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View in browser   United Kingdom 1 April 2026   The books art professionals are reading right now From exhibition-making to institutional strategy, these publications reflect the realities of working in the art world today. They offer tools, context and direction for those building programmes, shaping organisations and connecting artists with audiences. [Read on] Image: Paul Carey-Kent’s “Paul’s Galleries To Go”, 2025. © Paul Carey-Kent © 2025 WXY LTD   Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting – Final Weeks The Times ★★★★ ‘This spellbinding show will win you over’ Don’t miss your chance to see Lucian Freud like never before and discover his extraordinary mastery of drawing in all its forms. From pencil, pen, and ink to charcoal and etching, the exhibition focuses on the artist's works on paper, and includes some works seen on display for the first time. Read more. Image: Double Portrait by Lucian Freud, 1985–6 © The Lucian Freud Archive. All Rights Reserved 2026 / Bridgeman Images. Private Collection.   PAKD Gallery Berlin Portrait Award Submit your portrait and figurative artwork to be considered by a distinguished jury of acclaimed artists and illustrators. The award presents an opportunity to showcase your art to collectors, curators, and fellow creators from the worlds of representational art and illustration. Submit here. Image: © PAKD Gallery Berlin 2026     Untitled Art Fair returns this July Untitled Art Fair returns 24–26 July. Established in 2007 as the UK’s largest artist-led fair, it brings together up to 170 exhibitors selling work directly and commission-free. Artist-founded and run, the fair offers a rare chance to connect directly with artists, whether you’re looking to collect or exhibit. Book your free ticket or apply to exhibit. Image: © Untitled Art Fair 2026     International Call for Artists Submit artwork for the 2027 Embracing Our Differences exhibition in Florida. Open worldwide. No fee. $6,000 in awards. Deadline July 1. Image: © 2026 Copyright Embracing Our Differences, Inc   Openings and events 1 April – 8 April 2026   1 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Arthur Knighton-Hammond 'The Forgotten Impressionist' until 25 Apr 2026 David Messum Fine Art, London, SW1Y 6AB Guerrilla Girls until 6 Sep 2026 Charleston, Firle, BN8 6LL Kiss the Sky until 5 Apr 2026 Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, BN2 9NB Mustafa Boğa: The Shadow of Small Disappearances until 8 May 2026 Mandy Zhang Art, London, W1H 7NG Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house until 14 Jun 2026 Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, W5 5EQ The Dreamers until 23 May 2026 Herald St | Museum St, London, WC1A 1LY Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations until 14 Jun 2026 Whitechapel Gallery, London, e1 7qx Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press until 6 Sep 2026 Charleston, Firle, BN8 6LL WE THE PEOPLE America’s Fight for Freedom and Beyond until 12 Sep 2026 Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Wilhelm Sasnal. family / history until 23 May 2026 Sadie Coles HQ | Savile Row, London, W1S 3PN   Opening receptions Wednesday 1 April   Arthur Knighton-Hammond 'The Forgotten Impressionist' David Messum Fine Art, London, SW1Y 6AB Mustafa Boğa: The Shadow of Small Disappearances Mandy Zhang Art, London, W1H 7NG 18:00-20:00 The Dreamers Herald St | Museum St, London, WC1A 1LY 18:00-20:00 Forms Have Attitude. Mateo Revillo Niso Gallery, London, W1W 6XR 18:00-21:00   Events Wednesday 1 April   Workshop: Family Workshop: Sense of the Sea Two Temple Place, London, WC2R 3BD Talk: RCP Museum Taster Tour - April Royal College of Physicians Museum, London, NW1 4LE   2 Thursday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Andrew Moncrief & Sebastian Neeb: 'The Wink & Nudge' @Saatchi Gallery until 6 May 2026 Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY April 2026 Private View at Palette and Frame until 2 Apr 2026 Palette and Frame, London, N8 9BE Art Voyage until 7 Apr 2026 The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NA Common Good until 19 Apr 2026 EDE PROJECTS, Rye, TN31 7AD Division of Labour / Show 1 : Gavin Wade: L is for Landscape until 25 Apr 2026 The Florence Trust, London, N10HN Division of labour : Show 2, Without Dirt until 18 Apr 2026 The Florence Trust, London, N10HN Form & Flux until 4 Apr 2026 67 York Street Gallery, London, W1H 1QB Forms Have Attitude. Mateo Revillo until 9 May 2026 Niso Gallery, London, W1W 6XR Gurriers until 16 May 2026 mother’s tankstation london, London, E2 6GQ HIAR: Performance by Keira Fox with Vindicatrix and Louis Backhouse until 2 Apr 2026 Bolding Gallery, London, W1K 5JF Ho-sa Wang, Vomit Green & Muddy Brown until 24 Apr 2026 