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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

Spring Greens
06 February - 30 May
Spring Greens
Chalk's Gallery | Lymington
Emma Richardson: Levitate Me
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
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
17 January – 14 March
Kurt Jackson: Lymington River
St Barbe Museum Art Gallery | Lymington
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
20 February  –  9 May
Chris Zhongtian Yuan: Wuhan Punk
John Hansard Gallery | Southampton
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
20 March- 24 May
RAFTS by Alistair Debling
God's House Tower | 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

Devon

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy
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

Kent

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

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
Angela De La Cruz: Upright
25 March - 06 September
Angela De La Cruz: Upright
Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

West Sussex

William Nicholson
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

Oxfordshire

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

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

Cornwall

16 February - 19 May
Magic of Movement: Automata and the Memory Cafe
The Falmouth Art Gallery | Falmouth
​​​​​​​Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens
21 January - 18 April
​​​​​​​Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens
Penlee House Gallery & Museum | Penzance

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

Shropshire

Spring 2026 Exhibition
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

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
12 February - 4 May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
National Portrait Gallery | Covent Garden
Tracey Emin: A Second Life
26 February - 31 August
Tracey Emin : A Second Life
Tate Modern | Southwark
Hurvin Anderson
Until 12 April
Turner and Constable
Tate Britain | Westminster

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