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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Art picks

Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.

Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait

Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.

Hidden Gems

Fri. 17 October 2025

Two & Six Micropub, 26 Snig Hill, S3 8NB

An exhibition of of life drawing, showcasing artists that have joined Anomaly Life Drawing over the years.

Dog Life Drawing

Mon. 20 October 2025

Bon, 486 Glossop Road, S10 2QA

Draw your favourite furry friends at this drawing workshop. All materials provided.

Kelham Makes: Metal Smithing Leaf Decorations

Wed. 22 October 2025

Kelham Island Museum

Get hands on with creative metalsmithing techniques to make a beautiful leaf shaped sculpture, decoration or piece of jewellery. With metal artist Morvarid Alavifard.

Sheffield Creative Collective Artisan Market

Sat. 25 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

Join us Millennium Gallery for Sheffield Creative Collective's first Artisan Market from. Expect a fresh mix of local artists, illustrators, and makers all under one roof.

Day One Climate Exhibition

Mon. 27 October 2025 — Thu. 30 October 2025

Manor Lodge

An exhibition showcasing creative work around climate change by young Sheffield residents.

Half Term Halloween Crafts

Mon. 27 October 2025 — Thu. 30 October 2025

Manor Lodge

Come along to the Discovery Centre at Manor Lodge this October half-term for some green-fingered spooky crafts.

Meersbrook Art Fair

Sat. 1 November 2025

Meersbrook Park Church URC, 173 Chesterfield Road, S8 0RP

Browse a diverse range of works from 16 talented Sheffield artists. With delicious food and drinks available from Daughters Deli.

October Half-Term at the National Videogame Museum

Sat. 25 October 2025 — Sun. 2 November 2025

National Videogame Museum

Assemble your squad for the ultimate LEGO Fortnite Odyssey adventure this half-term. Play together on the big screen, build a giant LEGO brick village, create game-inspired art, and enjoy fun take-home activities.

Sheffield Print Fair

Sat. 8 November 2025

Millennium Gallery

Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.

Paintings by Andy Cropper

Sat. 11 October 2025 — Sat. 15 November 2025

Cupola Gallery

Best known for his atmospheric night‑time cityscapes, Andy Cropper has been mapping Sheffield in paint since 2009. This exhibition forms a portrait of a city across time, light and memory, revealing the evolution of his craft over 16 years.

ESEA Futures

Fri. 10 October 2025 — Sat. 15 November 2025

Bloc Projects

An annual programme foregrounding East and Southeast Asian art practices, presented by Bloc Projects and Platform Asia. With a group exhibition, moving image artwork screening, and closing party.

Autumn Almanac V

Fri. 24 October 2025 — Sun. 16 November 2025

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

The annual Yorkshire Artspace members show returns to Persistence Works.

Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City

Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025

Western Bank Library

An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.

Crafted

Sat. 25 October 2025 — Wed. 24 December 2025

Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery’s annual selling showcase returns this autumn. Celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.

Unquiet Landscapes

Fri. 5 December 2025 — Sat. 10 January 2026

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

An exhibition taking us on a journey into landscapes both real and imagined, psychological and metaphorical. Opening up a terrain that reflects our relationship with the landscape today.

New Horizons: Growing Sheffield’s Art Collection

Sat. 18 October 2025 — Sun. 25 January 2026

Millennium Gallery

Sheffield’s art collection has evolved since it was founded 150 years ago. This exhibition presents highlights of artworks that have joined the collection in the last 10 years. By Lubna Chowdhary, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Marlene Smith and more.

Slime Mother

Fri. 3 October 2025 — Sun. 1 February 2026

Site Gallery

An immersive, multi-sensory exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer. With film, text, sculpture and installation, inviting us to be more slug-like – to slow down, merge and connect – embracing the resilient strangeness of this complex gastropod.

Sheffield Ceramics Festival

Sat. 18 April 2026 — Sun. 19 April 2026

Kelham Island Museum

Browse the wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from South Yorkshire and beyond.

In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home

Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026

Graves Gallery

An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.