Twilight Contemporary, London, N1 3PF Joan Eardley | The Nature of Painting until 28 Jun 2026 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR Johanna Hedva. Failed Poet: New and Early Video Works until 23 May 2026 TINA, London, W1F 8ZE Jonni Cheatwood & Sebastian Neeb: Humour Is The Saving Thing until 6 May 2026 Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY Kunstindustrie until 9 May 2026 Seventeen, London, E8 4DG Masked until 26 Apr 2026 HOURS, Bristol, BS1 5BD Nick Turpin: On The Road until 2 Apr 2026 theprintspace, London, E2 8DL Prestigious New Light Art Collection to go on sale until 2 Apr 2026 Anderson & Garland Auctioneers, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF Raj Kumra Solo Art Exhibition until 30 Apr 2026 Other Space Arts, Windsor, SL4 1SE The Spring Show 2026 until 2 May 2026 Compass Gallery, Glasgow, G2 4RL   Opening receptions Thursday 2 April   Andrew Moncrief & Sebastian Neeb: 'The Wink & Nudge' @Saatchi Gallery Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY 18:30-20:30 April 2026 Private View at Palette and Frame Palette and Frame, London, N8 9BE 18:00-20:00 Division of Labour / Show 1 : Gavin Wade: L is for Landscape The Florence Trust, London, N10HN 17:00-20:00 Division of labour : Show 2, Without Dirt The Florence Trust, London, N10HN 17:00-20:00 Form & Flux 67 York Street Gallery, London, W1H 1QB 17:00-20:00 Ho-sa Wang, Vomit Green & Muddy Brown Twilight Contemporary, London, N1 3PF 18:00-20:00 Jonni Cheatwood & Sebastian Neeb: Humour Is The Saving Thing Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY 18:30-20:30 Masked HOURS, Bristol, BS1 5BD 18:00-21:00 Nick Turpin: On The Road theprintspace, London, E2 8DL 19:00-22:00 Prestigious New Light Art Collection to go on sale Anderson & Garland Auctioneers, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF 10:00-15:00 Raj Kumra Solo Art Exhibition Other Space Arts, Windsor, SL4 1SE 17:30-22:30 Tom Kaniok: Mud Makes the Revivalists Harbour House, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1JD 18:00-20:00 Til All Is Correct MIRROR, Plymouth, PL4 8AT 17:00-19:00   Events Thursday 2 April   Workshop: Art Waves Kids Club: Recycled Ocean Mobiles God's House Tower, Southampton, SO14 2NY 11:00 - 12:30 Workshop: Family Workshop: Figurines of Feelings Two Temple Place, London, WC2R 3BD Talk: Patrick Gale and Petroc Trelawny in Conversation CAST, Helston, TR13 8TP Talk: RCP Museum Late: medical books Royal College of Physicians Museum, London, NW1 4LE   3 Friday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Alison Orchard | Continuum until 2 May 2026 Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL Andrew Litten, 'Unknown Futures : Hope, Longing, Grief & Other Distortions' until 16 May 2026 Anima Mundi, St Ives, TR26 2DS Associate Members Spring Exhibition until 2 May 2026 Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show until 17 Jan 2027 V&A Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4EZ Geisha - Sophie - Rose Walters until 10 Apr 2026 Seventh Circle - Artworks & Aesthetics Ltd, Birmingham, B10 0SA Keep Curious - Ellis Lewis-Dragstra until 1 May 2026 The All Good Bookshop, London, N8 0EP Masterpieces of Model Making: Inspiration for the next generation until 18 Apr 2026 Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon, Barnstaple, EX32 8LN Members Spring Exhibition until 6 Jun 2026 Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL Small Works until 10 May 2026 Oriel Glasfryn Gallery, Caerwys, CH7 5AF Spring 2026 Exhibition until 5 May 2026 Oriel Glasfryn Gallery, Caerwys, CH7 5AF Tom Kaniok: Mud Makes the Revivalists until 20 Jun 2026 Harbour House, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1JD What the Ground Remembers until 6 Jun 2026 Green Hill Arts, Newton Abbot, TQ13 8LL Where are you from originally? until 31 May 2026 South Square Gallery, Bradford, BD13 3LD   Opening receptions Friday 3 April   Alison Orchard | Continuum Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL 17:30-19:30 Andrew Litten, 'Unknown Futures : Hope, Longing, Grief & Other Distortions' Anima Mundi, St Ives, TR26 2DS 18:30-20:30 Associate Members Spring Exhibition Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL 17:30-19:30 Geisha - Sophie - Rose Walters Seventh Circle - Artworks & Aesthetics Ltd, Birmingham, B10 0SA 18:00-20:00 Members Spring Exhibition Penwith Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NL 17:30-19:30 Everything I Couldn't Keep Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0AL 18:00-21:00   4 Saturday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Anke Roder :: Atmosphere until 25 Apr 2026 &Gallery, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG Black Country Type II until 30 May 2026 the modernist, Manchester, M1 2EQ Designing Global Data Interactions