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February Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions in February

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

Hampshire

03 October - 31 January 2026
Golden Hour
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
18 December - 1 February 2026
Tori McLean: Pattern and Progress
Arc Winchester | Winchester
7 February – 9 May
Melanie Manchot: In Darkness and Light
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton

Cumbria

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

Dorset

13 December - 25 January 2026
Christchurch Through the Lens
Red House Museum | Christchurch
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

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
Until March 15 2026
Sophie Barber
Hastings Contemporary | Hastings

Essex

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

Isle of Wight

05 January - 02 February
Rag and Bones
Quay Arts | Newport
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

Somerset

Until February 1 2026
Myths & Machines
Hauser & Wirth Somerset | Bruton

Wiltshire

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

Oxfordshire

Until 8 February 2026
Daphne Wright
Ashmolean Museum | Oxford

Cornwall

06 December - 12 April 2026
Emilija Škarnulytė
Tate St Ives | St Ives
19 October 2024 – 5 January 2025
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas | St Ives
21 January - 18 April
​​​​​​​Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens
Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance
26 October, 2025 - 31 January, 2026
Framed: Cornwall Open
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery | Truro
30 January - 21 March
Sarah Woods: A Quiet Landscape
Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn

Aberdeenshire

Until 15 February 2026
Reading Between Lines: Embroidered Samplers
Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen

Merseyside

Ongoing
Chinese pottery and porcelain
Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral
Until 22 February
Turner: Always Contemporary
Walker Art Gallery | Liverpool
Until 6 Sep 2028
Ugo Rondinone: Liverpool Mountain
Tate Liverpool | Liverpool

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

02 October - 15 February 2026
Lee Miller
Tate Britain | Westminster
1 May – 19 October 2025
The Genesis Exhibition
The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House | Southwark
13 November 2025 - 8 February
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
14 November 2024 – 31 March 2025
Outernet London and Tate present Samia Halaby for Electric Dreams
Outernet London and Tate present Samia Halaby | Southwark
17 March 2026 - 21 March 2026
Magical Realms: Nature, Myth & Imagination
Mall Galleries | Westminster
21 November 2024 - 5 May 2025
The 80s Photographing Britain
The 80s Photographing Britain | Westminster
25 September 2024 – 16 February 2025
Turner Prize 24
Turner Prize 24
28 February - 19 April
Rose Wylie
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly
28 November 2024 - 1 June 2025
Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet
Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet | Southwark
3 October 2024 - 9 March 2025
Mike Kelly: Ghost and Spirit
Mike Kelly: Ghost and Spirit | Southwark
8 October 2025 – 10 May 2026
​​​​​Nigerian Modernism
Tate Modern | Southwark
9 October 2024 – 16 March 2025
Mire Lee: Open Wound
Mire Lee: Open Wound | Southwark
Until 21 February
Blondie in Camera 1978
Barbican

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