May Exhibitions and Events | The Local Art Scene

Browse through forthcoming events and exhibitions in May

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

07 March – 31 August

Emma Richardson

Southampton City Art Gallery | Southampton

14 February - 03 June

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Patterns of Power

Arc Winchester | Winchester

17 April – 15 May

Unsinkable Memories II

Gallery Grounds | Southampton

20 February – 9 May

Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk

John Hansard Gallery | Southampton

20 March- 24 May

RAFTS by Alistair Debling

God's House Tower | Southampton

4 March – 2 May

Subject to Disruption, Aspire

Aspex Portsmouth | Portsmouth

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

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

East Sussex

28 March - 31 May

The Open: Odyssey

Hastings Contemporary | Hastings

Kent

Until 4 May

Bridget Riley: Learning to See

Turner Contemporary | Margate

West Midlands

18 February - 31 May

Andy Hollingworth: I photograph comedians!

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham

25 March - 06 September

Angela De La Cruz: Upright

Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

West Sussex

Until 10 May

William Nicholson

Pallant House Gallery | Chichester

West Yorkshire

21 April - 11 April 2027

Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection

Leeds Art Gallery | Leeds

Wiltshire

05 April

Art in the Square

Salisbury Art Scene | 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

Cornwall

16 February - 19 May

Magic of Movement: Automata and the Memory Cafe

The Falmouth Art Gallery | Falmouth

21 January - 18 April

Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens

Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance

23 May – 31 October

Caroline Walker: Mothering

Newlyn Art Gallery | Newlyn

Aberdeenshire

Until 31 December 2028

All Fired Up

Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen

Merseyside

Ongoing

Chinese pottery and porcelain

Lady Lever Art Gallery | Wirral

Until 17 October

Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus

Walker Art Gallery | Liverpool

Until 6 Sep 2028

Ugo Rondinone: Liverpool Mountain

Tate Liverpool | Liverpool

Bristol County

26 March - 17 May

Friends of the RWA Exhibition

RWA Bristol | Bristol

Shropshire

1 March - 31 May

Spring 2026 Exhibition

Ironbridge Fine Arts | Ironbridge

Channel Islands

Until 31 December

Seeing the Light

Jersey Museum and Art Gallery | Jersey

London

12 February - 4 May

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting

National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden

25 March - 3 May

Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life

Hayward Gallery | Lambeth

26 February - 31 August

Tracey Emin : A Second Life

Tate Modern | Southwark

27 March - 6 May

Caroline Wong: Girls Who Devour

Saatchi Gallery | Kensington and Chelsea

29 May - 13 September

Jack White: These Thoughts May Disappear

Newport Street Gallery | Vauxhall

Until 12 April

Turner and Constable

Tate Britain | Westminster

Until 6 April

Ming Wong: Dance of the sun on the water

National Gallery

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