16 Narrow Quay,
Bristol
BS1 4QA
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0117 917 2300 [email protected] arnolfini.org.uk
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm
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
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
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
Until Jul 14
Aspex Portsmouth is pleased to present I Saw You In Blue…, a new exhibition from London-based artist Laxmi Hussain
School Lane,
Liverpool
L1 3BX
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0151 702 5324 [email protected] thebluecoat.org.uk
Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Lime Street, Liverpool Central
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass
Just opened
Until Jun 30
Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass is an exhibition by Michelle Williams Gamaker, as part of our The Lives of Artists season.
Dahong Hongxuan Wang
Just opened
Until Jun 30
Role Model is an exhibition by Dahong Hongxuan Wang as part of our The Lives of Artists season.
Lewis Gardens,
High Street,
Colchester
CO1 1JH
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01206 713 700 [email protected] firstsite.uk
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
David Lock: In-between Us
Until Jun 23
David Lock's first solo public exhibition, delving into the portrayal and consumeristic reproduction of the male form, from antiquity to the present day.
30 Pembroke St,
Oxford
OX1 1BP
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01865 722733 [email protected] modernartoxford.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
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.
Roche Court,
East Winterslow,
Salisbury
SP5 1BG
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01980 862244 [email protected] sculpture.uk.com
Mon-Sun 11am-4pm
Essence
Until Jun 2
A group of work inspired by our history, space, light and sloping landscape surrounding us. Showing Barbara Hepworth, John Hubbard, Ian Stephenson and Edmund de Waal.
Sculpture in the Park
Until Jan 1 2025
An ongoing survey of 20th and 21st-century sculpture situated across parkland and three gallery spaces. Barbara Hepworth, Anthony Caro, Barry Flanagan, Edmund de Waal, Michael Craig-Martin.
1 Brown Street,
Sheffield
S1 2BS
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0114 281 2077 [email protected] sitegallery.org
Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
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
Mann Island,
Liverpool
L3 1BP
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0151 702 7400 tate.org.uk/visit/tate-liverpool
Mon-Sun 10am-5.30pm
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
Outi Pieski
Ends today
Discover visual artist Outi Pieski’s exploration of identity, culture and environment
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
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.
1 mile from M1 junction 38
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
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.
Gallery Square,
Walsall
WS2 8LG
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01922 654400 [email protected] thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
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).
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.
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Rd,
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
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0191 478 1810 [email protected] baltic.art
Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
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.
The Forum,
Elmer Square,
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 1NS
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01702 534108 [email protected] fpg.org.uk
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm
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)
88 Wood St,
Liverpool
L1 4DQ
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0151 707 4444 [email protected] fact.co.uk
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm
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.
Ain Bailey
Until Jul 7
Ain Bailey presents an immersive installation that explores the concept of ‘sonic autobiographies’ through collaboration with imprisoned men and their families at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale.
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
Traces of Displacement
Final week
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.
Ayo Akingbade: Show Me The World Mister
Just opened
Until Oct 20
Shot on location in Nigeria, The Fist and Faluyi are Akingbade’s most ambitious productions to date, building upon her continued interest in history, place-making, legacy and power.
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)
2 Hewitt St,
Manchester
M15 4GB
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0161 832 8034 [email protected] castlefieldgallery.co.uk
Wed-Sun 12-5.30pm
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.
Compton Verney,
Warwick
CV35 9HZ
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01926 645500 [email protected] comptonverney.org.uk
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
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.
10b Wensum St,
Tombland,
Norwich
NR3 1HR
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01603 612428 [email protected] norwichoutpost.org
Thu-Sun 12-6pm
OUTPOST at 20
Until Jun 20
Join us with a new exhibition celebrating 20 years as East Anglia’s oldest artist-led space
28 Union Crescent,
Margate
CT9 1NS
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020 7684 8890 [email protected] carlfreedman.com
Wed-Sun 12-6pm. Mon, Tue by appointment.
Studio Lenca: Leave to Remain
Until Jun 16
Recent painting and sculpture by Salvadoran artist Studio Lenca, his debut show for Carl Freedman Gallery.
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
Proto – Foundation Photography Exhibition
Just opened
Until May 16
Proto, a combining form, meaning; first, especially from which other similar things develop. Indicating the first in time, order, or rank, primitive, ancestral, or original.
AUB International Collective exhibition
Just opened
Until May 17
AUB Students’ Union (AUBSU), in partnership with TheGallery and AUB International, present AUB International Collective.
86 Heath Mill Lane,
Birmingham
B9 4AR
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0121 771 1778 [email protected] eastsideprojects.org
Wed-Sat 12-5pm
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
Weekday Cross,
Nottingham
NG1 2GB
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0115 948 9750 [email protected] nottinghamcontemporary.org
Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Claudia Martínez Garay, WAKCHAKUNA / We Who Share Everything and Nothing
Private view May 24
May 25 – Sep 8
This major new commission celebrates Peruvian artist Claudia Martínez Garay’s unique perspective and diverse practice with an ambitious site-specific installation.
Rock-a-Nore Road,
Hastings
TN34 3DW
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01424 728377 [email protected] hastingscontemporary.org
Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
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.
