16 Narrow Quay,
Bristol
BS1 4QA
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0117 917 2300 [email protected] arnolfini.org.uk
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm
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Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Until Jun 2
Hayward Gallery Touring’s major group exhibition plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park,
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
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01206 873184 [email protected] artexchange.org.uk
Tue-Fri 11.30am-5pm
Open now
Daniel & Clara: The Watcher and the Bird
Until Sep 15
A new body of work by Daniel & Clara about the human gaze. By focusing on bird watching, they explore the optical and psychological processes at play when humans look at nature.
Beaumont Street,
Oxford
OX1 2PH
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01865 278000 ashmolean.org
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Bruegel to Rubens
Until Jun 23
Showcasing over 100 exceptional Flemish drawings from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad
Until Sep 8
This exhibition, entitled To Those Sitting in Darkness, features new drawings and objects by London-based artist Pio Abad (b.1983).
The Vulcan Building,
Gunwharf Quays,
Portsmouth
PO1 3BF
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023 9277 8080 [email protected] aspex.org.uk
Wed-Sun 11am-4pm
Open 11am - 4pm on bank holidays
Portsmouth Harbour Station
Sorry I’m Not Sorry, Lauren Joy Kennett
Just opened
Until Jun 30
Aspex Portsmouth in partnership with Photoworks present Lauren Joy Kennett’s first solo show, an exploration of living with undiagnosed autism.
I Saw You in Blue…, Laxmi Hussain
Just opened
Until Jul 14
Aspex Portsmouth is pleased to present I Saw You In Blue…, a new exhibition from London-based artist Laxmi Hussain
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Rd,
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
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0191 478 1810 [email protected] baltic.art
Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
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Michael Rakowitz: The Waiting Gardens of the North
Until May 26
Created in partnership with Imperial War Museums and 14-18 NOW, Michael Rakowitz will develop a new commission in response to the idea of conflict.
71 Eyre Lane,
Sheffield
S1 4RB
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0779 152 8277 blocprojects.co.uk
Wed-Sat 12-6pm
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Chris Alton & Emily Simpson: Grief must be Love with Nowhere to Go
Until May 4
A collaborative exhibition of socially engaged work exploring the inadequacy of the English language to express and support bereavement.
School Lane,
Liverpool
L1 3BX
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0151 702 5324 [email protected] thebluecoat.org.uk
Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Open now
Lime Street, Liverpool Central
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass
Private view May 2
May 3 – Jun 30
Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass is an exhibition by Michelle Williams Gamaker, as part of our The Lives of Artists season.
The Box,
Tavistock Place,
Plymouth
PL4 8AX
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01752 304774 [email protected] theboxplymouth.com
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
The Box is open from 10am-5pm on Easter, May and August Bank Holidays.
It's closed on the Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays.
The Cottonian Research Room is available by appointment Tuesday to Saturday.
Open now
All stops to Royal Parade, Coburg Street and Drake Circus
John Akomfrah: Arcadia
Until Jun 2
The UK première of a new multi-screen film by artist John Akomfrah. 'Arcadia' is about the settling of the 'New World' and the invisible forces that are always at play regardless of human ambition.
Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now
Until Jun 2
This major exhibition explores how the traditions of South Asian miniature paintings have been reinvented by modern and contemporary artists.
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: End of Empire
Until Jun 23
This large-scale sculpture comments on the balance of power at the outset of the First World War, making a striking visual connection between the conflicts of the West, globalisation and empire.
Planet Ocean
Until Feb 23 2025
Immerse yourselves in an exhibition that explores pivotal moments in our past and present relationship with the sea.
2 Hewitt St,
Manchester
M15 4GB
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0161 832 8034 [email protected] castlefieldgallery.co.uk
Wed-Sun 12-5.30pm
Open now
40 Years of the Future: Painting
Until Jun 23
The launch exhibition in our 40 year anniversary programme. With Sarah Feinmann, Tricia Gillman, John Hoyland, Jamie Kirk, Robin Megannity, Azraa Motala, Katie Tomlinson and Gary Wragg.
Charleston Firle,
West Firle,
Lewes
BN8 6LL
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+44 1323 811626 [email protected] charleston.org.uk
Wed-Sun 10am-5pm
Entry to the galleries and the house is by timed ticket and pre-booking is essential. A maximum of seven people will be admitted into the house and galleries at each entry time.
The shop, café and garden are available to visit without purchasing a ticket.
