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• Closes Sat 22 May

  Exhibition

  The Soluble Edges

  Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
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• Closes Sat 22 May

  Exhibition

  The Scottish Landscape: Romance to Reality

  Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Group show
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
  • Textiles
  
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• Closes Sun 23 May

  Exhibition

  Henry Moore and more

  Wakehurst, Ardingly, West Sussex

  • Group show
  • Sculpture
  
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• Closes Sun 23 May

  Exhibition

  Face Value: Contemporary Portraits from the Collections

  The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands

  • Group show
  • Mixed media
  • Painting
  • Photography
  
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• Closes Sun 23 May

  Exhibition

  Peter Blake: Pop Art Life

  National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Mixed media
  • Painting
  
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• Closes Sun 23 May

  Exhibition

  Özgür Kar

  Spike Island, Bristol, Bristol

  • Solo show
  • Digital
  • Film and video
  • Installation
  • Sculpture
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• Until 29 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Fiona Lutjenhuis

  Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Solo show
  • Installation
  • Painting
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• Until 30 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Release the Kraken! The work of Ray Harryhausen

  Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, Bristol

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
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• Until 30 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Jason and the Adventure of 254

  The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent

  • Touring exhibition
  • Digital
  • Mixed media
  • Sculpture
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• Until 30 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Catharina van Hemessen: Signature Works

  National Gallery, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Painting
  
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• Until 30 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Seyi Adelekun: Tree of Life

  Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Solo show
  • Installation
  • Textiles
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• Until 30 May 2027

  Exhibition

  Love Stories

  Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Group show
  • Photography
  
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• Until 1 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Andy Welland: IMAGINED TERRITORIES

  The Art House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Solo show
  • Installation
  • Sculpture
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• Until 5 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Rebecca Chesney

  Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon

  • Solo show
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• Until 5 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Jack Shirreff and the 107 Workshop

  Chippenham Museum, Chippenham, Wiltshire

  • Group show
  • Printmaking
  
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• Until 5 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Heat

  GroundWork Gallery, King's Lynn, Norfolk

  • Open exhibition
  • Mixed media
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• Until 6 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Untangled

  Leeds Industrial Museum, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Members show
  • Textiles
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• Until 6 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Seven Decades of Contemporary Art: Norfolk Contemporary Art Society at Norwich Castle

  Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Group show
  • Mixed media
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
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• Until 6 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Centre Stage: Portraits from a Modern World

  The McManus, Dundee, Dundee City

  • Group show
  • Painting
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• Until 6 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Gifted: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centre

  City Art Centre, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Group show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
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• Until 6 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Through the Lens

  Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire

  • Solo show
  • Photography
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• Until 9 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026

  The Arc Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire

  • Touring exhibition
  • Painting
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• Until 12 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Birds of a Feather

  Chalk’s Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire

  • Group show
  • Ceramics
  • Painting
  • Textiles
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Ashmolean NOW: Garry Fabian Miller: Between the Moon and the Hawthorn

  Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Group show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art

  Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester, Worcestershire

  • Touring exhibition
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Carla Accardi

  Compton Verney, Kineton, Warwickshire

  • Solo show
  • Painting
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Mary Cassatt: Radical Impressionist

  National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Edward Bawden: Snails for All

  The Higgins Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Printmaking
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• Until 13 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  The Paisley: Mass Production, Migration and Memory

  The Higgins Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire

  • Solo show
  • Textiles
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• Until 19 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Championing Identity

  Bob Abley Art Gallery, Spennymoor, County Durham

  • Group show
  • Photography
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• Until 19 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  The Singing Forest

  Stourbridge Glass Museum, Stourbridge, West Midlands

  • Group show
  • Glass
  • Installation
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• Until 26 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Sampled Stories

  Gallery Oldham, Oldham, Greater Manchester

  • Group show
  • Textiles
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• Until 27 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Lacock by Martin Parr

  Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire

  • Solo show
  • Photography
  
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• Until 27 Jun 2027

  Exhibition

  Monet: Painting Time

  Tate Modern, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Painting
  
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• Until 4 Jul 2027

  Exhibition

  The Grosvenor Museum’s 16th Open Art Exhibition

  Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire

  • Open exhibition
  • Ceramics
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Textiles
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• Until 9 Jul 2027

  Exhibition

  Willard Wigan: Tiny World

  Broadway Museum and Art Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire

  • Solo show
  • Sculpture
  
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• Until 10 Jul 2027

  Exhibition

  Calderdale Open Art Exhibition 2026

  Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, West Yorkshire

  • Open exhibition
  • Digital
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Textiles
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• Until 11 Jul 2027

  Exhibition

  The Bayeux Tapestry

  British Museum, London, Greater London

  • Touring exhibition
  • Textiles
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• Until 1 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  German Expressionism: Modern Painting 1900 to 1918

  National Gallery, London, Greater London

  • Group show
  • Painting
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• Until 22 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  Sonia Boyce

  Tate Britain, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Film and video
  • Installation
  • Mixed media
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• Until 22 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  Matt Copson

  Serpentine North, London, Greater London

  • Solo show
  • Digital
  • Installation
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• Until 28 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  Breadheads by Chad McCail

  Gallery Oldham, Oldham, Greater Manchester

  • Solo show
  • Installation
  • Sculpture
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• Until 29 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  Reflections: Sangat and the Self

  The Whitworth, Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Group show
  • Mixed media
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• Until 29 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  The Labour of Care

  The Whitworth, Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Group show
  • Mixed media
  • Painting
  
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• Until 29 Aug 2027

  Exhibition

  Dinner Party: With Matthew Smith, Jacob Epstein, Olivia Bax

  Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Group show
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  
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• Until 5 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  What’s in Store? The Harrogate Fine Art Collection Revealed

  Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Group show
  • Painting
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• Until 10 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  Zak Ové: Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness

  The Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset

  • Solo show
  • Sculpture
  
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• Until 19 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  Extinction: Renewal, Art of a Living Planet

  Eden Project, Par, Cornwall

  • Group show
  • Film and video
  • Installation
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
  
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• Until 19 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  William Morris: Common Paradise

  The Whitworth, Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Solo show
  • Ceramics
  • Glass
  • Printmaking
  • Textiles
  
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• Until 23 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  Lincolnshire Artists Portrait Series

  Barbican Creative Hub, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

  • Group show
  • Photography
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• Until 26 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  Samuel Palmer and Modern Art

  V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London

  • Group show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  
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• Until 26 Sep 2027

  Exhibition

  Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts

  V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London

  • Group show
  • Ceramics
  • Glass
  • Textiles
  • Wood
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• Until 10 Oct 2027

  Exhibition

  Charmaine Watkiss: From the ones who came before…

  Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM), Exeter, Devon

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Sculpture
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• Until 5 Dec 2027

  Exhibition

  John Riddy: Blakeney

  Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Solo show
  • Photography
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• Until 30 Dec 2027

  Exhibition

  Pop Art Gallery

  Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

  • Group show
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
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• Until 31 Dec 2027

  Exhibition

  Assassins and Lovers

  Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, West Yorkshire

  • Group show
  • Mixed media
  • Painting
  • Textiles
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• Until 13 Feb 2028

  Exhibition

  WORN: the life within clothes

  Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Group show
  • Painting
  • Textiles
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• Until 7 May 2028

  Exhibition

  Our Collections, Reimagined

  The Whitworth, Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Group show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Textiles
  
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• Until 31 Dec 2028

  Exhibition

  All Fired Up: The Art and Science of Ceramics

  Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City

  • Group show
  • Ceramics
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• Until 21 Oct 2029

  Exhibition

  The David Hockney Gallery

  Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, West Yorkshire

  • Solo show
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  
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