It's the perfect time to see art while the sun shines at the many exhibitions taking place at our museum and gallery partners across the country. Find the highlight of your summer holidays with the Bloomsbury Group in Belfast or enjoy a getaway to see Robert Indiana at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park among our pick of inspirational shows happening near you.
Featured regions:
Channel Islands
Guernsey
The People's Collection | Guernsey Museum
From 1st August until 12th October 2022
Discover the personalities, places, and events that have shaped the island through the art collections cared for by Guernsey Museums & Galleries.
England: London
Lubaina Himid | Tate Modern
Until 2nd October 2022
Recent work and selected career highlights are among a theatrically inspired exhibition, taking visitors through scenes by the artist known for her innovative approaches to painting and social engagement.
Surrealism Beyond Borders | Tate Modern
Until 29th August 2022
Unconscious desires and dreams come to life in an exhibition that shows how artists around the world have been inspired and united by surrealism.
Cornelia Parker | Tate Britain
Until 16th October 2022
See the mesmerising installations, films, and a wealth of drawings, prints and photographs that have defined the work of one of Britain's best-loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists.
Walter Sickert | Tate Britain
Until 18th September 2022
The first major retrospective of Sickert at Tate in over 60 years, this exhibition showcases how the former actor brought an often radical, distinctive approach to the stage of British art.
Picasso Ingres: Face to Face | The National Gallery
Until 9th October 2022
Picasso's 'Woman with a Book' is brought together with the painting that inspired it 'Madame Moitessier' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, in a conversation tracing artistic development between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature | The National Gallery
From 10th September 2022 to 8th January 2023
The first UK overview of the great American Realist painter who confronted issues facing the United States during the nineteenth century, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world.
Milton Avery: American Colourist | Royal Academy of Arts
From 15th July to 16th October 2022
A vision of the world through harmonious colour and simplified forms from one of North America's greatest twentieth-century colourists, and an inspiration to artists such as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.
Herzog & de Meuron | Royal Academy of Arts
From 14th July to 15th October 2023
See the inner workings of this cutting-edge Swiss architectural practice, responsible for projects such the Tate Modern, Beijing's Bird's Nest National Stadium and 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach.
Reframed: The Woman in the Window | Dulwich Picture Gallery
Until 4th September 2022
An enigmatic artistic motif is explored in exhibition, bringing together over 50 works by artists including Rembrandt, David Hockney, Louise Bourgeois, and Cindy Sherman.
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear | Victoria and Albert Museum
Until 6th November 2022
Unpicking the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance, with contemporary looks from legendary designers posed alongside historical treasures.
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature | Victoria and Albert Museum
Until 8th January 2023
Enjoy a celebration of Potter's life as a scientist and conservationist, which explores the places and animals that inspired her most beloved characters.
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine | William Morris Gallery
Until 11th September 2022
A landmark retrospective of one of the UK's most innovative textile artists, whose painterly designs in a riotous colour palette incorporated natural botanical forms from Britain and the Caribbean.
Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics | The Foundling Museum
Until 28th August 2022
The world's first major exhibition on the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children in comics, graphic novels and sequential art from around the globe.
Gold | British Library
Until 2nd October 2022
A glimpse of all that glitters, with 50 manuscripts illustrating how gold elevated art on the pages of everything from Qur'ans to gospels from the age of Charlemagne.
A Bouquet of Fans | The Fan Museum
Until 20th August 2022
A spectacular arrangement of more than 80 flower-themed fans, spanning the centuries dating back to the late sixteenth century.
Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope | Science Museum
Until January 2023
Numerous personal accounts and objects bring to life the stories of people affected by cancer, together with those who study and treat it.
Rooted Beings | Wellcome Collection
Until 29th August 2022
Attain vegetal enlightenment through the botanical archives of the Wellcome Collection and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, displayed alongside works by artists such as Gözde İlkin, Ingela Ihrman.
England: Midlands and East
Birmingham
SaVĀge K'Lub presents Vā TAMATEA: The inaugural Birmingham SaVĀge K'Lubroom | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Until 30th October 2022
Aotearoa/New Zealand artists Rosanna Raymond and Jaimie Waititi present the SaVĀge K'lubroom, reclaiming the gentlemen's clubs of the same name, and bringing together Birmingham's Pacific collection with contemporary works.
