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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

06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
14 February - 03 June
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power
Arc Winchester | Winchester
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
7 February - 25 April
What is colour?
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery | Gosport
7 February – 9 May
Melanie Manchot: In Darkness and Light
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton
7 January – 22 March
Joanne Lamb: Samhain
Aspex Portsmouth | Portsmouth
February 6 - March 14
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

Cumbria

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

Devon

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
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

11 February - 16 February
Under the Bed Art Sale 2025
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

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

West Midlands

18 February - 31 May
I photograph comedians!
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham
24 January - 4 April
Sarah Al-Sarraj - NAR MARRATU
Eastside Projects | Birmingham
Until 22 February
Donald Locke - Resistant Forms
Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

West Yorkshire

21 April - 11 April 2027
Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection
Leeds Art Gallery | Leeds

Wiltshire

01 March
Art in the Square
Salisbury Art Scene | Salisbury
16 January - 24 April 2026
Group 7
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

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

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
30 January - 21 March
Sarah Woods: A Quiet Landscape
Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn
Until 28 February, 2026
Trying To Understand Things
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery | Truro

Aberdeenshire

19 - 22 March
Gordon Art Exhibition and Showcase
Garioch Heritage Centre | Inverurie
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

Shropshire

Until 28 February
Ironbridge Fine Arts Winter Exhibition
Ironbridge Fine Arts | Ironbridge

London

02 October - 15 February
Lee Miller
Tate Britain | Westminster
1 May – 19 October 2025
The Genesis Exhibition
The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House | Southwark
11 - 15 February
Chain of Hope – Share your Heart
Saatchi Gallery | Kensington and Chelsea
12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
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 - 21 March
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
​​​​​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 | City of London
Until 22 March
Karimah Ashadu - Tendered
Camden Arts Centre | Camden
Until 29 March
Triple Trouble
Newport Street Gallery | Vauxhall

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