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Jewish Artists In Yorkshire

A variety of works celebrating 150 years of the Leeds Jewish community. Containing pieces from the Jewish artists in the University of Leeds Art Collection, including works by Jacob Kramer, Philip Naviasky, Willy Tirr, Lydia Bauman, Gillian Singer and Judith Tucker.

Leeds University

Thu 23 May

Free / 0113 343 2778

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 0113 343 2778

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0113 343 2778

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 48 more dates until 20 Jul

Jo Slater-Thomas: Let's Dance

Rapidly produced paintings capturing the dynamic movements of dancers.

Oxmarket Centre Of Arts, Chichester

Tue 28 May

Phone for prices / 01243 779103

  • 10:00 – 16:30

Wed 29 May

Phone for prices / 01243 779103

  • 10:00 – 16:30

Thu 30 May

Phone for prices / 01243 779103

  • 10:00 – 16:30
…and 9 more dates until 9 Jun

Joan Eardley

An exhibition of work by the late Joan Eardley, showing pieces from the gallery's collection, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.

Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

Free / 0141 956 5536

  • 10:00 – 13:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 0141 956 5536

  • 10:00 – 13:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0141 956 5536

  • 10:00 – 13:00
…and 2 more dates until 29 May

Joan Miro: Graphic Works

Prints by the Spanish artist, focusing on the importance of silicon carbide engraving to his graphic works. Featuring the series Le Lezard Aux Plumes D'or and Ubu Aux Baleares.

Adam Gallery, Bath

Thu 23 May

Free / 01225 480406

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Fri 24 May

Free / 01225 480406

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Sat 25 May

Free / 01225 480406

  • 09:30 – 17:30

John Creed: Exposures

New work in metal.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Thu 23 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 16:00
…and 6 more dates until 1 Jun back to top

Julia Atkinson: Retrospection

Figurative paintings, drawings, screen printing, photocollages, photographs and assemblages from the Warminster-based artist, celebrating 50 years of her work which plays with notions of ambiguity and clarity and is heavily inspired by her travels to the East.

Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

Thu 23 May

Free / 01225 477233

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 01225 477233

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 01225 477233

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 20 more dates until 22 Jun

Julia Martinez: Exposures

Figurative photographs exploring the beauty of the nude form, taken by the former artist's model who has now moved behind the lens.

Art Jericho, Oxford

Thu 13 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Fri 14 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Sat 15 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 8 more dates until 29 Jun

Julian Trevelyan: Picture Language

Surrealist prints and paintings from the 1930s artist and contemporary of Picasso, taking in townscapes and portraiture.

Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames

Thu 23 May

Free / 01491 576228

  • 10:00 – 13:15

Fri 24 May

Free / 01491 576228

  • 10:00 – 13:15

Sat 25 May

Free / 01491 576228

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 5 more dates until 1 Jun

Julieta Schildknecht: Equus Series

Visceral photographs in atmospheric monochrome.

Margaret Street Gallery, London W1W

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7323 0140

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7323 0140

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7323 0140

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Karl Blossfeldt

A major presentation of the work of the German Art Nouveau and Modernist, who revolutionised photography with his homemade macro cameras. On display will be a collection of over 80 silver gelatin prints as well as five rarely seen prints depicting nature in it's magnified glory.

Whitechapel Gallery, London E1

Thu 23 May

Galleries 8 & 9

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 21:00

Fri 24 May

Galleries 8 & 9

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Galleries 8 & 9

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 17 more dates until 14 Jun back to top

Keep Your Timber Limber (Works On Paper)

Celebrating art works which step outside the boundaries of social acceptability. Examining drawings and illustrations from the 1940s to the present day exploring issues of politics of gender and sexuality, feminism and war.

ICA, Central London

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 21:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 68 more dates until 8 Sep

Ken Currie

Ken Currie is one of Scotland's most outstanding figurative painters, perhaps best known for his haunting portrait Three Oncologists. In this major exhibition of new work, he further explores the idea of portraiture and its significance in the modern world.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 20 Jul

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 21 Jul

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Mon 22 Jul

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 62 more dates until 22 Sep

Lee Madgwick & Beckie Reed

Contemporary landscape paintings from the East Anglian artists. Madgwick's work features emotive scenes of abandonment and dereliction, while Reed merges abstract with detail to create evocative scenes.

