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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Art picks

Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.

Colour

Thu. 19 June 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025

Millennium Gallery

This new exhibition brings together over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories, alongside a range of interactive activities.

Fake Fans

Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025

Site Gallery

An exploration of the world of bootleg and fan-made objects. With an animation film, unofficial games remixing familiar franchises, zines, fan art, reimagined figurines, and a series of trading cards created by Site Gallery's youth collectives.

Exposure Photography Festival

Fri. 19 September 2025 — Sun. 21 September 2025

A weekend dedicated to adventure photography. Here to inspire climbers, aspiring professional and passionate photography hobbyists alike – with workshops out in the Peak District and in a Kelham Island studio, talks, social events and a gallery.

Independent Makers Market hosted by Endless Love Creative

Sat. 27 September 2025

Showroom

A curated Makers Market celebrating the beauty of independent art, craft and design, featuring over 60 artists and makers at Showroom Workstation.

Thursday’s Child – The Roots of Wonder by Jennie McCall

Sat. 30 August 2025 — Sat. 4 October 2025

Cupola Gallery

The new exhibition Thursday’s Child – The Roots of Wonder by Jennie McCall is coming this week. Hope you can join us at the exciting opening event on Friday 29th!

Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait

Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.

Kelham Makes: Metal Smithing Leaf Decorations

Wed. 22 October 2025

Kelham Island Museum

Get hands on with creative metalsmithing techniques to make a beautiful leaf shaped sculpture, decoration or piece of jewellery. With metal artist Morvarid Alavifard.

Sheffield Creative Collective Artisan Market

Sat. 25 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

Join us Millennium Gallery for Sheffield Creative Collective's first Artisan Market from. Expect a fresh mix of local artists, illustrators, and makers all under one roof.

Sheffield Print Fair

Sat. 8 November 2025

Millennium Gallery

Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.

Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City

Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025

Western Bank Library

An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.

Slime Mother

Fri. 3 October 2025 — Sun. 1 February 2026

Site Gallery

An immersive, multi-sensory exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer. With film, text, sculpture and installation, inviting us to be more slug-like – to slow down, merge and connect – embracing the resilient strangeness of this complex gastropod.

Sheffield Ceramics Festival

Sat. 18 April 2026 — Sun. 19 April 2026

Kelham Island Museum

Browse the wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from South Yorkshire and beyond.

In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home

Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026

Graves Gallery

An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.