Elias Sime: Eregata እርጋታ
Until Sep 8
Experience the extraordinary craftsmanship of one of Ethiopia's leading contemporary artists.
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
Until 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.
Collection Spotlight: About Time
Until Jun 15
The next in an ongoing series of exhibitions that profile works from the Grundy collection in thematic displays. In this exhibition works have been gathered around the themes of time.
West Dean,
Chichester
PO18 0QZ
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01243 818300 [email protected] westdean.ac.uk/
West Dean Summer Show 2024
Private view Jun 28
Jun 29 – Jul 5
The hugely-popular West Dean Summer Show will be open to the public from 29 June – 5 July 2024, 10am-5pm.
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
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.
Unit 30, Irwell House,
East Philip St,
Salford
M3 2LE
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07595 397861 [email protected] divisionoflabour.co.uk
Overwork : Céline Berger
Private view Jun 7
Jun 7 – Sep 1
Division of Labour is proud to present Overwork a solo show by Céline Berger featuring new works in film and textile.
3 Adelaide Crescent,
Hove
BN3 2JD
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+44 20 7729 4112 [email protected] maureenpaley.com
Sat-Sun 12-6pm
Studio K.O.S.: Where we have gone
Until Jun 16
Beaumont Street,
Oxford
OX1 2PH
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01865 278000 ashmolean.org
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
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).
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
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.
71 Eyre Lane,
Sheffield
S1 4RB
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0779 152 8277 blocprojects.co.uk
Wed-Sat 12-6pm
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.
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.
Manaccan, Helston,
Cornwall
TR12 6HU
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01326 231811 [email protected] kestlebarton.co.uk
Tue-Sun 10.30am-5pm
Nina Royle: And so, the magpies multiply
Until Jun 9
74 The Headrow,
Leeds
LS1 3AH
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0113 246 7467 [email protected] henry-moore.org/henry-moore-institute
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
[Sculpture Research Library open Mon-Fri 10:00–17:00; Archive of Sculptors’ Papers open Tue-Fri by prior appointment.]
Leeds Station (500m / 0.3 miles walk)
Hany Armanious: Stone Soup
Private view Jul 11
Jul 12 – Nov 3
The Henry Moore Institute will reopen after refurbishment with an exhibition of work by Hany Armanious, one of Australia’s leading sculptors.
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.
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.
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
Issam Kourbaj: You are not you and home is not home
Until May 26
7 Moon Grove,
Manchester
M14 5HE
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07713 930510 [email protected] moongrove.org
Thu-Fri 12-6pm
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.
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
The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry
Until Jul 7
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.
Kofi Perry: Remnants From a Distant Future
Until Jul 21
2023 Ingram Prize winner Kofi Perry presents a solo exhibition of his recent work.
Great Pulteney Street,
Bath
BA2 4DB
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01225 388569 [email protected] holburne.org
Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
Henry Moore in Miniature
Just opened
Until Sep 8
A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size.
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
Until Jun 8
The Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery
OPEN: TUE - SAT,10.00 - 16.00
CLOSED: SUN & MON
Melanie Manchot: STEPHEN
Just opened
Until Nov 2
A New Feature Film by Melanie Manchot
Screening at The Exchange
OPEN: TUE - SAT, 10.00 - 16.00
CLOSED: SUN & MON
Nicola Bealing: Sea & Dead-Man’s Fingers
Just opened
Until Nov 2
Nicola Bealing
Newlyn Art Gallery
OPEN: TUE - SAT, 10.00 - 16.00
CLOSED: SUN & MON
King’s Lynn,
Norfolk
PE31 6UE
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+44 1485 528569 [email protected] houghtonhall.com
Wed-Thu 12-4pm, Sun 12-4pm
Antony Gormley: Time Horizon
Until Oct 31
Antony Gormley’s most spectacular large-scale installations shown across the grounds and through the house at Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
Pound Street,
Petworth
GU28 0DX
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01798 651002 [email protected] newlandshouse.gallery
Wed-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
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.
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
Until May 25
A retrospective exhibition of graphic, pictorial, serial, digital and mixed media work by Suffolk born and bred artist Richard Pinkney.
8-9 North Pallant,
Chichester, West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
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+44 (0)1243 774557 [email protected] pallant.org.uk
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
British Studio Ceramics: From Bernard Leach to Magdalene Odundo
Until Jul 28
Tracing the evolution of British studio pottery through renowned makers, such as Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, and some of today’s leading artists.
University of East Anglia,
Norfolk Road,
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
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01603 593199 [email protected] sainsburycentre.ac.uk
Tue-Sun 9am-6pm
In Event of Moon Disaster
Until Aug 4
Using AI to tell an alternative history, this show brings to light how an event as influential as the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing could be manipulated, and how doubt can be cast on well-known of facts
Jeffrey Gibson: no simple word for time
Until Aug 4
In his first solo exhibition at a UK museum, American artist Jeffrey Gibson (b.1972) will create a new site-specific installation for the Sainsbury Centre.
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
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park,
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
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01206 873184 [email protected] artexchange.org.uk
Tue-Fri 11.30am-5pm
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.
Cross Lane Projects,
Cross Lane,
Kendal
LA9 5LB
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[email protected] crosslaneprojects.com
Wed-Sat 12-5pm
