Experience an array of works created by students from the 2023 cohort of Art Psychotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University.
Art picks
Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.
Anomaly Life Drawing
Multiple dates
Nomad Maison, Unit 3, 18 Stanley Street, S3 8HJ
A place to relax, experiment with materials and practice drawing the wonderful human form.
East, West, Old, New: Artist Eelyn Lee in Conversation with Science Fiction Writer Yen Ooi
Wed. 27 November 2024
Graves Gallery
Join artist Eelyn Lee and writer-researcher Dr Yen Oi for an illustrated discussion about their ongoing collaboration. Drawing on migratory energies and ancestral stories, shaped by East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) diasporic experiences.
Repetitions of 108: Counting Almost Nothing
Sat. 30 November 2024
Site Gallery
A special live performance at Site Gallery, from Jerwood Survey III artist Paul Nataraj.
The Ruskin Collection: Hand, Head and Heart
Sat. 9 December 2023 — Sun. 1 December 2024
Millennium Gallery
A display about the positive power of making by hand. Including a new memorial quilt commemorating Terry Higgins, the first named person in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness, on public display for the first time.
Perspectives
Wed. 27 November 2024 — Sun. 1 December 2024
Old Chapel Gallery, corner Osborne Road & Union Rd, Nether Edge, S11 9EF
An exhibition of landscape, figurative, and abstract paintings by Sheffield artists Greta Vilidaite, Loukas Georgiou, and Ranaa Farooq.
PostNatures
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sat. 7 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Victoria Lucas, centred around a painting of an imaginary landscape by JMW Turner. Exploring perceptions of reality and representations of the relationship between women and nature.
Portraiture and the Human Figure
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sun. 8 December 2024
Graves Gallery
“A celebration of being, making and looking.” Read our writer Wemmy's review of this inspiring exhibition full of love letters to bodies.
Dead Cat Bounce
Thu. 17 October 2024 — Sat. 14 December 2024
Soft Ground
An opera and exhibition imagining environmental and financial catastrophes. "Both an education and a surrealist rollercoaster, subverting conventions of time and space to depict disaster, lamentation and sorrow." Read our full review by Steven Allen.
We are the Monument
Sat. 27 January 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, encouraging us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
Lubna Chowdhary: PLURIVERSE
Thu. 4 July 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
Bold, hybrid installations, drawings and sculptures exploring the interconnectivity of objects in the material world. Including new work the artist developed during residencies in India and Italy.
Industrial Echoes
Fri. 9 August 2024 — Wed. 1 January 2025
Kelham Island Museum
A celebration of creativity, inclusion and Sheffield’s industrial heritage. With artworks responding to the museum’s collection made by ArtWorks, a collective of artists who have learning disabilities, autistic artists or both.
Joyful
Fri. 22 November 2024 — Sat. 4 January 2025
Cupola Gallery
A truly varied exhibition of work by over 70 artists responding to the theme of joy. With an opening event on 22 November.
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Thu. 24 October 2024 — Sun. 19 January 2025
Millennium Gallery
An exhibition plunging into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood. With modern and contemporary work by artists including Bobby Baker, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Susan Hiller, Chantal Joffe, Claudette Johnson and Paula Rego.
The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: An Exhibition by Pete McKee
Fri. 29 November 2024 — Sun. 2 November 2025
Weston Park Museum
Join one of Sheffield best-loved artists as he takes you on a nostalgia-filled journey through his 1970s childhood.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
Fri. 10 May 2024 — Sun. 2 May 2027
Weston Park Museum
An exhibition celebrating the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life. With stories of sport, carnival, fighting racism, and more.