Unprecedented Times | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Until 30th October 2022
Take a moment to pause and reflect on the last two years of living with Covid-19, through historic works from Birmingham's collection alongside loans and new acquisitions from Birmingham-based artists.
To Have and to Hold: Portrait Miniature Jewellery | The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Until 18th September 2022
A display of intricate bejewelled portraits that fit in the palm of a hand, created across Europe for over 350 years as tender tokens of loyalty, friendship or love.
HERE&QUEER | The New Art Gallery Walsall
Until September 2022
Members of the LGBTQ+ community take ownership of the collections and the stories they tell, re-interpreting works from a queer perspective, and increasing the visibility of queer lives.
West Midlands Open | The New Art Gallery Walsall
Until 25th September 2022
An opportunity to celebrate the quality and diversity of the visual arts in the region, with works on display from almost 200 artists.
Cambridge
Hockney's Eye | The Fitzwilliam Museum
Until 29th August 2022
Explore Hockney's obsession with how we see the world, with drawings, paintings and digital pieces shown in a series of encounters with works by artists including Claude Monet and Andy Warhol.
True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870 | The Fitzwilliam Museum
Until 29th August 2022
The inventive ways artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries recorded fleeting moments in nature are brought to light through more than 100 oil sketches from the likes of J. M. W. Turner and Edgar Degas.
Essex
Alfred Munnings: the Art of the Poster | The Munnings Art Museum
Until 23rd October 2022
This exhibition focuses on the early influences of Munnings and his ability to capture the popular aesthetic of La Belle Epoque while designing advertisements for clients such as Colman's Mustard and Caley's Crackers.
Norwich
The World We Live In: Art and the Urban Environment | Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Until 4th September 2022
A view of inner-city life across the UK and the sights and sounds of the urban environment that have inspired various artists between 1950 and 2020.
England: North
Liverpool
Kunichika: Japanese Prints | Walker Art Gallery
Until 4th September 2022
Presenting more than 60 prints from one of the most important nineteenth-century printmakers in Japan, who was best known for his depictions of the Kabuki theatre.
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics | Walker Art Gallery
Until 29th August 2022
Five Tudor monarchs and many iconic figures from the period are put in the spotlight in this exhibition that tells new stories about one of the most dramatic times of British history.
Manchester
British Art Show 9 | The Whitworth
Until 4th September 2022
This exhibition showcases 19 artists across the city, including three at the Whitworth, with Anne Hardy, Andy Holden and Katie Schwab offering up immersive large-scale installation, film, wall paintings and tile work.
Fayre Share Fayre | The Whitworth
Until 4th September 2022
Over 40 artists with a connection to Greater Manchester come together around the theme of hospitality, born out of the conversations around legacy, agency and locality.
Suzanne Lacy: Uncertain Futures and Cleaning Conditions | Manchester Art Gallery
Until 31st December 2022
A pioneer of performance and socially engaged art, Lacy made her projects 'Cleaning Conditions' and 'Uncertain Futures' with Mancunians, responding to questions about labour, gender, class and migration status.
Sheffield
Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection | Weston Park
Until 15th January 2023
See treasures from around the globe and the fruits of extensive excavations in the Peak District by Thomas Bateman, a pioneering Victorian antiquarian ahead of his time.
Wakefield
Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958–2018 | Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Until 8th January 2023
The first major UK exhibition of sculpture, painting and prints by the American artist, famed for his 'LOVE' series of works and advocacy for many human rights issues.
Jordan McKenzie: Shame Chorus | Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Until 22nd September 2022
Beginning with a desire to draw attention to high rates of depression and suicide in the LGBTQIA+ community, McKenzie gives voice to individual stories about coming out and sets very personal narratives to music.
York
The Yorkshire Tea Ceremony | York Art Gallery
Until April 2023
Explore the remarkable collection of W. A. Ismay, the UK's most prolific collector of post-war British studio pottery, with objects from potters such as Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, and Bernard Leach.
England: South
Brighton
Down from London: Spencer Gore & Friends | Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Until 11th September 2022
A colourful display revisits the influential work of the Camden Town Group, whose bold styles and colour transformed English painting in the early twentieth century.
The Jam: Cover Stars | Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Until 2nd October 2022
Follow the course of The Jam's amazing career through original and iconic magazine and music press covers from around the world.
