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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

Spring Greens
06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
Emma Richardson: Levitate Me
07 March – 31 August
Emma Richardson
Southampton City Art Gallery | Southampton
14 February - 03 June
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power
Arc Winchester | Winchester
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
20 February  –  9 May
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
20 March- 24 May
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
God's House Tower | Southampton
7 February - 25 April
What is colour?
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery | Gosport

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

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy
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

Trackie McLeod: Soft Play
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

Kent

Simone Leigh: Recent Sculptures
Until 15 March
Simone Leigh: Recent Sculptures
Turner Contemporary | Margate

Somerset

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

West Midlands

Andy Hollingworth: I photograph comedians! © Andy Hollingworth Archive
18 February - 31 May
Andy Hollingworth: I photograph comedians!
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham
24 January - 4 April
Sarah Al-Sarraj - NAR MARRATU
Eastside Projects | Birmingham
Angela De La Cruz: Upright
25 March - 06 September
Angela De La Cruz: Upright
Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

West Sussex

William Nicholson
Until 10 May
William Nicholson
Pallant House Gallery | Chichester

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

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

Worcestershire

John Singer Sargent: an American in 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

Emilija Škarnulytė
06 December - 12 April
Emilija Škarnulytė
Tate St Ives | St Ives
16 February - 19 May
Magic of Movement: Automata and the Memory Cafe
The Falmouth Art Gallery | Falmouth
​​​​​​​Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens
21 January - 18 April
​​​​​​​Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens
Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance

Greater Manchester

Until 19 April
Held in the Quiet Light: Briony Jenkins, Stephen Milner and Mike Thorpe
Salford Museum and Art Gallery | Salford

Merseyside

Ongoing
Chinese pottery and porcelain
Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral
Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus
Until 17 October
Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus
Walker Art Gallery | Liverpool
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

Shropshire

Spring 2026 Exhibition
1 March - 31 May
Spring 2026 Exhibition
Ironbridge Fine Arts | Ironbridge

Channel Islands

Until 31 December
Seeing the Light
Jersey Museum and Art Gallery | Jersey

London

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
Tracey Emin: A Second Life
26 February - 31 August
Tracey Emin : A Second Life
Tate Modern | Southwark
Rose Wylie : The Picture Comes First
28 February - 19 April
Rose Wylie
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly
Sheila Phillips
30 January - 19 April
Julia Phillips
Barbican | City of London
Hurvin Anderson
Until 12 April
Turner and Constable
Tate Britain | Westminster

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