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View in browser   United Kingdom 24 June 2026   Shaped by the Sea: Bringing Art to a New Generation Shaped by the Sea, a collaboration between Art Explora and the Government Art Collection, brings the museum experience directly to communities in South West and North West England, with a focus on making art more accessible to children and young people. [Read on.] Image: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Teignmouth, published 1827. Coloured aquatint, 37 x 47.7 cm. Image: UK Government Art Collection   ArtRabbit App Relaunches as the Complete Companion for Exploring Art and Cities ArtRabbit has always helped people find their way into contemporary art, from exhibitions and openings to artists, galleries and the shows worth making time for. 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Apply now.   Openings and events 24 June – 1 July 2026   24 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   De Montfort University Degree Show 2026 until 27 Jun 2026 The Gallery at De Montfort University, Leicester, LE2 7PT EAR Collective Launch Show - Third Places Non Places until 25 Jun 2026 Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ In The Living Room until 2 Jul 2026 Gallery 44, London, NW1 8LS Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Now until 27 Sep 2026 The Photographers' Gallery, London, W1F 7LW Mikhail Karikis | Songs for the Future until 15 Aug 2026 CAST, Helston, TR13 8TP Rosie Ridgway: Phantom Power until 12 Sep 2026 Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1NB The Nabi Shock until 12 Sep 2026 Waddington Custot, London, W1S 3LT The Repetition & Difference Collective: Eternal Return Volume II until 28 Jun 2026 KOPPEL Collective, London, NW1 8BB   Opening receptions Wednesday 24 June   In The Living Room Gallery 44, London, NW1 8LS 20:30-22:00 London Crucible by Liane Lang RA Kristin Hjellegjerde | London Bermondsey, London, SE1 3LD 18:00-20:00 Louise Hardy: Until Finally From Somewhere 155A Gallery, London, SE22 8HX 18:00-20:00 Pauline Batista- Methylene Blue Dreams Somers Gallery, London, NW1 1HJ 18:00-20:00 Sue Mundy | The Tactile Form Contemporary Ceramics, London, WC1B 3BF 18:00-20:00 Where The Light Lands J/M Gallery, London, W11 1LJ 18:30-20:30   Events Wednesday 24 June   Talk: Artist Talk with Robert Vano Czech Embassy Cinema, London, W8 4QY Talk: Artist Talk: Rooms of Neighbours South London Gallery, London, SE5 8UH Event: Rosie Ridgway Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1NB 15:00 - 20:00 Workshop: Sound Scribble 7-10 Bateman's Row, EC2A 3HH, London 18:30 - 20:30 Workshop: Writing Lived Experience with Christie Watson Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum, London, W1G 0RN   25 Thursday   Exhibitions opening to the public   2026 BA Graduate Show until 28 Jun 2026 Art Academy | Bankside Campus, London, SE1 9BL Bridge2worlds 26 - Collective art exhibition and launch party curated by IMA Foundation at OmniDe until 23 Jul 2026 OmniDe++, London, NW3 5BE Dignora Pastorello: A Strange Modernity until 17 Aug 2026 Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, SE1 3GD En Pointe by Luisa Freitas until 27 Jun 2026 Assembly House, Leeds, LS12 2PL Frank Bowling: Driven to Draw until 22 Aug 2026 Royal Drawing School, London, EC22A 3SG Frida: The Making of an Icon until 3 Jan 2027 Tate Modern, London, SE1 9TG Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 until 7 Oct 2026 National Portrait Gallery, London, WC2H 0HE London Crucible by Liane Lang RA until 25 Jul 2026 Kristin Hjellegjerde | London Bermondsey, London, SE1 3LD London Photo Show until 28 Jun 2026 Hoxton Arches V., London, E2 8HD Louise Hardy: Until Finally From Somewhere until 11 Jul 2026 155A Gallery, London, SE22 8HX Pauline Batista- Methylene Blue Dreams until 4 Jul 2026 Somers Gallery, London, NW1 1HJ Sara Sahores: The Impossible Places until 6 Jul 2026 ASC Gallery, London, SE11 5RB Sue Mundy | The Tactile Form until 18 Jul 2026 Contemporary Ceramics, London, WC1B 3BF The Myth of Man until 25 Jul 2026 James Freeman Gallery, London, N1 0PD The Walls Speak in Flowers: Private View until 25 Jun 2026 Ruup & Form, London, EC1V 9BQ Traces until 27 Jun 2026 hARTslane, London, SE14 5UP Where The Light Lands until 30 Jun 2026 J/M Gallery, London, W11 1LJ You Are Art until 25 Jun 2026 New House Art Space, Guildford, GU1 4SQ   Opening receptions Thursday 25 June   EAR Collective Launch Show - Third Places Non Places Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ 18:00-22:00 2026 