Bristol
Grayson's Art Club | Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Until 4th September 2022
A vibrant and poignant chronicle of lockdown, with artworks made by the public, established artists, and celebrities during season two of the hit TV series, Grayson's Art Club.
Chichester
Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit | Pallant House Gallery
Until 23rd October 2022
Over 80 paintings, drawings and sculptures take visitors on Philpot's journey from Edwardian society portraits to a radically modernist style in the 1930s.
New Works: Cultivating the Collection | Pallant House Gallery
Until 16th October
An exciting selection of recently acquired works from contemporary artists, including drawings by Shirazeh Houshiary and Tony Cragg, prints by Lubaina Himid and Joe Tilson, and sculptures by Helaine Blumenfeld and Eilis O'Connell.
Cookham
Delight in Nature: Stanley Spencer's World | Stanley Spencer Gallery
Until 30th October 2022
See how the natural world and the everyday were unified with Spencer's spiritual vision and the way nature informed and became a part of his figurative work.
Cornwall
Ad Minoliti: Biosfera Peluche / Biosphere Plush | Tate St Ives
Until 30th October 2022
Drawing on the rich legacy of geometric abstraction in Latin America, Ad Minoliti presents visitors with alternative universes influenced by feminist and queer thought.
Eastbourne
A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group | Towner Eastbourne
Until 25th September 2022
Two exhibitions presented simultaneously showcasing gallerist Lucy Wertheim's vast contribution to mid-twentieth century modern art, featuring works by Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, and Frances Hodgkins.
Oxford
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours | Ashmolean Museum
Until 27th November 2022
Revealing the enormous range of techniques and media used by the artists that made up this movement, as well as their intimate and often complex friendships and love affairs.
Southampton
Kurt Jackson – Biodiversity | Southampton City Art Gallery
Until 29th October 2022
Paintings, found objects and sculptures by Jackson focus on the vital interdependence of the lifeforms and landscapes which make up our environment.
Lisa Traxler – Time Traveller | Southampton City Art Gallery
Until 8th October 2022
History and architecture collide in this exhibition to create an immersive landscape within the gallery setting with dazzle artworks and a new series of sculptures.
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Against The Image: Photography. Media. Manipulation. | Ulster Museum
Until 30th October 2022
An exhibition putting the focus on the authority of the photograph in our era of mass media and mass (mis)information.
Bloomsbury: A Collective | Ulster Museum
Until 16th October 2022
An introduction to the art, literature and ideas generated by this group of artistic and intellectual friends that would have an enormous influence on the rest of the twentieth century.
I Know I've Been a Stranger Lately | Naughton Gallery at Queen's University Belfast
Until 14th August 2022
Explore physical and mental health through the lens of comics and illustration, with some of the most exciting cartoonists and illustrators working today, from Ireland, Australia to Sweden and the USA.
Enniskillen
T. P. Flanagan Collection Exhibition | Fermanagh County Museum
Until 18th September 2022
Find out how the lake-lands of Fermanagh provided a continuous source of inspiration throughout T. P. Flanagan's career, alongside his friendships with artists and poets such as Seamus Heaney.
Omagh
Bad Bridget | Ulster American Folk Park
Until 26th April 2024
The stories of thousands of women who left Ireland for North America between 1838 and 1918 are illustrated using an eclectic mix of objects, sights, sounds and smells.
Scotland
Aberdeen
The Galloway Hoard: Viking-Age Treasure | Aberdeen Art Gallery
Until 28th October 2019
See the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland, buried around AD 900 and not discovered until 2014.
Kenny Hunter – Sculpture Court | Aberdeen Art Gallery
Until 30th October 2022
Presented as a provocation and a reflection on the role of public art forms such as the traditional monument, Kenny Hunter sets his sculptures against the magnificent backdrop of the gallery's Sculpture Court.
Dundee
A Love Letter to Dundee: Joseph McKenzie Photographs 1964–1987 | The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum
Until 4th September 2022
Photographer Joseph McKenzie's stunning black and white photographs evidence the changing fortunes of Dundee and its people.
Edinburgh
Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life | National Museum of Scotland
Until 30th October 2022
Dissecting everything from artistic analysis by Leonardo da Vinci to the Burke and Hare murders, this exhibition follows the course of 500 years of medical exploration.
Japanese Contemporary Design | National Museum of Scotland
Until 5th March 2023
Striking statement jewellery, prints and porcelain showcase how Japanese contemporary makers have combined innovative and traditional art, craft and design elements.
