Art Exhibitions
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 25
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases the work of talented early career photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography.
From Life | Portraits by Richard Kitson
Wentworth Woodhouse presents a selection of portraits by figurative painter, Richard Kitson.
George Shaw: Small Returns
Paintings and works on paper by Turner Prize-nominated artist George Shaw.
Form - A Selected Group Show
Cupola Gallery's new selected exhibition, Form, opens Friday 21 March 2026. Join them at the opening event and meet the artists!
Art Exhibition: 'Just Another Day on Duty'
Temporary exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Yorkshire artist Paul Digby capture the people behind the uniform in their daily roles protecting society, from the pandemic to the everyday moments that often go unseen, 'Just Another Day on Duty'.
Design & Make
Events showcasing the best of handmade and designed products from talented artisans across the region. Discover carefully curated stalls selling only handcrafted wares - no mass-produced or bulk bought items here.
Silent Thunder - Exploration in Colour
Art Exhibition by Elesha Searles
Art in the Aisles
A two day Art Fair that coincides with the first weekend of Open Up Sheffield.
Pride of Yorkshire
A brand-new sculpture trail will be taking to the streets of South Yorkshire from June right through to September 2026, as the Pride of Yorkshire roars into life.
Art in the Gardens 2026
Taking place Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September 2026 in Sheffield's stunning Botanical Gardens, Art in the Gardens is one of the largest outdoor art markets in the North of England, with artists, craft makers and visitors coming from across the UK.
The Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection
Sheffield Museums’ Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
This new exhibition celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life.
Collection Display: Portraits and the Human Figure
Drawn from Sheffield’s collections, this recently refreshed display explores artists’ enduring fascination with depicting people.
Collection Display: 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.
Collection Display: Place and Identity
See how ideas around place and identity have been explored by artists including Fay Godwin, David Hockney, Mandy Payne, Frank Auerbach, Eric Ravilious and and Kateřina Šedá.
In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home
This new exhibition, curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, brings together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between Empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.
Gathering Landscapes: 150 Years of Collecting at Weston Park Museum
This new exhibition, curated by Heavy Water Collective, examines the curious, beautiful, macabre and magical connections people have made to the land through over 400 objects from Sheffield’s eclectic museum collections.
The Ruskin Collection: Storm-Cloud – The Look of the Sky
In 1884, John Ruskin delivered one of the first lectures to discuss climate change and make a link to industrial pollution. Storm-Cloud brings together work from the Guild of St George’s Ruskin Collection curated by young people, video work by Jake Goodall and research by the University of Sheffield to explore the legacy of Ruskin’s groundbreaking observations.
ArtWorks Together International 2026
ArtWorks Together is an international festival based in Sheffield offering adult artists who have a learning disability, are autistic, or both, the opportunity to showcase their talents. The festival exhibition features shortlisted works by 70 artists from 21 countries.
Reframing Wentworth Woodhouse's Untold Stories Exhibition | Jennifer Vanderpool
Untold Stories, examines the social construction of place, exploring the influences of history, labour, race, gender, and class on the lives of manual, industrial, and labouring communities.
When the Day is Done: New Paintings by Ryan Mosley
This spring, the Graves Gallery welcomes the first solo exhibition by acclaimed Sheffield-based artist Ryan Mosley. When the Day is Done presents 20 of Mosley’s new works weaving together characters and place, reality and fiction, the everyday and the exotic.
Revolution, Revelation, Reinforcement: Queer Legacies in Sheffield’s Art Collection
LGBTQ+ art and heritage have endured across the centuries, with communities continuing to express and preserve their Queer stories. This new exhibition brings together artworks and objects from Sheffield’s collections to explore how Queer art speaks to our lives today.
