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Opening Soon in the UK

Exhibitions opening across the UK in the coming weeks — from major London institutions to galleries in Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol and beyond. Get ahead of the crowds and start planning before opening weekend.

Showing 67 exhibitions

Museum of Edible EarthComing Soon

Museum of Edible Earth

Starting Mar 18

Sample edible clays and minerals from 44 countries at daily tasting sessions.

Rhythm, Dance and Everything: The Body and Performance from Hepworth to NowComing Soon

Rhythm, Dance and Everything: The Body and Performance from Hepworth to Now

Starting Mar 21

Hepworth's iconic sculptures in dialogue with contemporary artists exploring body, movement and identity

Konrad MägiComing Soon

Konrad Mägi

Starting Mar 24

First major UK show of Estonia's pioneering modernist: 60+ vivid landscapes and portraits.

Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, SandbackComing Soon

Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback

Starting Mar 25

Five Minimalist masters: Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman and Sandback

Hurvin AndersonComing Soon

Hurvin Anderson

Starting Mar 26

First major solo show of over 80 paintings spanning Anderson's full career

Sour Loop: Laurel Halo & Hanne LippardComing Soon

Sour Loop: Laurel Halo & Hanne Lippard

Starting Mar 26

Sound installation on how muzak, ads and anti-loitering audio shape spaces.

Spectral InterferenceComing Soon

Spectral Interference

Starting Mar 27

Anna Liber Lewis breaks from grid-based work into embodied, risky abstraction

Caroline Wong: Girls Who DevourComing Soon

Caroline Wong: Girls Who Devour

Starting Mar 27

British-Malaysian-Chinese artist explores femininity, appetite and female desire

Cecily Brown: Picture MakingComing Soon

Cecily Brown: Picture Making

Starting Mar 27

Cecily Brown's first major UK institutional solo in 20 years at Serpentine South

Michaelina WautierComing Soon

Michaelina Wautier

Starting Mar 27

Rediscovering the 17th-century Flemish artist called the greatest artistic find of the century

Milly Thompson: My Body Temperature is Feeling GoodComing Soon

Milly Thompson: My Body Temperature is Feeling Good

Starting Mar 28

Late painter Milly Thompson reclaims the female gaze through sun-drenched, irreverent canvases

Nicola Turner: Time's ScytheComing Soon

Nicola Turner: Time's Scythe

Starting Mar 28

Wool and horsehair tendrils cascade through YSP's 18th-century Chapel

Veronica Ryan: Multiple ConversationsComing Soon

Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations

Starting Apr 1

A 40-year survey of Turner Prize winner Veronica Ryan's sculpture, textiles and drawing

Senga Nengudi: Performance Works 1972-1982Coming Soon

Senga Nengudi: Performance Works 1972-1982

Starting Apr 1

Rare archival survey of pioneering Black avant-garde artist Senga Nengudi

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of MemoryComing Soon

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memory

Starting Apr 1

Monumental adobe sculptures by Argentine artist exploring indigenous cultural memory

Joan Eardley | The Nature of PaintingComing Soon

Joan Eardley | The Nature of Painting

Starting Apr 2

Eardley's expressive oils in dialogue with Constable, Monet and Tàpies — a fresh look at her wider world

New Members of the Craft Potters Association (2)Coming Soon

New Members of the Craft Potters Association (2)

Starting Apr 2

Ten newly elected CPA members showcase the breadth of contemporary British ceramics

The Wink & Nudge: Andrew Moncrief and Sebastian NeebComing Soon

The Wink & Nudge: Andrew Moncrief and Sebastian Neeb

Starting Apr 3

Moncrief and Neeb deconstruct meaning and materiality through irony

Liza Lou: FAQComing Soon

Liza Lou: FAQ

Starting Apr 10

Liza Lou combines glass beads and oil paint to interrogate gestural abstraction

Textile Art RedefinedComing Soon

Textile Art Redefined

Starting Apr 10

15+ artists reimagine the boundaries and possibilities of contemporary textile art

Michaela Yearwood-DanComing Soon

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Starting Apr 17

First UK institutional show — lush, queer, multi-sensory commission celebrating Blackness and healing

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2026Coming Soon

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2026

Starting Apr 17

Over 300 award-winning photos plus immersive showcases by Meyerowitz and Nelson.

