Exhibitions

Ways of Turner: Tracing His Northern Tour by Monika Müller

Brantwood

4 October – 21 December 2025 In 1816, J. M. William Turner travelled through…

Order Out of Chaos: The Beauty of Flowers by Piers Williams

Brantwood

16 August – 31 December 2025 For more than half a century, Piers Williams…

Lady Anne Clifford: Building Attributes

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

9 May – 27 December 2025 Lady Anne Clifford: Building Attributes is a pop…

Portrait Galleries

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

14 February – 31 December 2025 Discover the stories of Abbot Hall’s extraordinary collection…

Simon Starling: Boat Works

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

20 September 2025 – 13 March 2026 Abbot Hall presents Boat Works, a solo…

John Moores Painting Prize 2025

Walker Art Gallery

6 September 2025—1 March 2026 Supporting artists from all over the UK – whether…

Innocence and Beauty: Children and Animals in Art (1700-1900)

Sudley House

Permanent exhibition Innocence and Beauty explores how artists between 1700 and 1900 reimagined childhood…

Blackpool Rock: Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE

Grundy Art Gallery

15 October –  20 December 2025 Inspired by Blackpool’s enduring relationship with dance, from…

Forecourt Commission: Dawn + Tony by Dawn Ward

Grundy Art Gallery

18 October  – 20 December 2025 Dawn Ward’s work draws on the language of…

Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE: Jason and the Adventure of the 254

Grundy Art Gallery

18 October – 20 December 2025 A Wellcome Collection exhibition, Jason and the Adventure…

After the Archive: the Grundy x SIGNAL

Grundy Art Gallery

18 October – 20 December 2025 SIGNAL and Grundy Art Gallery present After the…

Sports in Lytham

Lytham Heritage Centre

14 October – 9 November 2025 Sports in Lytham – local sports heritage by…

Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake

Manchester Art Gallery

14 March  –  15 March 2026 Since the summer of 2023, London-based artist Holly…

Stories Brought to Life: National Portrait Gallery Unframed

Media City

2 May – 31 August 2025 Stories Brought to Life  is an immersive art…

Pinar Yildiz: Between the Lines

Home

13 June – 25 July 2025 Through new photographic work, Yildiz explores what it…

WAST: More in Common

Home

9 June  – 31 August 2025 Presented as part of Horizons Festival 2025, this…

Maisie Pritchard: Make Yourself at HOME

Home

14 May – 1 September 2025 Earlier this year for PUSH Festival, artist Maisie…

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

Whitworth Art Gallery

11 April – 7 September 2025 This is the first solo exhibition in the…

Turner: Always Contemporary

Walker Art Gallery

25 Oct ober 2025—22 February 2026 This exhibition will mark 250 years since the…

Dawn to Dusk: Birds by Jim Moir

Lady Lever Art Gallery

14 June – 2 November 2025  Jim Moir is known for his characterful paintings…

Venues