Exhibitions in Sheffield

With such a fantastic array of museums and galleries in Sheffield (many of which are free to visit) you'll never be short of interesting exhibitions to explore in the city.

While there are some fascinating permanent exhibitions in the city, which are available to peruse all-year round, here you'll find listings for temporary exhibitions in Sheffield which are only available for a limited amount of time- catch them before they're gone! 

Exhibition listings

Scratching the surface – Breaking through by Corinna Button

New exhibition 'Scratching the surface – Breaking through' by Corinna Button is coming with an opening event on Friday 4th October.

05 Oct 2024 - 16 Nov 2024

Dead Cat Bounce

Dead Cat Bounce is an exhibition about an experimental opera by Gary Zhexi Zhang and Waste Paper Opera that imagines parallel realities of environmental and financial catastrophes across time and space.

17 Oct 2024 - 14 Dec 2024

Give Over Exhibition

A free exhibition showcasing commissioned art created in response to racist media reporting and border abolition.

22 Oct 2024 - 12 Nov 2024

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood.

This new exhibition from Hayward Gallery Touring comes to the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield and plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day.

24 Oct 2024 - 19 Jan 2025

Crafted at the Millennium Gallery

Crafted is Millennium Gallery’s new annual selling showcase celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.

26 Oct 2024 - 24 Dec 2024

Sheffield Photographic Society Perspectives 20 Exhibition

Sheffield Photographic Society's 20th annual Perspectives Exhibition will take place in the Sheffield Winter Garden commencing Friday 1st November at 12 noon, running daily through to Sunday, 10th November 2024.

01 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024

Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios 2024

Visit the creative workspaces of some of the best contemporary artists and craftspeople in the region. Join Yorkshire Artspace for their annual Open Studios showcase at Persistence Works and Exchange Place Studios 16 - 17 November,

16 Nov 2024 - 17 Nov 2024

The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee

This major new exhibition takes visitors on a nostalgia-filled journey through the childhood of one of Sheffield best-loved artists, Pete McKee.

29 Nov 2024 - 02 Nov 2025

Colour, Form & Line

Discover how artists have experimented with colour and form, with displays including work by Joseph Cutts, Naum Gabo, Tess Jaray and Bridget Riley.

31 Mar 2022 - 21 Dec 2024

Portraiture and the Human Figure

The human figure has been a subject for artists since the earliest cave paintings. This new display, drawn from Sheffield’s collections, explores artists’ enduring fascination with depicting people.

16 Mar 2023 - 07 Dec 2024
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