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April Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions in April

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

Hampshire

06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
14 February - 03 June
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power
Arc Winchester | Winchester
7 February - 25 April
What is colour?
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery | Gosport
7 February – 9 May
Melanie Manchot: In Darkness and Light
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton

Buckinghamshire

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

Bedfordshire

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

Devon

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

Dorset

31 January – 10 May 2026
People Watching
Dorset Museum Art Gallery | Dorchester

East Sussex

15 October - 12 April 2026
Learning Exhibition: Reimagining the Gallery
Charleston | Lewes
31 January - 12 April
Gender Stories
Brighton Museum Art Gallery | Brighton

Essex

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

Somerset

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

West Midlands

18 February - 31 May
I photograph comedians!
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham
24 January - 4 April
Sarah Al-Sarraj - NAR MARRATU
Eastside Projects | Birmingham

West Yorkshire

21 April - 11 April 2027
Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection
Leeds Art Gallery | Leeds

Wiltshire

16 January - 24 April 2026
Group 7
Young Gallery | Salisbury

Oxfordshire

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

Worcestershire

17 January - 14 June
John Singer Sargent: an American in Worcestershire
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum | Worcester

Berkshire

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

Cornwall

06 December - 12 April 2026
Emilija Škarnulytė
Tate St Ives | St Ives

Merseyside

Ongoing
Chinese pottery and porcelain
Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral
Until 6 Sep 2028
Ugo Rondinone: Liverpool Mountain
Tate Liverpool | Liverpool

Bristol County

31 October 2025 - 26 April 2026
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
Bristol Museum Art Gallery | Bristol

London

12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
28 February - 19 April
Rose Wylie
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly
8 October 2025 – 10 May
​​​​​Nigerian Modernism
Tate Modern | Southwark

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