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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.
Makers Mill Art Fair
Sun. 28 April 2024
The Leadmill
An afternoon of creativity and inspiration, with stalls and workshops celebrating local art and crafts talent.
Future Now 2024 – Survival Through Design
Thu. 2 May 2024
Dorothy Fleming Lecture Theatre, Charles Street Building, Charles Street, S1 2ND
Richard Neutra (1890–1970) is one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. His landmark book Survival Through Design looked at humans self-destructiveness in the creation of the built environment. Join his youngest son for this talk.
Grief must be Love with Nowhere to Go: Chris Alton & Emily Simpson
Fri. 22 March 2024 — Sat. 4 May 2024
Bloc Projects
An exhibition bringing together experiences of living with loss, transforming the gallery into an environment for reflection.
Late: Doodle Club – Inspired by Phlegm
Wed. 8 May 2024
Millennium Gallery
Join in an exciting edition of Doodle Club, inspired by Millennium Gallery's exhibition Phlegm: Pandemic Diaries.
Endless Love Creative Spring Makers Market
Sat. 11 May 2024
Showroom
Shop independent at Endless Love Creative's curation of over 50 contemporary independent makers' stalls. With botanicals, prints, ceramics, jewellery and more.
Ways of Water
Thu. 15 February 2024 — Sun. 12 May 2024
Millennium Gallery
An immersive exhibition from artist duo Matterlurgy exploring how our lives intertwine with our local water infrastructure – from historic wells to expansive reservoirs.
Late: To the Letter
Thu. 16 May 2024
Kelham Island Museum
An evening of demos, workshops and a bar, celebrating all things print, typography and letterforms. Inspired by Stephenson Blake & Co., a Sheffield type foundry established in 1818 that become the UK's largest supplier of metal type for printing.
Skylarking
Thu. 22 February 2024 — Sat. 18 May 2024
Soft Ground
An exhibition and events programme by Sheffield-based artist Ashley Holmes, exploring the relationship between landscapes, music and belonging.
Kelham Makes: Jesmonite Plant Pots Workshop
Sat. 18 May 2024
Kelham Island Museum
Create your own miniature plant pots with artist and maker Kim Searle using a variety of geometric and recycled moulds.
False Note
Thu. 7 March 2024 — Sun. 26 May 2024
Site Gallery
An exhibition of films by Freya Dooley on themes of replacement, communication and dishonesty. Accompanied by family-friendly events, workshops and a closing music performance. Opening night: Thursday 7 March, 5–8pm.
False Note: Live Performance
Thu. 30 May 2024
Site Gallery
Join artist Freya Dooley and musician Emma Daman Thomas for a performance, experimenting with layering synths and voice with samples, fragments and false notes. Expanding on the score to Site Gallery's False Note exhibition.
Capture Sheffield Weekend Photography Course
Multiple dates
Yorkshire Artspace: Exchange Place Studios
Immerse yourself in the magical world of photography with professional photographer and tutor Laura Page.
LAND Photographs by Matthew Conduit
Tue. 2 January 2024 — Sat. 15 June 2024
Graves Gallery
Post-industrial landscapes, expressing the Sheffield-based artist's ideas about place, time, context and history.
It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity and Mental Health
Mon. 5 February 2024 — Sun. 16 June 2024
Western Bank Library
An exhibition exploring what it means to be a showman in the 21st century. With interviews, photographs, poems and archive records looking at the relationship between identity and mental health in the community.
Welcoming Cultures
Sat. 22 June 2024
Millennium Gallery
A celebration of our magnificent, multicultural city, marking Refugee Week and Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. Expect exhibitions, talks and performances from across Sheffield’s diverse communities.
Phlegm: Pandemic Diary
Sat. 13 January 2024 — Sun. 7 July 2024
Millennium Gallery
Pen and ink observations of daily life in lockdown during Covid-19, from artist Phlegm.
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.
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.
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.