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.
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.
Give Over Exhibition
A free exhibition showcasing commissioned art created in response to racist media reporting and border abolition.
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.
Crafted at the Millennium Gallery
Crafted is Millennium Gallery’s new annual selling showcase celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.
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.
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.
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.
PostNatures
PostNatures sees Lucas draw on the constructed composition of Turner’s painting to highlight how imaginary subjects can affect our individual or cultural perceptions of reality.
City of Rivers (Weston Park Museum)
Sheffield is a city born from its rivers, sculpting the landscape and powering the industries that made it prosper. This exhibition brings together stories, objects, artwork, film and photography to chronicle the city's relationship with its waterways.
