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.

Hampshire

07 March – 31 August
Emma Richardson
Southampton City Art Gallery | Southampton
15 May - 26 September
Lyme to Lepe
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
18 - 22 June
Lies and Truth by Jackie Eksi
God's House Tower | Southampton
23 May – 4 July
St Barbe Open 2026
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
26 June - 26 July
Palais Art Prize 2026
Palais des Vaches Art Gallery | New Forest
26 June – 6 September
2126: What If?
Aspex Portsmouth | Portsmouth
6 June – 29 August
Simeon Barclay: Farewell Sweet Innocence
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton

Buckinghamshire

20 June - 4 October
Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour
MK Gallery | Milton Keynes

Bedfordshire

Until 2 September
Noel Carrington
The Higgins Bedford | Bedford

Cumbria

Until 3 October
Joshua Donkor & Lela Harris: Familial Traces
Abbot Hall | Kendal

Devon

26 June - 26 July
Palais Art Prize 2026
Mark Huntley | Axminster
Until 21 June
Dear Beryl
The Box | Plymouth

Dorset

13 June - 12 July
Christchurch Collective
Red House Museum | Christchurch
13 June – 13 September 2026
Treasure! Lost and Found
Dorset Museum Art Gallery | Dorchester
28 March - 4 October
Flower Fairies™: Enchantment by the Sea
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery | Bournemouth

East Sussex

13 June - 13 September
Janaina Tschäpe
Hastings Contemporary | Hastings
Until 11 October
Gladys Hynes: Radical Lives
Charleston | Lewes

Essex

Until 30 August
Godfried Donkor: It’s a Numbers Game
Firstsite | Colchester

Isle of Wight

Until December 31, 2028
Mini Iconic Bowie – Terry O’Neill
Dimbola | Freshwater

Somerset

2 May – 18 October
Agua Salada
Hauser & Wirth Somerset | Bruton

West Sussex

Until 20 July
Rana Begum: No.1367 Mesh
Pallant House Gallery | Chichester

West Yorkshire

Until 28 June
Mike Nelson: M62 (East, West)
Leeds Art Gallery | Leeds

Wiltshire

7 June
Art in the Square
Salisbury Art Scene | Salisbury
Until 29 August
Urban Photography
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

5, 13 & 27 June
From Land to Sea
From Land to Sea - Art Exhibition | Newbury
6 - 21 June
Festival of Art Exhibition 2026
The Base | Newbury

Lancashire

24 March - 1 June
The Gorgeous Somethings
Naomi Louise Rae B.A.(Hons) P.G Dip, M.Sc. | Lancaster

Cornwall

23 May - 31 October
Caroline Walker: Mothering
Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn
23 May – 31 October
Libita Sibungu: Zed Love
The Exchange | Penzance
30 April - 27 September
Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art
Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance
Until 4 October
Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters for the Senses
Tate St Ives | St Ives

Aberdeenshire

Until 31 December 2028
All Fired Up
Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen

Argyll

Until 18 July
Alasdair Taylor
Dunoon Burgh Hall | Dunoon

Merseyside

Ongoing
Chinese pottery and porcelain
Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral

Bristol County

09 May - 09 August 2026
Dance Out
RWA Bristol | Bristol
19 June - 19 September
British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers
Bristol Museum Art Gallery | Bristol

Channel Islands

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

London

12 March - 23 August
David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting
Serpentine | Kensington and Chelsea
16 June - 18 October
Anish Kapoor
Hayward Gallery | Lambeth
16 June - 23 August
Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly
17 & 24 June @ 6:30pm
​​​​​​​Mosaic Workshop
Heart in Art Workshops | Lambeth
20 March - 1 August 2027
German Expressionism: Modern Painting 1900-1918
National Gallery | Westminster
21 May - 6 September
In Other Worlds
Barbican | City of London
4 June - 6 September
Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden

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