Saodat Ismailova: As We Fade
Until Jun 7
First UK solo show by the Central Asian filmmaker — world premiere of Swan Lake 2025
Art Weekend Away from London
Great museums and galleries outside London worth a weekend trip — from major institutions in Edinburgh, Manchester and Gateshead to gems in Margate, Cornwall and Wakefield. What's on now and opening soon, outside the capital.
Showing 8 museums and 15 exhibitions
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
One of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the world outside London, housed in a converted flour mill on the Gateshead Quays. No permanent collection — programming is exclusively temporary exhibitions by major international artists.
Jupiter Artland
A remarkable 100-acre sculpture park and garden near Edinburgh, home to permanent site-specific commissions by Antony Gormley, Cornelia Parker, Phyllida Barlow, and others. One of Scotland's most distinctive and internationally respected art destinations.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Part of National Galleries Scotland, housing over 6,000 works from 1900 to the present across two neoclassical buildings in parkland. Strengths in Surrealism, Dada, the Scottish Colourists and post-war British and international art.
Tate St Ives
Part of the Tate network, this striking clifftop gallery celebrates the legacy of the St Ives artists' colony and presents international modern and contemporary art in one of the UK's most beautiful coastal settings.
The Hepworth Wakefield
Named after sculptor Barbara Hepworth, who was born in Wakefield, this David Chipperfield-designed gallery sits on the city''s historic waterfront. It presents major international exhibitions alongside a permanent collection of modern British art including Henry Moore and L.S. Lowry.
The Whitworth
Part of the University of Manchester, the Whitworth is set in Whitworth Park and holds over 60,000 works. Known for a risk-taking contemporary programme alongside historic strengths in textiles, wallpapers, works on paper and Turner watercolours.
Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-Ground
Until May 31
Turner Prize-nominated Romany artist's first Manchester solo — immersive feminist mixed-media world
Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige
Until Nov 15
Unmissable ukiyo-e prints including The Great Wave, still radically modern after 200 years
Performing Trees
Until Apr 4, 2027
50+ works from the Whitworth collection reimagining trees as active storytellers across art history
Turner Contemporary
Margate's internationally acclaimed gallery, built on the site where J.M.W. Turner once lodged. Since opening in 2011 it has become a landmark of the UK's contemporary art landscape, attracting major artists and reinvigorating the town.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
One of the world's leading open-air galleries, set across 500 acres of 18th-century parkland. Permanent and temporary commissions by artists including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy, and Ai Weiwei sit alongside indoor gallery spaces.
Ending SoonMarshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak
Until Mar 15
Immersive digital double of a Kew Gardens oak tree fills YSP's Chapel
William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity
Until Apr 19
First museum show outside South Africa focused on Kentridge's sculpture
Louise Lockhart: Cake Crumbs and Lemonade
Until Aug 2
Folk-inspired collage and print celebrating the rituals of British everyday life
LR Vandy: Rise
Until Sep 13
Rope, maypoles and resistance — Vandy's first solo museum show explores trade and power