Open now
Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story
Until Sep 8
First major show to explore the extraordinary story of Dorothy Hepworth’s life through her paintings, which have previously been exhibited under the signature of her lifelong partner, Patricia Preece.
Duos: The Art of Collaboration
Until Sep 8
A group exhibition showcasing shared canvases, dynamic working practices and collaborative identities that celebrate the creative force of collaboration.
Compton Verney,
Warwick
CV35 9HZ
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01926 645500 [email protected] comptonverney.org.uk
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art
Until Jun 16
Explore the relationship between art, gardens, and landscape through a range of beautiful loans by major artists such as JMW Turner, Nicolas Poussin, Ian Hamilton Finlay and Anya Gallaccio.
A Spirit Inside
Until Sep 1
Exploring how women and non-binary artists have grappled with the notion and sense of ‘spirit’, the themes range from mythology and internal contemplation to external, often political, expression.
New Cut,
Halesworth, Suffolk
IP19 8BY
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01986 873285 [email protected] thecut.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-4pm
Richard Pinkney: no red tram at the CUT 1958 - 2024
Apr 20 – May 25
A retrospective exhibition of graphic, pictorial, serial, digital and mixed media work by Suffolk born and bred artist Richard Pinkney.
86 Heath Mill Lane,
Birmingham
B9 4AR
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0121 771 1778 [email protected] eastsideprojects.org
Wed-Sat 12-5pm
Open now
Birmingham New Street, Birmingham Moor Street
Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Birmingham B5 6DD
les ongles noirs
Jun 7 – Jul 27
les ongles noirs (dirty nails) is a sticky experimental happening between Dakar, Senegal and Birmingham, UK. Play, grieve, hum; throw soil on white walls; dance, pray and be moved by the unknown
88 Wood St,
Liverpool
L1 4DQ
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0151 707 4444 [email protected] fact.co.uk
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm
Open now
Liverpool Central, Liverpool Lime Street
On the other side
Until Jun 2
Melanie Crean, Katrina Palmer and Pilvi Takala consider the impact of systems of control on those who design them, those who administer them, and those who are subject to their enforcement.
Lewis Gardens,
High Street,
Colchester
CO1 1JH
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01206 713 700 [email protected] firstsite.uk
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
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Trumpington Street,
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
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+44 1223 333230 [email protected] fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Open now
Cambridge (approx. 20 mins walk)
William Blake’s Universe
Until May 19
Discover William Blake’s universe and a constellation of European artists seeking spirituality in their lives and art in response to war, revolution and political turbulence.
The Forum,
Elmer Square,
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 1NB
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01702 534108 [email protected] fpg.org.uk
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm
Open now
Southend Victoria, Southend Central
Principal Boy: Maz Murray
Until Jun 15
Focal Point Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by Maz Murray (b. 1995) an artist filmmaker based in London and Basildon. (at Big Screen Southend)
Gainsborough's House,
46 Gainsborough Street,
Sudbury, Suffolk
CO10 2EU
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01787 372958 [email protected] gainsborough.org
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
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Philip de László (1869–1937): Master of Elegance
Until Jun 23
A special exhibition curated by the De Laszlo Archive Trust.
Hubert-François Gravelot: Designing the Georgian Book
Until Jun 23
Arts University Bournemouth,
Wallisdown,
Poole
BH12 5HH
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01202 363272 [email protected] aub.ac.uk/thegallery
Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm
Open now
Emerge 2.4 – Foundation Summer Show 2024
Private view Jun 4
Jun 5 – Jun 12
The Foundation Diploma Summer Show celebrates the achievements of our students, providing an exciting platform to showcase their final project work to the public.
Queen St,
Blackpool
FY1 1PU
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01253 478170 [email protected] thegrundy.org
Tue-Sat 10am-4.30pm
Last entry 4.20pm
Closed Sunday, Monday and Bank Holidays
RA Walden: Object Transformations Through the Coordinate of Time
Apr 20 – Jun 15
‘Object transformations through the coordinate of time, is a solo exhibition that explores the marking and passing of time through the lived experience lens of disability.
Rock-a-Nore Road,
Hastings
TN34 3DW
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01424 728377 [email protected] hastingscontemporary.org
Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Open now
Elias Sime: Eregata እርጋታ
Until Sep 8
Experience the extraordinary craftsmanship of one of Ethiopia's leading contemporary artists.
