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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.

Winter Makers Market hosted by Endless Love Creative

Sat. 22 November 2025

Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, S1 2BX

A curated market, celebrating the beauty of independent art, craft and design.

Sheffield Peace & Craft Fair

Sat. 22 November 2025

Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, S1 2HH

An annual fair with its origins in Sheffield's radical 70s. With over 40 stalls of some of the best of our city's homemade crafts.

Open Studios & Christmas Market

Sat. 29 November 2025

Portland Works

Meet some of the makers based in historic Portland Works and buy directly from them. With art, ceramics, glass, woodwork, print, jewellery and more.

Maverick Outlaw – Elliott King

Fri. 7 November 2025 — Mon. 1 December 2025

The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1 4FW

An exhibition experimental paint and pastel works with bold colour, pattern and layered mixed-media. From ArtWorks member Elliott King.

Slugs & Slug Life Film Screening

Fri. 12 December 2025

Site Gallery

A double bill of short film Slug Life (2018) followed by horror feature Slugs (1988).

Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange Winter Makers Market

Sat. 13 December 2025

Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange, 108 Prospect Road, Heeley, S2 3EN

Join Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange for an afternoon of festive crafts and a celebration of local makers.

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.

Crafted

Sat. 25 October 2025 — Wed. 24 December 2025

Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery’s annual selling showcase returns this autumn. Celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.

Home

Sat. 22 November 2025 — Sat. 3 January 2026

Cupola Gallery

Cupola's Christmas show. Exploring the meanings of home – from domestic space, family belonging and identity to shelter, comfort and place. Opening on 21 November with chance to meet the artists and get festive with wine, nibbles and mince pies.

A World in Dots – Mark Kemp

Fri. 5 December 2025 — Mon. 5 January 2026

The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1 4FW

An exhibition from ArtWorks member Mark Kemp. With his signature pointillist style using bold colour to create immersive, fantastical landscapes.

Unquiet Landscapes

Fri. 5 December 2025 — Sat. 10 January 2026

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

An exhibition taking us on a journey into landscapes both real and imagined, psychological and metaphorical. Opening up a terrain that reflects our relationship with the landscape today.

New Horizons: Growing Sheffield’s Art Collection

Sat. 18 October 2025 — Sun. 25 January 2026

Millennium Gallery

Sheffield’s art collection has evolved since it was founded 150 years ago. This exhibition presents highlights of artworks that have joined the collection in the last 10 years. By Lubna Chowdhary, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Marlene Smith and more.

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.

Open Up Sheffield

Multiple dates

Sheffield's annual artists' open studios festival, taking place over two weekends and a bank holiday in May.

Future Now Festival of Creativity

Wed. 1 April 2026 — Fri. 31 July 2026

An annual showcase of work by Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating artists, designers, filmmakers, animators, writers, architects and performers.

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.

Lick of Paint

A mural and street art festival. Returning for a second edition in 2027. Expect smaller creative events from the team throughout 2026 though – watch this space for details!