BA Graduate Show Art Academy | Bankside Campus, London, SE1 9BL 18:00-21:00 Bridge2worlds 26 - Collective art exhibition and launch party curated by IMA Foundation at OmniDe OmniDe++, London, NW3 5BE 18:00-21:00 Dignora Pastorello: A Strange Modernity Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, SE1 3GD 18:00-20:00 En Pointe by Luisa Freitas Assembly House, Leeds, LS12 2PL 18:00-23:00 London Photo Show Hoxton Arches V., London, E2 8HD 11:00-18:00 Sara Sahores: The Impossible Places ASC Gallery, London, SE11 5RB 18:00-21:00 The Myth of Man James Freeman Gallery, London, N1 0PD 18:30-20:30 The Walls Speak in Flowers: Private View Ruup & Form, London, EC1V 9BQ 18:30-20:30 You Are Art New House Art Space, Guildford, GU1 4SQ 18:00-20:00 All Capitals Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU 18:00-21:00 Bridging the Gap Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU 18:00-21:00 Cubans by Cubans Roseberry Road Studios, Bath, BA2 3DX 18:00-20:30 Dana Munro: Change, man Flat Time House, London, SE15 4BW 18:00-20:00 Edition 001: Fragments Hypha Studios South Bank / The Atrium, London, SE1 9EU 18:00-21:00 End of Year Exhibition 2026 Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW 19:00-21:00 Hand in Hand Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QE 18:00-20:00 Harold Offeh: Trustful Strangers Induce Fearless Aliens The Showroom, London, NW8 8PQ 18:30-20:30 Is This a Garden? and The Perfect Flower Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, L31BP 18:00-20:00 Jess Gough: Still Formation 1014 Gallery, London, N168HX 18:30-21:00 Resonant Fermentation Assemblages Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU 18:00-21:00 Robert Vano: Love You from Prague Vitrínka | Czech Centre London, London, W84QY 18:30-20:30 rūma panui totoro: a reaching reading room outhouse gallery, London, SE5 7RH 18:00-21:00 To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, TN40 1DP   Events Thursday 25 June   Screening: Baltic Cinema: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst Essen Seele Auf) Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, NE8 3BA Art Auction: Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection Christie’s, London, SW1Y6QT 15:00 Workshop: Clay, Chi and The Five Elements - An AGBI Fundraising workshop AGBI, London, SW1V 2LY Event: JOY Acrylicize, London, E2 9AP Talk: Pollinator Pathmaker Constantine Network CAST, Helston, TR13 8TP Art Auction: Post-War to Present Christie’s, London, SW1Y6QT Event: Private view for The Other Side: Ten Years after the Referendum / Ten Designers Respond Osh Gallery, London, N1 8LN Workshop: Two Day Colour Making Course TN17, Rolvenden   26 Friday   Exhibitions opening to the public   2126: What if? until 6 Sep 2026 Aspex Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3BF All Capitals until 26 Jul 2026 Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU Bridging the Gap until 26 Jul 2026 Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU Bristol Artist’s Book Event until 27 Jun 2026 Spike Island, Bristol, BS1 6UX Buckinghamshire New University: Art & Design Show until 1 Jul 2026 Engine Shed, High Wycombe, HP13 6NE Cubans by Cubans until 19 Jul 2026 Roseberry Road Studios, Bath, BA2 3DX Dana Munro: Change, man until 1 Aug 2026 Flat Time House, London, SE15 4BW Dinner Party: With Matthew Smith, Jacob Epstein, Olivia Bax until 6 Feb 2027 Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, LS1 3AA Edition 001: Fragments until 27 Jul 2026 Hypha Studios South Bank / The Atrium, London, SE1 9EU End of Year Exhibition 2026 until 28 Jun 2026 Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW Hand in Hand until 9 Aug 2026 Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QE Harold Offeh: Trustful Strangers Induce Fearless Aliens until 15 Aug 2026 The Showroom, London, NW8 8PQ Is This a Garden? and The Perfect Flower until 31 Aug 2026 Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, L31BP Jess Gough: Still Formation until 4 Aug 2026 1014 Gallery, London, N168HX Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age: Pure and Hybrid until 21 Aug 2026 Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), London, WC2N 5BW Rebecca Munday - Vanishing Point until 28 Jun 2026 ArtWorks Project Space, London, E17 6AA Resonant Fermentation Assemblages until 26 Jul 2026 Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, SE1 9EU Robert Vano: Love You from Prague until 4 Sep 2026 Vitrínka | Czech Centre London, London, W84QY SPIRAL - UWE BA Photography class of 2026 until 28 Jun 