Quentin Blake: A Hundred Portraits
Until Sep 8
This spring, the legendary artist Sir Quentin Blake returns to Hastings Contemporary with an exhibition of one hundred portraits.
Downing College, Regent Street,
Cambridge
CB2 1DQ
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01223 334 800 [email protected] dow.cam.ac.uk/cultural-life/heong-gallery
Wed-Sun 12-5pm
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Issam Kourbaj: You are not you and home is not home
Until May 26
Gallery Walk,
Wakefield
WF1 5AW
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01924 247360 [email protected] hepworthwakefield.org
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Wakefield Kirkgate, Wakefield Westgate
By road M1/A61
Kim Lim: Space, Rhythm & Light
Until Jun 2
Andrew Cranston: What Made You Stop Here?
Until Jun 2
The first public gallery to present a solo exhibition of the work of Scottish artist, Andrew Cranston.
Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity
Until Nov 3
The first public gallery exhibition in Europe of African-American painter Sylvia Snowden’s work.
Still Lives
Until Jan 1 2025
Illustrating the enduring nature of the still life genre throughout different epochs in art history, including post-impressionism, British modernism, surrealism and contemporary art.
Great Pulteney Street,
Bath
BA2 4DB
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01225 388569 [email protected] holburne.org
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Lubaina Himid: Lost Threads
Final week
Until Apr 21
Born in Zanzibar in 1954, Lubaina Himid is a British artist who has dedicated her four-decades-long career to uncovering marginalised and silenced histories, figures, and cultural expressions.
Gillian Lowndes: Radical Clay
Final week
Until Apr 21
One of the art world’s best kept secrets, we are thrilled to present the work of Gillian Lowndes to a wider audience.
Jann Haworth & Liberty Blake: Work In Progress
Until Apr 30
This seven-panel mural depicting 130 women from British history and culture was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery as part of a three-year project to enhance female representation in its co
142-144 Above Bar Street,
Southampton
SO14 7DU
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023 8059 2158 [email protected] jhg.art
Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
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Pia Arke: Silences and Stories
Until May 11
John Hansard Gallery, in collaboration with KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, presents the first major survey of artist Pia Arke to be shown outside of Greenland and the Nordic countries.
Gayle Chong Kwan: A Pocket Full of Sand
Until May 11
Newly developed works by artist Gayle Chong Kwan examining contemporary connections between Mauritius and the Isle of Wight. Co-commissioned by John Hansard Gallery and Film and Video Umbrella.
22 George Place,
Stonehouse,
Plymouth
PL1 3NY
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01752 222676 [email protected] karst.org.uk
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm
Open now
Manaccan, Helston,
Cornwall
TR12 6HU
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01326 231811 [email protected] kestlebarton.co.uk
Tue-Sun 10.30am-5pm
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Nina Royle: And so, the magpies multiply
Until Jun 9
Castle St,
Cambridge
CB3 0AQ
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01223 748100 [email protected] kettlesyard.co.uk
Tue-Sun 11am-5pm
Open now
Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive
Until May 26
Since 2011 Issam Kourbaj’s artwork has responded to the ongoing conflict in Syria, and reflects on the suffering of his fellow Syrians and the destruction of his cultural heritage.
The Headrow,
Leeds
LS1 3AA
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0113 378 5350 [email protected] museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-art-gallery
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm
Open now
Found Cities, Lost Objects
Final week
Until Apr 21
Explore the urban environment through the eyes of women and gender non-conforming artists in a touring exhibition curated by Turner Prize-winning artist and cultural activist Lubaina Himid CBE.
New Sculpture Acquisitions
Until Jul 28
Display of recent sculpture acquisitions featuring Claire Barclay, Phyllida Barlow, Andrew Bick, John Carter, Jesse Darling, Norman Dilworth and Charles Hewlings.
'An Axis of Abstraction': Art in Cornwall and Yorkshire - Then and Now
Until Mar 30 2025
Exhibition featuring works from our collection by artists including Emii Alrai, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Barbara Hepworth, Peter Lanyon, Marlow Moss, Henry Moore, Ro Robertson and Veronica Ryan.
Chobham Road,
Woking, Surrey
GU21 4AA
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01483 737800 [email protected] thelightbox.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
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The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry
Until Jun 2
Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of Small Differences is on display for the first time in Surrey and tells the story of Tim Rakewell, embarking on a journey of social mobility.