Katharina GrosseComing Soon

Katharina Grosse

Starting Apr 22

Grosse's first major UK show: large-scale immersive spray paintings and sculpture

Jack Doherty: Soda, Porcelain, VesselComing Soon

Jack Doherty: Soda, Porcelain, Vessel

Starting Apr 30

A master ceramicist distils decades of practice into one clay, one mineral, one firing

NIGO: From Japan with LoveComing Soon

NIGO: From Japan with Love

Starting May 1

First UK retrospective of NIGO — streetwear pioneer, KENZO director and cultural polymath

Genuine Fake Premium Economy: Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison & Jasmine GregoryComing Soon

Genuine Fake Premium Economy: Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison & Jasmine Gregory

Starting May 1

Three US artists dissect class, capitalism and wealth inequity post-2008

Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters For SensesComing Soon

Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters For Senses

Starting May 2

First UK museum show of visionary Lithuanian American artist spanning six decades

ZurbaránComing Soon

Zurbarán

Starting May 2

First ever UK exhibition of Zurbarán: altarpieces, still lifes and monastic robes from Seville

James McNeill WhistlerComing Soon

James McNeill Whistler

Starting May 21

First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain

Lewis HammondComing Soon

Lewis Hammond

Starting May 23

Hammond's first UK museum show — dark, mythological oil paintings exploring home, belonging and dislocation

Mrinalini MukherjeeComing Soon

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Starting May 23

First UK retrospective of Indian modernist sculptor Mukherjee — fibre, bronze, ceramic across 40 years

Lara Scobie: IncisedComing Soon

Lara Scobie: Incised

Starting May 28

Precise slip-cast porcelain vessels where off-centre form and incised surface are inseparable

Marilyn Monroe: A PortraitComing Soon

Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait

Starting Jun 4

Monroe's centenary explored through portraits by Warhol, Beaton, Avedon and 20+ photographers

Julio Le ParcComing Soon

Julio Le Parc

Starting Jun 11

Immersive retrospective of kinetic sculptures, op art and interactive installations by Le Parc

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of PanafricaComing Soon

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

Starting Jun 11

First major survey of Pan-Africanism's influence on visual art, 1920s–now

Hepworth in ColourComing Soon

Hepworth in Colour

Starting Jun 12

First exhibition dedicated to Hepworth's pioneering use of colour in sculpture

Hold to this Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia CollectionComing Soon

Hold to this Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection

Starting Jun 13

Unprecedented European showcase of 60+ works by 30+ Indigenous North American artists

Anish KapoorComing Soon

Anish Kapoor

Starting Jun 16

Kapoor fills the Hayward Gallery with mirror sculptures, Vantablack works and three new monumental installations

Summer Exhibition 2026Coming Soon

Summer Exhibition 2026

Starting Jun 16

Annual open exhibition coordinated by Ryan Gander on Interconnectedness

Sue Mundy: The Tactile FormComing Soon

Sue Mundy: The Tactile Form

Starting Jun 25

Hand-built white stoneware exploring fragility and strength drawn from the natural world

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026Coming Soon

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026

Starting Jun 25

44th edition of the UK's most prestigious contemporary portrait painting prize

Frida Kahlo: The Making of an IconComing Soon

Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon

Starting Jun 25

Centenary retrospective: 30 Kahlo works alongside 200+ objects tracing Fridamania

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and WovenComing Soon

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven

Starting Jul 10

Eight artists from Korea, India and UK weave new commissions with 400 years of textile history

Young Artists' Summer Show 2026Coming Soon

Young Artists' Summer Show 2026

Starting Jul 14

Free open-submission exhibition for UK students aged 4–18, now in its 8th year

Ana MendietaComing Soon

Ana Mendieta

Starting Jul 15

Major Mendieta retrospective with remastered films and UK premieres at Tate Modern

Richard Dadd: Beyond BedlamComing Soon

Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam

Starting Jul 25

Dadd's intricate Victorian fairy paintings made during 42 years in Bethlem and Broadmoor

Portrait of a City: A Century of American PhotographyComing Soon

Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography

Starting Jul 28

A century of American urban life through 34 photographers, from Stieglitz and Lange to Arbus and Davidson.