2026 Copeland Gallery, London, SE15 3SN Signal From The Noise until 28 Jun 2026 Hamilton Vault Studios, Birkenhead, CH41 6AU Soft Spot until 21 Aug 2026 Pilar Corrias | Savile Row, London, W1S 3PA Summer Festival 2026 until 27 Jun 2026 The Hub at Eagle Wharf, London, SE15 5FB Symbioses: Living Together until 23 Jul 2026 Art Works East, London, E10 5SB The Artist's Frame until 25 Jul 2026 Bobinska Brownlee New River, London, N1 2US rūma panui totoro: a reaching reading room until 12 Jul 2026 outhouse gallery, London, SE5 7RH   Opening receptions Friday 26 June   Rebecca Munday - Vanishing Point ArtWorks Project Space, London, E17 6AA 18:00-21:00 Signal From The Noise Hamilton Vault Studios, Birkenhead, CH41 6AU 18:00-20:00 Heave Thames-Side Studios, London, SE18 5NR 18:00-21:00 I Am Here The Chapel at St Margarets House, London, E2 9PL 18:30-20:30 Near to the Wild Heart The Approach, London, E2 9LY 18:00-21:00 Roy Claire Potter: Comms Fail Chapter, Cardiff, CF5 1QE 18:00-20:00 Paint Me a Body Sprovieri, London, W1B 4BQ 18:00-20:00   Events Friday 26 June   Talk: Beyond Visibility: Women Artists Shaping the Future Mall Galleries, London, SW1Y 5BD 15:00 - 16:30 Workshop: Bronze Casting Workshop London Sculpture Workshop, London, SE18 5NR Screening: Femme Films: The Watermelon Woman New House Art Space, Guildford, GU1 4SQ 18:30 - 21:30 Art Tour: Flare-Up Tour with Dan Glass (ACT UP London) Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, SE14 6ED Talk: ID Conversations with Seke Chimutengwende + Tim Etchells Siobhan Davies Studios, London, SE1 6ER Event: Midsummer Evening Garden Tour with Tom Brown West Dean Gardens, Chichester, PO18 0RX Performance: Performance: Morphic Resonance by Beth Kettel Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, NG1 2GB Workshop: Tiny Fridays - 26 June Mosaic Rooms, London, SW5 0SW   27 Saturday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Against the Tide, Polly Braden until 27 Sep 2026 Arnolfini, Bristol, BS1 4QA Anne Hardy until 27 Sep 2026 Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Ceri H Pritchard - Altered States until 8 Aug 2026 Canfas, Cardigan, SA43 1HY Claire Murray - A Light To My Path until 16 Aug 2026 Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX Crèche 2 until 27 Jun 2026 Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ Heave until 4 Jul 2026 Thames-Side Studios, London, SE18 5NR I Am Here until 28 Jun 2026 The Chapel at St Margarets House, London, E2 9PL Intersections until 17 Aug 2026 Kellie Miller Arts Gallery, Brighton, BN1 1UJ Jane Williams | Earth Lines, Sea Lines until 3 Jul 2026 Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, TR26 1NB Jeffrey Andrews - The Drawing is not the Object until 16 Aug 2026 Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX Jonathan Baldock until 27 Sep 2026 Arnolfini, Bristol, BS1 4QA Katie Schwab. The warp and woof of my self until 8 Sep 2026 CAMPLE LINE, Dumfries, DG3 5HD Majd Abdel Hamid . Murmuration until 6 Sep 2026 CAMPLE LINE, Dumfries, DG3 5HD Mark Spelman 'You Weren't There' until 25 Jul 2026 Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0BJ Maxilla Studios Open Art Weekend until 28 Jun 2026 Maxilla Space, London, W10 6NQ Merton Art Society Summer Exhibition until 12 Jul 2026 Stableyard Gallery, Morden Hall Park, Morden, SM4 5JD My Place Group Exhibition until 30 Jun 2026 67 York Street Gallery, London, W1H 1QB Near to the Wild Heart until 1 Aug 2026 The Approach, London, E2 9LY Norman Cornish: A Life in Sketchbooks until 3 Jan 2027 The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP Open 2026 until 9 Aug 2026 Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, DE74 2PQ Open Studios until 28 Jun 2026 StudionAme Leicester C.I.C, Leicester, LE1 2BA Roy Claire Potter: Comms Fail until 1 Aug 2026 Chapter, Cardiff, CF5 1QE Sandra George: Start from the Level until 27 Sep 2026 City Art Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE Scotland's First Warriors until 17 May 2027 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF Surface Tension until 26 Jul 2026 9a Project Space, Todmorden, OL14 8JA Tabernacle Art Competition 2026: Taliesin until 8 Sep 2026 MoMA Machynlleth, Machynlleth, SY20 8AJ The Sulgrave Club 100 years until 28 Jun 2026 Sulgrave Club, London, W12 8EU The Tabernacle Collection until 8 Sep 2026 MoMA Machynlleth, Machynlleth, SY20 8AJ The Three Photographers until 1 Jul 2026 Centrespace, Bristol, BS1 1EA To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates until 13 Sep 2026 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, TN40 