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Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions

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What's on This Month : March

Essex

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

Bristol County

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

London

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
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
5 February - 23 March
Domestic Relics
Saatchi Gallery | Kensington and Chelsea
Until 22 March
Karimah Ashadu - Tendered
Camden Arts Centre | Camden
Until 29 March
Triple Trouble
Newport Street Gallery | Vauxhall
17 - 21 March
Magical Realms: Nature, Myth & Imagination
Mall Galleries | Westminster
Sheila Phillips
30 January - 19 April
Julia Phillips
Barbican | City of London
Hurvin Anderson
Until 12 April
Turner and Constable
Tate Britain | Westminster

Cornwall

Sarah Woods : A Quiet Landscape
30 January - 21 March
Sarah Woods: A Quiet Landscape
Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn
16 February - 19 May
Magic of Movement: Automata and the Memory Cafe
The Falmouth Art Gallery | Falmouth
6 - 20 March
International Women’s Day Exhibition
Elaine Foster-Gandey Art | Lostwithiel
Emilija Škarnulytė
06 December - 12 April
Emilija Škarnulytė
Tate St Ives | St Ives

East Sussex

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

Kent

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

Wiltshire

17 January - 9 March 2026
Inheritance: Painting – A Changed Environment
Messums West | Salisbury
Art in the Square 1 March
01 March
Art in the Square
Salisbury Art Scene | Salisbury
16 January - 24 April 2026
Group 7
Young Gallery | Salisbury

Dorset

31 January – 10 May 2026
People Watching
Dorset Museum Art Gallery | Dorchester
Until 8 March 2026
Artist as Witness: The Impact of War
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery | Bournemouth

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

Hampshire

Spring Greens
06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
14 February - 03 June
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power
Arc Winchester | Winchester
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
20 February  –  9 May
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton
7 February - 25 April
What is colour?
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery | Gosport
7 January – 22 March
Joanne Lamb: Samhain
Aspex Portsmouth | Portsmouth
Emma Richardson: Levitate Me
07 March – 31 August
Emma Richardson
Southampton City Art Gallery | Southampton
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
20 March- 24 May
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
God's House Tower | Southampton
For Me Being a Woman
February 6 - March 17
For Me Being a Woman
Gallery Grounds | 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

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

Devon

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

Berkshire

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

Cambridgeshire

Until 1 March
Harold Offeh: Mmm Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet
Kettle's Yard | Cambridge

Aberdeenshire

Until 15 March
Works on Paper: Women Artists
Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen
19 - 22 March
Gordon Art Exhibition and Showcase
Garioch Heritage Centre | Inverurie

Greater Manchester

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

Channel Islands

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

Ayrshire

Until 8 March
Ayr Sketch Club Annual Exhibition 2026
The Maclaurin Art Gallery | Ayr

Shropshire

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

Somerset

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

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

West Sussex

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

Oxfordshire

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

Cumbria

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

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