....the pavilion sums up what many people associate with Mendelsohn: the pure, clean lines of a building filled with light that epitomises the Modern Movement"
Studio International May 2006