Byard Art, Cambridge

Wed 11 Sep

Free / 01223 464646

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Thu 12 Sep

Free / 01223 464646

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Fri 13 Sep

Free / 01223 464646

  • 09:30 – 17:30
…and 23 more dates until 6 Oct

Liftex

Learn about the latest developments in the lifts and moving platforms industry.

ExCel, London E16

Thu 23 May

Phone for prices / 020 7069 5000

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Liz Hingley: Spiritual Objects

Photographer Liz Hingley invited people in Glasgow to have their portrait taken in a studio with an object that held some spiritual meaning for them. In addition, they wrote a small caption for the resulting image to explain the significance of the object.

Trongate 103, Glasgow

Sat 1 Jun

Free / 0141 276 8380

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 2 Jun

Free / 0141 276 8380

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Tue 4 Jun

Free / 0141 276 8380

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 23 more dates until 30 Jun back to top

Lutz Bacher: Black Beauty

Installations, films, audio and sculpture exploring the interchangeability of identity in terms of gender, sexuality and the human body.

ICA, Central London

Wed 25 Sep

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Thu 26 Sep

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 21:00

Fri 27 Sep

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 44 more dates until 17 Nov

Man Ray Portraits

Presented in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery in London, Man Ray Portraits is the first major museum retrospective of this highly influential artist’s photographic portraits and features over 100 works from his career in America and Paris, dating from 1916 to 1968. The exhibition demonstrates Man Ray’s…

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Mon 24 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 90 more dates until 22 Sep

Manchester School of Art Degree Show

Work by final year students at the Manchester School of Art.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Sat 15 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Sun 16 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Mon 17 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 2 more dates until 19 Jun

Marcus Harvey

Figurative paintings and sculptures exploring the brutish aspects of British identity.

Vigo Gallery, London W1S

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7493 3492

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7493 3492

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 020 7493 3492

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 9 more dates until 7 Jun

Marketa Luskacova & Francis West: Come Carnival: Unleashed, Entwined And In Play

Photographs capturing the rituals and costumes of the Czech Carnival, accompanied by pencil, charcoal and pastel drawings of shape-shifting beasts and fantastical landscapes, exploring the blurring of boundaries and the exchange of creative energy.

Piper Gallery, London W1T

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7148 0350

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7148 0350

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7148 0350

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 9 more dates until 7 Jun back to top

Matisse: Drawing With Scissors, Late Works 1950-1954

An exhibition of works by the renowned French painter, sculptor and designer, Henri Matisse (1869-1954), featuring 35 lithographic prints of the famous cut-outs, produced in the last four years of his life, when the artist was confined to his bed.

Hannahs At Seale-Hayne, Newton Abbot

Thu 23 May

Free / 01626 325800

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 01626 325800

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 01626 325800

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 01626 325800

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Matthew Darbyshire

Contemporary ceramic sculptures created by the Glasgow-born artist. Replicating domestic objects such as budget chintz ornaments and cocktail glasses examining what makes modern assemblages so appealing.

Bloomberg SPACE, London EC2A

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7330 7959

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7330 7959

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7330 7959

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 30 more dates until 29 Jun

The Menagerie

Contemporary works in various media depicting animals and wildlife.

Will's Art Warehouse, London SW15

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7371 8787

  • 10:30 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7371 8787

  • 10:30 – 18:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 020 7371 8787

  • 10:30 – 18:00

Merlin James

Enigmatic paintings in the artist's first major solo exhibition. The works address a vast range of subject matter and metaphoric imagery, including land- and seascapes, figures, architecture, interiors and erotic scenes.

Parasol Unit, London N1

Thu 6 Jun

Free / 020 7490 7373

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 7 Jun

Free / 020 7490 7373

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 8 Jun

Free / 020 7490 7373

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 54 more dates until 10 Aug

Michael Landy: Saints Alive

Large-scale kinetic sculptures based on fragments of the National Gallery's paintings, cast in three dimensions, bringing to life saints including Apollonia, Catherine, Francis, Jerome and Thomas.

The National Gallery, London WC2N

Thu 23 May

Sunley Room

Free / 020 7747 2885

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Sunley Room

Free / 020 7747 2885

  • 10:00 – 21:00

Sat 25 May

Sunley Room

Free / 020 7747 2885

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 183 more dates until 24 Nov back to top