December Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions in December

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

Cumbria

20 September - 13 March 2026

Simon Starling: Boat Works

Abbot Hall | Kendal

Dorset

Until 8 March 2026

Artist as Witness: The Impact of War

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery | Bournemouth

East Sussex

15 October - 12 April 2026

Learning Exhibition: Reimagining the Gallery

Charleston | Lewes

Until March 15 2026

Sophie Barber

Hastings Contemporary | Hastings

Isle of Wight

13 September - 8 March 2026

David Tunnicliffe: The Road to Palmyra & Travels with a Tangerine

Dimbola | Freshwater

Kent

03 October - 15 March 2026

Simone Leigh: Recent Sculptures

Turner Contemporary | Margate

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

Cornwall

06 December - 12 April 2026

Emilija Škarnulytė

Tate St Ives | St Ives

21 January - 18 April

Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens

Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance

Aberdeenshire

Until 15 March

Works on Paper: Women Artists

Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen

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

Channel Islands

Until 31 December

Seeing the Light

Jersey Museum and Art Gallery | Jersey

London

02 October - 15 February

Lee Miller

Tate Britain | Westminster

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