Centre Square,
Middlesbrough
TS1 2AZ
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+44 1642 931232 [email protected] mima.art
Tue-Sat 10am-4.30pm, Sun 12-4pm
Jacqueline Poncelet: In the Making
Until Jul 23
A solo exhibition surveying 50 years of work by acclaimed artist Jacqueline Poncelet (born 1947 in Belgium, moved to England as a young child).
900 Midsummer Blvd,
Milton Keynes
MK9 3QA
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01908 676900 [email protected] mkgallery.org
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
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Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
Until Jun 2
30 Pembroke St,
Oxford
OX1 1BP
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01865 722733 [email protected] modernartoxford.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
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Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: A future in the light of darkness
Until May 26
Intricately embroidered multi-panel paintings which remix iconography from western art history with indigenous techniques to subvert and challenge dominant power structures and historical narratives.
7 Moon Grove,
Manchester
M14 5HE
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07713 930510 [email protected] moongrove.org
Thu-Fri 12-6pm
Open now
Dean Hughes: Felt Tip Drawings
Private view May 30
May 31 – Jul 26
New work by the Manchester born artist, who specialises in scrambling and recoding familiar ready-made objects and ephemera, this time by working into cut sheets of A4 paper with felt tip pen.
Gallery Square,
Walsall
WS2 8LG
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01922 654400 [email protected] thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
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The World that Belongs to Us
Until Jun 9
Curated by Aziz Sohail with Head of Exhibitions, Deborah Robinson, this exhibition brings together a constellation of intergenerational artists from the South Asian diasporas of the UK, USA and Canada
Sophia-Layla Afsar, Alex Billingham
Until Jun 30
'…as we gathered on the shards of a fallen mirror ball'. Co-curated by Aziz Sohail. New works by Sophia-Layla Afsar (based in Karachi, Pakistan) and Alex Billingham (based in the West Midlands, UK).
Pound Street,
Petworth
GU28 0DX
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01798 651002 [email protected] newlandshouse.gallery
Wed-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
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Nick Brandt: The Day May Break + SINK / RISE
Until May 29
The Day May Break + SINK / RISE by photographer Nick Brandt is an ongoing global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction.
Newlyn Art Gallery,
New Road,
Newlyn
TR18 5PZ
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01736 363715 [email protected] newlynartgallery.co.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-4pm
WINTER TUE – SAT, 10.00 – 16.00
SUMMER DAILY, 10.00 – 17.00
Sophie Harding
Apr 27 – Jun 8
The Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery
OPEN: TUE - SAT,10.00 - 16.00
CLOSED: SUN & MON
Weekday Cross,
Nottingham
NG1 2GB
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0115 948 9750 [email protected] nottinghamcontemporary.org
Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm
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Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Exposure
Until May 5
A major monographic exhibition by the Los Angeles-based artist, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, bringing together over 40 works in his first institutional presentation in the UK.
Dora Budor
Until May 5
Dora Budor’s first UK institutional exhibition features a series of newly commissioned works concerned with techniques of the built environment and the forms of psychosocial control induced by it.
10b Wensum St,
Tombland,
Norwich
NR3 1HR
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01603 612428 [email protected] norwichoutpost.org
Thu-Sun 12-6pm
Open now
OUTPOST at 20
Opens today
Apr 18 – Jun 20
Join us with a new exhibition celebrating 20 years as East Anglia’s oldest artist-led space
Market Place,
Cathedral Quarter,
Derby
DE1 3AS
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01332 290606 [email protected] derbyquad.co.uk
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm
Main Gallery space open Tue-Sun 12-6pm, closed on Mondays.
Open now
Future Tense – Living The Future Now
Until Jun 30
How are artists contemplating the future in this present moment? In the coming age, faced with concerns for our continued existence, what stories are artists telling?
1 Brown Street,
Sheffield
S1 2BS
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0114 281 2077 [email protected] sitegallery.org
Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
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Freya Dooley: False Note
Until May 26
Solo exhibition by Freya Dooley comprising a suite of interconnected works which broadly explore themes of replacement, communication and connection.
133 Cumberland Road,
Bristol
BS1 6UX
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0117 929 2266 [email protected] spikeisland.org.uk
Wed-Sun 12-5pm
Open now
Olu Ogunnaike
Until May 5
A site-specific commission by Olu Ogunnaike transforms Spike Island’s eight-metre-high gallery space to investigate social and historical properties embedded in the materiality of wood.
Young In Hong: Five Acts
Until May 5
A new commission by Spike Island studio holder Young In Hong.
