This page highlights some art and craft venues and exhibition spaces in and around Nottinghamshire (and occasionally beyond) and points to some exhibitions that might be of interest. Like much in life, its not definitive.
“The arts … are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow …”, Kurt Vonnegut
Art/Craft Venues (in Notts & nearby):
- Bassetlaw Museum, Retford
- Harley Gallery, Worksop
- Mansfield Museum
- National Holocaust Centre & Museum, Laxton
- Spotlight Gallery, Newark-on-Trent
- Patchings Arts Centre, Calverton
- Bonington Gallery, Nottingham
- Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
- New Art Exchange, Nottingham
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Surface Gallery, Nottingham
- Nottingham Society of Artists
Lincs:
- Slumgothic, Gainsborough
- The Collection & Usher Gallery, Lincoln
- Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln (Note: closed from 4 Sept 2022)
- The Hub, Sleaford
North Lincs:
- The Ropewalk, Barton-upon-Humber
South Yorks:
Derbys:
Leics:
- Leicester Museum & Art Gallery + Newarke Houses, Leicester
- Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Other arty guides:
- Inspire: Culture Learning Libraries – art events in Notts libraries.
- Nottingham Art Map
- Visit Nottinghamshire
- Visit Leicester
- Art Galleries in Sheffield
- Contemporary Visual Arts Network – East Midlands (CVAN EM)
- Art Fund – includes a whats on for art exhibitions, events & over 700 museums, galleries and historic places to visit across the UK.
Online Arts Stuff:
Covid-19 disrupted everyone’s ability to physically experience art – these are some online resources of the time, in no particular order:
- Art Detective (podcasts by Dr Janina Ramirez)
- The Lonely Palette
- History of Art (Oxford University lectures)
- The Great Women Artists podcast
- V&A Podcasts
- The Artcast
- Royal Academy of Arts podcasts
- British Museum on Streetview
- ‘Virtual galleries’ at the British Museum
- British Museum on Google Arts and Culture
- V&A Museum – Curator Tour of Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
Some Exhibitions: (Sort by clicking the column headings)
Start | End | Exhibition | Venue |
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22/01/2023 |
Billy Dosanjh [Traveller, Your Footprints] | Nottingham: New Art Exchange |
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22/01/2023 | Communities in Motion |
Nottingham: New Art Exchange |
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24/01/2023 |
Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary | Nottingham Contemporary |
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14/01/2023 | Paintings by Bryan Day | Notts: Bassetlaw Museum, Retford |
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15/01/2023 |
Henry Moore: Threads of Influence | Derby: Museum of Making |
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05/03/2023 |
Mohammad Barrangi: Playing in Wonderland | Leicester: Attenborough Arts Centre |
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29/01/2023 | Russell Wilson: Birds and Beasts | Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Gallery Cafe |
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19/02/2023 | Barbara Laws: Nottingham Portraits | Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Angear Visitor Centre |
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12/03/2023 | Sophie Ryder: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints | Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Djanogly Gallery |
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05/03/2023 | Gunn Ceramics – Bypass | Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford |
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19/03/2023 | Welcome to My World – Ceramics with Narrative | Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford |
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20/01/2023 | Open 33 | Leicester: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery |
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12/03/2023 |
Sue Stone: Shifts and Allusions | Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford |
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11/03/2023 |
Cedar Lewisohn: Patois Banton | Nottingham: Bonington Gallery (NTU) |
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22/04/2023 |
Journey of the Mind | Nottingham: New Art Exchange |
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07/05/2023 |
Carolyn Lazard: Long Take | Nottingham Contemporary |
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07/05/2023 | Rosalind Nashashibi: Hooks | Nottingham Contemporary |
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07/05/2023 | Charlotte Johannesson | Nottingham Contemporary |
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30/04/2023 |
Where We Live |
Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Angear Visitor Centre |
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30/04/2023 |
Design-Nation Nottinghamshire: Translating Nature |
Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford |
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14/05/2023 | Emily Rickard: KnitWell | Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford |
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13/05/2023 |
Emily Andersen: Somewhere Else Entirely | Nottingham: Bonington Gallery (NTU) |
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04/06/2023 | Open Studios Notts – Bringing Artists into View | Notts (Inspire): Arnold, Beeston & Worksop Libraries |