2026 Durham Miners Gala Art Print
Hosted by the Durham Miners Association since 1871, the Durham Miners Gala is the world’s greatest celebration of community, international solidarity, and working class life.
In recent years a new tradition of limited edition artist prints has been established. Rooted in the ephemera and spirit of mining heritage and the collective pride celebrated each year at this monumental gathering, the print offers a space for creative response and reinterpretation.
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2026 Time-limited edition artists print: Jeremy Deller & Ed Hall
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The official artists print for the 2026 Durham Miners Gala.
Responding to this year's message, The Past We Inherit, the Future We Build, artist Jeremy Deller and renowned banner maker Ed Hall have made a series of banners for the Durham Miners Gala. One was specifically made as artwork for this A2 Risograph print, in collaboration with Vanguard Newcastle CIC who have the UK's only A2 Riso printer.
> Risograph print on A2 uncoated art paper
*The red colour is made up of two colours - red overlayed with with a fluorescent orange to give it its distinctive vibrancy.
> Signed and numbered by the artist.
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This is a time-limited edition: the final edition size will be determined by orders placed by 12 noon on Monday 13 July - no more will be printed after that date. All profits go directly to support the Gala.
>> Prints can also be ordered on the day at the Durham Miners Gala - come and find us at the official merch stall.
Produced by Building Culture in partnership with with Durham Miners Gala.
All profits go to Durham Miners Gala
About Risograph printing
Risograph (Riso) printing is an eco-friendly, high-speed duplication method functioning like a mechanised screen printer using inks and stencils to create layered, textured prints known for producing slight variations and imperfections.
The process is popular with artists and independent publishers but before its artistic revival, the Riso was a tool for underground communication. Its low cost, speed, and independence from commercial printers made it an essential resource for political parties, community organisations, and grassroots protest movements.
Limited edition prints: A new tradition
Now in its third year, the limited edition print has become a new tradition for the Durham Miners' Gala.
Artists are given full freedom to respond to the current theme, drawing from a rich cultural seam - from banner making and protest art to brass bands and the Pitmen Painters - marking each year with a new work that continues that legacy whilst raising funds.
The work also informs the merchandise available at the Gala including t-shirts, pin-badges and more, deliberately keeping the art accessible alongside the collectible.
>> Time-limited edition - sales close July 13 <<
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is an artist who takes inspiration from popular culture, social history, collective memory and the everyday. His work is built around collaboration, participation and public events, and extends well beyond the traditional gallery - from t-shirts, posters and doormats to brass bands, parades and banners. He first gained widespread attention with Acid Brass (1997), and later with The Battle of Orgreave (2001), his landmark re-enactment of the miners' strike confrontation. He won the Turner Prize in 2004, represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2013, and most recently staged the nationwide performance The Triumph of Art (2025).
For Durham Miners Gala he has worked with long-time collaborator, Ed Hall.
Ed Hall
Ed Hall is a former architect and trade union organiser including UNISON Branch Secretary at Lambeth Council. He designed and created striking, richly coloured banners for unions, campaign groups and social causes for over twenty years, many of which you can see at the Gala being processed through the streets of Durham.
The banners blend contemporary conceptual art with traditional union banner-making, combining folk art, political theatre and social history, hand-crafted through sewing, embroidery and appliqué, with heraldic colours, serif lettering and symbolic imagery made for public processions. His work is held in the British Council Collection as part of the Folk Archive, and has been exhibited at the People's History Museum, Manchester and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Ed Hall discusses his approach to banner making and working with Jeremy Deller in this conversation with Southbank Centre.