Town Hall,
St Peter's Street,
St Albans
AL1 3DH
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01727 864 511 [email protected] stalbansmuseums.org.uk
Mon-Sun 11am-5pm
Open now
St Albans City, St Albans Abbey
Mann Island,
Liverpool
L3 1BP
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0151 702 7400 tate.org.uk/visit/tate-liverpool
Mon-Sun 10am-5.30pm
Open now
Liverpool ONE bus station
You Get a Car [Everybody Gets a Car]: RESOLVE Collective
Until Jul 14
See an exciting new installation created using material from Tate Liverpool
Porthmeor Beach,
St Ives
TR26 1TG
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01736 796226 [email protected] tate.org.uk
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Outi Pieski
Until May 6
Discover visual artist Outi Pieski’s exploration of identity, culture and environment
Devonshire Park,
College Road,
Eastbourne
BN21 4JJ
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01323 434670 [email protected] townereastbourne.org.uk
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Florence Peake: FACTUAL ACTUAL Ensemble
May 9 – Jun 16
Internationally renowned choreographer & visual artist Florence Peake presents a monumental painting installation that embodies her distinctive gestural, movement-marking techniques.
99 Victoria Rd,
Cliftonville,
Margate
CT9 1RD
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traceyeminfoundation.com
Sat-Sun 12-4pm
We Do Not Sleep
Until May 19
An exhibition by artists at TKE Studios:
Layla Andrews, Elissa Cray, Tracey Emin, Laura Footes, Joline Kwakkenbos, Gabriela Max, Lindsey Mendick, Vanessa Raw, Mercedes Workman
Rendezvous,
Margate
CT9 1HG
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01843 233000 [email protected] turnercontemporary.org
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950-1970
Until May 6
A major new exhibition which connects the work of over 50 women from across the globe through a shared language of radical abstraction.
Lynda Benglis: Recent Sculptures
Until Sep 15
Three recent sculptures by Lynda Benglis in the Sunley Gallery.
Antony Gormley: Another Time
Until Nov 1 2030
Art and Design Gallery,
University of Hertfordshire,
Hatfield
AL10 9AB
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01707 285395 [email protected] uharts.co.uk
Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 11am-3pm
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester
M15 6ER
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0161 275 7450 [email protected] whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
Tue-Wed 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-5pm
Open now
Traces of Displacement
Until May 12
This exhibition uses the Whitworth’s collection to address one of the major humanitarian concerns of the 20th and 21st centuries – forced displacement.
Exchanges
Until Nov 24
A vibrant display of new art and textiles from the Whitworth’s collection.
Shirley Craven
Until May 11 2025
Vivid, colour-filled textiles by post-war designer Shirley Craven (b. 1934)
Fox Road,
Bourn,
Cambridge
CB23 2TX
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01954 718881 [email protected] wysingartscentre.org
Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm and by appointment
Closed on bank holidays.
Open now
West Bretton,
Wakefield
WF4 4LG
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01924 832631 [email protected] ysp.org.uk
Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Open daily. Spring/summer opening times are operational from 25 March 2024–29 September 2024.
Open now
1 mile from M1 junction 38
Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth
Until Apr 28
This exhibition is both playful and political, using ludicrous scenarios to create work that addresses how we conform to society’s demands and how sculpture can upend cultural beliefs.
Yukihiro Akama: Basho no Kankaku – A Sense of Place
Until Jun 30
Yukihiro Akama: Basho no Kankaku – A Sense of Place will showcase a new collection of beautiful, intricately carved wooden houses and will be the artist’s largest show to date.
Jonathan Baldock: Touch Wood
Until Jul 7
Jonathan Baldock’s exhibition, Touch Wood at The Weston Gallery is a sensory feast that takes inspiration from medieval sculpture, sacred geometry, the seasons and folk motifs.
Damien Hirst
Until Sep 1
Four major sculptures by Damien Hirst in the 18th-century Country Park.
Leilah Babirye: Obumu (Unity)
Until Sep 8
Leilah Babirye’s exhibition Obumu (Unity) features new sculptures made at YSP specifically for this exhibition, largely from materials found onsite.
Yorkshire Artspace: Maker showcase
Just opened
Until Oct 6
This collaborative exhibition between YSP and Yorkshire Artspace will showcase the work of 17 exceptional makers spanning contemporary ceramics, silversmithing, jewellery and leather work.