Gwen John | Strange BeautiesComing Soon

Gwen John | Strange Beauties

Starting Aug 1

First major Gwen John retrospective in 40 years — intimate portraits and rarely seen works on paper

Still CareComing Soon

Still Care

Starting Aug 1

Creative work by NHS midwives caring for bereaved parents, art as witness to emotional labour

Reflections: Sangat and the SelfComing Soon

Reflections: Sangat and the Self

Starting Aug 1

New works by Jasmir Creed and Roo Dhissou on Sikh concepts of community and collective healing

Amar KanwarComing Soon

Amar Kanwar

Starting Sep 1

Lyrical film installation by New Delhi artist on decolonisation, memory and displacement

Es DevlinComing Soon

Es Devlin

Starting Sep 18

First UK show dedicated to Es Devlin's 30 years of stage sculpture and light installations

Painting the French RivieraComing Soon

Painting the French Riviera

Starting Oct 2

160+ works showing how the Côte d'Azur shaped modern art from Monet to Klein

Salman Toor: Someone Like YouComing Soon

Salman Toor: Someone Like You

Starting Oct 2

Toor's first European solo: 20 paintings on queer identity, belonging and community

Renoir and LoveComing Soon

Renoir and Love

Starting Oct 3

40 Impressionist paintings showing Renoir at his peak, including Bal au Moulin de la Galette

Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and LegendsComing Soon

Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends

Starting Oct 8

Walker's five-year portrait project celebrating queer identity and LGBTQ+ trailblazers

The 90sComing Soon

The 90s

Starting Oct 8

Edward Enninful curates fashion, art and photography from Britain's defining decade

Hokusai: Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji from the Iuchi CollectionComing Soon

Hokusai: Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji from the Iuchi Collection

Starting Oct 20

The complete Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji shown in the UK for the first time, including The Great Wave.

Wilhelmina Barns-GrahamComing Soon

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Starting Oct 24

First full retrospective of one of Britain's most innovative 20th-century abstractionists

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And YouComing Soon

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And You

Starting Nov 3

Never-before-seen sketches and originals from the creator of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

The Nue Black AestheticComing Soon

The Nue Black Aesthetic

Starting Nov 6

Landmark show celebrating Black British designers reshaping furniture, fashion and architecture

The Manifold of Memory: Detail Within Detail, Bagri CommissionComing Soon

The Manifold of Memory: Detail Within Detail, Bagri Commission

Starting Nov 20

Kazakh artist Gulnur Mukazhanova's first UK show — giant felt environment from nomadic Central Asia

Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a CollectorComing Soon

Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector

Starting Nov 21

Works from Guggenheim Jeune's pioneering 1938 London exhibitions reunited at the RA

Van Eyck: The PortraitsComing Soon

Van Eyck: The Portraits

Starting Nov 21

All nine of van Eyck's known portraits together for the first time in history

Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHORComing Soon

Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR

Starting Nov 21

Ekblad's first major UK solo — layered oil paintings and monumental glass and bronze sculptures

Marc Chagall: The CircusComing Soon

Marc Chagall: The Circus

Starting Nov 21

Chagall's celebrated circus lithographs alongside paintings — acrobats as metaphor for human joy and sorrow

William Morris: Common ParadiseComing Soon

William Morris: Common Paradise

Starting Dec 12

Major survey of Morris's radical 'art for all' legacy — 100+ textiles, wallpapers, ceramics and more

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