What's On

Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions

Find out more about each event, view exhibiting artists or click through to their own personal websites.

What's on This Month : February

Essex

Firstsite
17 January - 12 April 2026
Colchester Art Society at 80
Firstsite | Colchester

Hampshire

St Barbe Museum Lymington
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
John Hansard Gallery
7 February – 9 May
Melanie Manchot: In Darkness and Light
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton
Gallery Grounds
February 6 - March 14
For Me Being a Woman
Gallery Grounds | Southampton
Chalk's Art Gallery | Lymington Art Scene
06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
Arc Winchester
14 February - 03 June
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power
Arc Winchester | Winchester
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery
7 February - 25 April
What is colour?
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery | Gosport
Aspex Portsmouth
7 January – 22 March
Joanne Lamb: Samhain
Aspex Portsmouth | Portsmouth

Bristol County

RWA Bristol
20 January - 08 March 2026
Elemental
RWA Bristol | Bristol
Bristol Museum Art Gallery
31 October 2025 - 26 April 2026
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
Bristol Museum Art Gallery | Bristol

Devon

The Box Plymouth
24 January - 31 May
Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy
The Box | Plymouth

London

Royal Academy of Arts
28 February - 19 April
Rose Wylie
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly
Tate Modern
8 October 2025 – 10 May
​​​​​Nigerian Modernism
Tate Modern | Southwark
Lakeside Terrace, Barbican Centre, Photo by Max Colson
Until 21 February
Blondie in Camera 1978
Barbican | City of London
Saatchi Gallery
11 - 15 February
Chain of Hope – Share your Heart
Saatchi Gallery | Kensington and Chelsea
National Portrait Gallery
12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
Camden Arts Centre
Until 22 March
Karimah Ashadu - Tendered
Camden Arts Centre | Camden
Newport Street Gallery
Until 29 March
Triple Trouble
Newport Street Gallery | Vauxhall
Tate Britain
02 October - 15 February
Lee Miller
Tate Britain | Westminster

Cornwall

Newlyn Art Gallery
30 January - 21 March
Sarah Woods: A Quiet Landscape
Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Until 28 February, 2026
Trying To Understand Things
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery | Truro
Tate St Ives
06 December - 12 April 2026
Emilija Škarnulytė
Tate St Ives | St Ives

East Sussex

Brighton Museum Art Gallery
31 January - 12 April
Gender Stories
Brighton Museum Art Gallery | Brighton
Hastings Contemporary
Until March 15 2026
Sophie Barber
Hastings Contemporary | Hastings
Charleston
15 October - 12 April 2026
Learning Exhibition: Reimagining the Gallery
Charleston | Lewes

Wiltshire

Young Gallery | Salisbury Art Scene
16 January - 24 April 2026
Group 7
Young Gallery | Salisbury
17 January - 9 March 2026
Inheritance: Painting – A Changed Environment
Messums West | Salisbury

Dorset

Dorset Museum Art Gallery
31 January – 10 May 2026
People Watching
Dorset Museum Art Gallery | Dorchester
Shaftesbury Arts Centre
​​​​​​​04 - 14 February
Spring Open Exhibition 2026
Shaftesbury Arts Centre | Shaftesbury
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery | Bournemouth Art Scene
Until 8 March 2026
Artist as Witness: The Impact of War
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery | Bournemouth

Merseyside

Lady Lever Art Gallery
Ongoing
Chinese pottery and porcelain
Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral
Walker Art Gallery
Until 22 February
Turner: Always Contemporary
Walker Art Gallery | Liverpool
Tate Liverpool
Until 6 Sep 2028
Ugo Rondinone: Liverpool Mountain
Tate Liverpool | Liverpool

Isle of Wight

Quay Arts
11 February - 16 February
Under the Bed Art Sale 2025
Quay Arts | Newport

Buckinghamshire

MK Gallery
14 February - 31 May
Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
MK Gallery | Milton Keynes

Somerset

Hauser & Wirth Somerset
14 February – 12 April
Don McCullin 90
Hauser & Wirth Somerset | Bruton

Bedfordshire

Higgins Gallery Bedford
15 November 2025 - 2 September
Noel Carrington
The Higgins Bedford | Bedford

West Midlands

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
18 February - 31 May
I photograph comedians!
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham
Eastside Projects
24 January - 4 April
Sarah Al-Sarraj - NAR MARRATU
Eastside Projects | Birmingham
IKON Gallery
Until 22 February
Donald Locke - Resistant Forms
Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

Berkshire

The Base Greenham
27 February - 26 April
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
The Base | Newbury

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen Art Gallery
Until 15 February 2026
Reading Between Lines: Embroidered Samplers
Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen

Shropshire

Ironbridge Art Gallery
Until 28 February
Ironbridge Fine Arts Winter Exhibition
Ironbridge Fine Arts | Ironbridge

Oxfordshire

Ashmolean Museum
Until 28 June
Pat Suet-Bik Hui & The Three Perfections
Ashmolean Museum | Oxford

Cumbria

Abbot Hall
20 September - 13 March 2026
Simon Starling: Boat Works
Abbot Hall | Kendal

Kent

Turner Contemporary
03 October - 15 March 2026
Simone Leigh: Recent Sculptures
Turner Contemporary | Margate

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