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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.

Anomaly Life Drawing

Multiple dates

Nomad Maison, Unit 3, 18 Stanley Street, S3 8HJ

A place to relax, experiment with materials and practice drawing the wonderful human form.

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.