until 6 Apr 2026 Inspace, Edinburgh, Eh89AB Everything I Couldn't Keep until 12 Apr 2026 Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0AL Holding Patterns until 30 May 2026 Vardaxoglou Gallery, London, W1D 3AS L. A. Simmons: Face until 26 Apr 2026 Thames-Side Studios, London, SE18 5NR Mary Mabbutt, Featured Artist until 28 Apr 2026 Whitewater Contemporary, Polzeath, PL27 6SR Memory of a New City — A visual exploration of urban life and evolving identity in Tower Hamlets until 25 Apr 2026 Brady Arts and Community Centre, London, E1 5HU Nicholas Shaddick - The Surviving Object until 2 May 2026 Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0BJ   Opening receptions Saturday 4 April   Common Good EDE PROJECTS, Rye, TN31 7AD 15:00-17:00 Anke Roder :: Atmosphere &Gallery, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG 14:00-16:00 Designing Global Data Interactions Inspace, Edinburgh, Eh89AB 10:00-17:00 Holding Patterns Vardaxoglou Gallery, London, W1D 3AS 13:00-18:00 Nicholas Shaddick - The Surviving Object Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0BJ 18:00-20:00   Events Saturday 4 April   Workshop: Family Art Fun Day: Build Your Own Cocoon Turf Projects, Croydon, CR0 1UQ Workshop: Introduction to Copper Sulphate Etching Bluecoat, Liverpool, L1 3BX Workshop: The Tree That Grew Arms: Grafting Workshop Harbour House, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1JD   6 Monday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Art Exhibition by Angela Bunting until 18 Apr 2026 Paul Street, TA1 3XZ, Taunton Mila Solari: In Between until 12 Apr 2026 Regent's Park Gallery, London, NW1 8JR The Sculpture Gallery Celebrates With New Exhibition until 6 Apr 2026 The Sculpture Gallery, Leeds, LS1 7BR   Opening receptions Monday 6 April   The Sculpture Gallery Celebrates With New Exhibition The Sculpture Gallery, Leeds, LS1 7BR 13:30-16:30   Events Monday 6 April   Screening: One Minute Volume 5 Close Up Cinema, London, E1 6HR 20:00 - 21:30 Event: miniMondays The Museum Of East Asian Art, Bath, BA1 2QJ 12:00 - 15:00   7 Tuesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   An exhibition of paintings by Corinne Peacock and Ruth Lyne until 12 Apr 2026 The Corner Room Gallery, Framlingham, IP13 9BH April Selection until 2 May 2026 Cyril Gerber, Glasgow, G2 4RL Art Exhibition by Angela Bunting On 07 Apr to 18 Apr 2026 until 18 Apr 2026 Taunton Library, Taunton, TA1 3XZ The Worthing Society presents 'The Pioneers of Worthing' until 11 Apr 2026 Colonnade House, Worthing, BN11 3DH Til All Is Correct until 30 May 2026 MIRROR, Plymouth, PL4 8AT   Opening receptions Tuesday 7 April   Art Voyage The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NA 16:00-21:30 Art Exhibition by Angela Bunting Taunton Library, Paul Street, Taunton, TA1 3XZ 10:30-16:30 Mila Solari: In Between Regent's Park Gallery, London, NW1 8JR 12:00-19:00 Art Exhibition by Angela Bunting On 07 Apr to 18 Apr 2026 Taunton Library, Taunton, TA1 3XZ 10:30-16:30   Events Tuesday 7 April   Talk: Annie Trevorah in conversation with Denis Maksimov. Shtager Outdoor, London, SW6 18:30 - 20:30 Workshop: Family Workshop: A Mindful Multimedia Workshop Two Temple Place, London, WC2R 3BD Workshop: Guest House: Sewing a Palm Tree Workshop IMT, London, E2 9NQ   8 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Glitter Fatigue until 2 May 2026 ACME Studios, TWO-PLUS-TWO Artist Led Project Space, London, SW9 9AW KIT FORM DARKROOM -- Photo Exhibition until 12 Apr 2026 KIT FORM, Bristol, BS2 8JP Memories in Time and Space until 15 Apr 2026 Broadworks by Hive Curates, London, EC2M1RX So Original until 12 Apr 2026 Art Hub Studios, London, SE8 4BL   Opening receptions Wednesday 8 April   Glitter Fatigue ACME Studios, TWO-PLUS-TWO Artist Led Project Space, London, SW9 9AW 18:00-20:00 KIT FORM DARKROOM -- Photo Exhibition KIT FORM, Bristol, BS2 8JP 18:00-21:00 Memories in Time and Space Broadworks by Hive Curates, London, EC2M1RX 17:00-19:00 So Original Art Hub Studios, London, SE8 4BL 18:00-21:00   Events Wednesday 8 April   Talk: BSL Exhibition Tour of Dala Nasser: Cemetery of Martyrs with Zoe Milner Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, NG1 2GB Workshop: Family Clay Workshop with Annabel Johnson Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, W5 5EQ Workshop: The Weight We Hold: Bookbinding as Reflection and Resilience with Kara Two Temple Place, London, WC2R 3BD     Artist Opportunities A weekly updated selection of international open calls for contemporary art related competitions, prizes, exhibitions, awards, proposals, and grants for artists, writers, and curators.     Add exhibitions and events Are you a gallery owner, a curator, an artist or have you seen a great exhibition that's not listed? 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