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Art picks
Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.
A Time Of Stasis
Thu. 17 October 2024 — Sun. 27 October 2024
Gallery 24 (next to The Two & Six Micropub), 24 Snig Hill, S3 8NB
An exhibition of paintings by Andy Cropper. Reflecting on the difficulties and frustrations of the past four years, intertwined with responses to the Sheffield cityscape.
City of Rivers
Fri. 24 November 2023 — Sun. 3 November 2024
Weston Park Museum
An exhibition of stories, objects, artwork, film and photography chronicling Sheffield's relationship with its waterways.
Tour: Looking for Mothers in the Graves Gallery
Fri. 8 November 2024
Graves Gallery
Join writer and curator Hettie Judah for a tour of the Graves Gallery exploring the subject of art and motherhood.
Sheffield Print Fair
Sat. 9 November 2024
Millennium Gallery
Watch printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home.
Harcourt Road Exhibition
Sat. 28 September 2024 — Sat. 9 November 2024
Bloc Projects
A showcase of objects and stories about two Harcourt Roads: one in Hong Kong, the other in Sheffield. Collected by artist-organisers C & G Artpartment (Clara Cheung & Gum Cheng).
Scratching the Surface – Breaking Through by Corinna Button
Sat. 5 October 2024 — Sat. 16 November 2024
Cupola Gallery
Faces and figures meld and swirl in multi-layered, mixed-media, collage-rich and paint-rich surfaces from artist Corinna Button.
Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios
Sat. 16 November 2024 — Sun. 17 November 2024
Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works
Each year – for one weekend only – the creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace open their doors to the public. Meet some of our best artists and craftspeople, and peek around their fascinating studios.
'Process'
Multiple dates
Bloc Projects Meanwhile Space, 2–4 Matilda Street, S1 4QY
Experience an array of works created by students from the 2023 cohort of Art Psychotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University.
East, West, Old, New: Artist Eelyn Lee in Conversation with Science Fiction Writer Yen Ooi
Wed. 27 November 2024
Graves Gallery
Join artist Eelyn Lee and writer-researcher Dr Yen Oi for an illustrated discussion about their ongoing collaboration. Drawing on migratory energies and ancestral stories, shaped by East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) diasporic experiences.
The Ruskin Collection: Hand, Head and Heart
Sat. 9 December 2023 — Sun. 1 December 2024
Millennium Gallery
A display about the positive power of making by hand. Including a new memorial quilt commemorating Terry Higgins, the first named person in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness, on public display for the first time.
PostNatures
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sat. 7 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Victoria Lucas, centred around a painting of an imaginary landscape by JMW Turner. Exploring perceptions of reality and representations of the relationship between women and nature.
Portraiture and the Human Figure
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sun. 8 December 2024
Graves Gallery
“A celebration of being, making and looking.” Read our writer Wemmy's review of this inspiring exhibition full of love letters to bodies.
Dead Cat Bounce
Thu. 17 October 2024 — Sat. 14 December 2024
Soft Ground
An experimental opera and exhibition imagining parallel realities of environmental and financial catastrophes across time and space.
We are the Monument
Sat. 27 January 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, encouraging us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
Lubna Chowdhary: PLURIVERSE
Thu. 4 July 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
Bold, hybrid installations, drawings and sculptures exploring the interconnectivity of objects in the material world. Including new work the artist developed during residencies in India and Italy.
Industrial Echoes
Fri. 9 August 2024 — Wed. 1 January 2025
Kelham Island Museum
A celebration of creativity, inclusion and Sheffield’s industrial heritage. With artworks responding to the museum’s collection made by ArtWorks, a collective of artists who have learning disabilities, autistic artists or both.
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Thu. 24 October 2024 — Sun. 19 January 2025
Millennium Gallery
An exhibition plunging into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood. With modern and contemporary work by artists including Bobby Baker, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Susan Hiller, Chantal Joffe, Claudette Johnson and Paula Rego.
The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: An Exhibition by Pete McKee
Fri. 29 November 2024 — Sun. 2 November 2025
Weston Park Museum
Join one of Sheffield best-loved artists as he takes you on a nostalgia-filled journey through his 1970s childhood.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
Fri. 10 May 2024 — Sun. 2 May 2027
Weston Park Museum
An exhibition celebrating the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life. With stories of sport, carnival, fighting racism, and more.