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life | The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Until 2ndOctober 2022
A major retrospective of over 120 works spanning the artist's entire career, showing her engagement with political and societal change, and the events in her personal life which shaped her practice.
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Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963) 
Joan Eardley & Catterline | The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Until 21st August 2022
Eardley's works produced in the coastal village of Catterline are the focus of this exhibition that maps the locations where the artist stood to draw and paint.
National Treasure: The Scottish Modern Arts Association | City Art Centre
Until 16th October 2022
The Glasgow Boys, the Scottish Colourists, as well as individuals such as William McTaggart, John Duncan, and Anne Redpath, feature in an enlightening overview of the influential group founded in 1907.
Will Maclean: Points of Departure | City Art Centre
Until 2nd October 2022
An exhibition drawn from public and private collections reveals an outlook anchored in the history, archaeology and literature of the Scottish Highlands and the Highland people.
Glasgow
Alasdair Gray's Lanark: A World Made on Paper | Hunterian Art Gallery
Until 2nd October 2022
The renowned writer and artist's manuscripts and artworks tell the creation story of one of the greatest masterpieces of twentieth-century Scottish literature.
John Patrick Byrne: A Big Adventure | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Until 18th September 2022
The first retrospective of John Byrne's illustrious career for more than 20 years, encapsulating the energy and excitement of this polymath and cultural icon.
Taste! | Gallery of Modern Art
Until 31st December 2022
An inside look at how the Gallery of Modern Art's collection has been collected, with works from artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Beryl Cook, Andy Warhol, and David Shrigley.
Domestic Bliss | Gallery of Modern Art
Until 31st December 2022
Fine art, design, and craft feature in a reflection on the Gallery of Modern Art's history, as a former house, a Royal Exchange and civic space.
Spinning Around: Glasgow's Remarkable Record Shops, 1980-1995 | Glasgow Women's Library
Until 2nd March 2023
Music fans will be transported back to a fondly remembered era for the city's record stores, with gold discs from The Bluebells and Simple Minds, and rare club flyers all on display.
Making Her Mark | Glasgow Women's Library
Until 27th July 2022
Stories from residents of nineteenth-century poorhouses as well as women writers and artists are brought to life in this exhibition from the Renfrewshire-based Making Her Mark project.
Orkney
Inspirational Journeys – Wilhelmina Barns-Graham | The Pier Arts Centre
Until 20th August 2022
See how important trips to Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Lanzarote and Orkney led Wilhelmina Barns-Graham to new perspectives, themes and stylistic changes in her work.
Wales
Aberystwyth
Collecting | The National Library of Wales
Until 8th October 2022
A wide-ranging selection of recently acquired items that reflect Wales' past, present and future, encompassing artworks, archives, manuscripts, photographs, film, sound, maps and printed material.
Photographs of/by Angus McBean from the School of Art collection | Aberystwyth University School of Art Gallery
Until 30th September 2022
Capturing photographer Angus McBean's life through everything from advertising and commissioned portraits to his annual Christmas cards.
Ein Bro, Cyd-fyw â'r Tir / Y Tir yn 'Estron' | We live with the land / The Land as Other | Aberystwyth University School of Art Gallery
Until 26th August 2022
The fruits of a multi-disciplinary art exploration that brought together artists whose work responded to the history of the land, language, and a sense of place.
Caernarfon
FAB 50 – Half a century of History! | National Slate Museum
Until 31st December 2022
Celebrating the 50thanniversary of the museum, with photographs from across the decades and artwork to celebrate the half century by local schools and artists.
Cardiff
Wildlife Photographer of the Year | National Museum Cardiff
Until 29th August 2022
Featuring 100 stunning images showing off Earth's extraordinary diversity and the fragility of the natural world, encouraging people to think differently about their relationship with the planet.
The Rules of Art? | National Museum Cardiff
Until 4th June 2023
Five hundred years of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film and ceramics come together to pose questions about representation, identity and culture.
Swansea
Brook Andrew and Shiraz Bayjoo, Conversations between artists | Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Until 4th September 2022
An exhibition which includes video, painting, and archival material, from Australian artist and scholar Brook Andrew and Shiraz Bayjoo, an artist who has created context-specific works about his native Mauritius.
Alec Mackenzie, Project Officer at Art UK
