Watch the Pride of Yorkshire lions come to life as artists paint them in a new city-centre studio.
Art picks
Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.
See the Pride of Yorkshire lions come to life
Mon. 15 December 2025 — Fri. 19 December 2025
The Moor Walk, Sheffield City Centre
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.
Mark Wallinger in Conversation with Sacha Craddock
Wed. 14 January 2026
Millennium Gallery
A screening of three films by Turner Prize–winning artist Mark Wallinger. Followed by a discussion and Q&A with Wallinger and art critic Sacha Craddock.
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.
Gathering Landscapes: 150 Years of Collecting at Weston Park Museum
Fri. 28 November 2025 — Sun. 1 November 2026
Weston Park Museum
A look at the curious, beautiful, macabre and magical connections people have made to the land through over 400 objects from Sheffield’s collections. Curated by Heavy Water Collective (artists Maud Haya-Baviera, Victoria Lucas and Joanna Whittle).
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!