1DP Trace, Transfer & Transform until 3 Jul 2026 Versus Arts, London, E5 0QR Vicky Ellis: Derwenlas Woven Stories until 8 Sep 2026 MoMA Machynlleth, Machynlleth, SY20 8AJ   Opening receptions Saturday 27 June   Ceri H Pritchard - Altered States Canfas, Cardigan, SA43 1HY 13:00-15:00 Claire Murray - A Light To My Path Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX 12:00-02:00 Crèche 2 Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ 18:00-22:00 Katie Schwab. The warp and woof of my self CAMPLE LINE, Dumfries, DG3 5HD 13:30-16:30 Majd Abdel Hamid . Murmuration CAMPLE LINE, Dumfries, DG3 5HD 13:30-16:30 Mark Spelman 'You Weren't There' Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0BJ 18:00-20:00 Maxilla Studios Open Art Weekend Maxilla Space, London, W10 6NQ 18:00-23:00 Merton Art Society Summer Exhibition Stableyard Gallery, Morden Hall Park, Morden, SM4 5JD 10:00-17:00 Open 2026 Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, DE74 2PQ 14:00-17:00 Surface Tension 9a Project Space, Todmorden, OL14 8JA 12:00-18:00 Tabernacle Art Competition 2026: Taliesin MoMA Machynlleth, Machynlleth, SY20 8AJ 12:00 The Sulgrave Club 100 years Sulgrave Club, London, W12 8EU 14:00-18:00 Trace, Transfer & Transform Versus Arts, London, E5 0QR 18:00-21:00 Lindsey Mendick. Where You End And I Begin Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, CT9 1NS 18:00-20:00   Events Saturday 27 June   Talk: Artist Talk with Louis Pohl Kozeda SEAGER gallery London, London, SE8 4HP 18:30 - 20:00 Art Tour: BSL Tour of Flare-Up with Martin Glover Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, SE14 6ED Screening: Beyond Echo Close Up Cinema, London, E1 6HR 20:00 - 21:15 Workshop: Creative Inking Techniques in Photopolymer - Masterclass with Bev Hayes Bluecoat, Liverpool, L1 3BX Workshop: Cut, Paste, Wear: Queer Fashion History Collage + Clothes Swap New House Art Space, Guildford, GU1 4SQ 15:00 - 17:00 Event: Festival of the Lake Windermere Jetty Museum, Cumbria, LA23 1BN 10:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Japanese Woodblock Workshop with Hiroko Imada The Museum Of East Asian Art, Bath, BA1 2QJ Workshop: June Candle Making Workshop Harewood House, Leeds, LS17 9LG Event: Kids Aloud Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3DJ 10:00 - 14:00 Event: Rainbow Colour Clash at Northernhay Gardens Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, EX4 3RX Workshop: Windrush Family Day South London Gallery, London, SE5 8UH   28 Sunday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Lindsey Mendick. Where You End And I Begin until 30 Aug 2026 Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, CT9 1NS   Events Sunday 28 June   Workshop: Exploring Strengths in Autism - A Zine Making Workshop Study The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, OX2 7JN Workshop: Family Art Day: Discover, Play and Share 26.06 Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, N1 2AN 10:00 - 12:00 Talk: Kreative Talk with Marta Kowalewska: Textile and Art art'otel Hoxton, London, EC2A3DT 12:00 - 14:00 Performance: Special Performance - Northanger Abbey Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, N1 2AN 19:00 - 21:30   29 Monday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show until 4 Jul 2026 Camberwell College of Arts | Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF Camberwell College of Arts | MA Textile Design Show until 4 Jul 2026 Camberwell College of Arts, London, SE5 8UF Exhibition Opening: Making Space until 29 Jun 2026 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, LS2 9JT Flesh in the Age of Machines until 12 Jul 2026 The Colony Room, London, W1B 4BS Paint Me a Body until 7 Aug 2026 Sprovieri, London, W1B 4BQ Shaped by the Sea (Plymouth) until 10 Jul 2026 Plymouth   Opening receptions Monday 29 June   Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show Camberwell College of Arts | Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF 18:00-21:00 Camberwell College of Arts | MA Textile Design Show Camberwell College of Arts, London, SE5 8UF 18:00-21:00 Flesh in the Age of Machines The Colony Room, London, W1B 4BS 19:00-21:30   Events Monday 29 June   Art Tour: Queer Women Tour Tate St Ives, St Ives, TR26 1TG   30 Tuesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels: Day after day after day until 8 Aug 2026 The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, OX2 7JN Carole Waller: 'Portal' Paintings and Prints on Paper & Cloth until 5 Jul 2026 Colonnade House, Worthing, BN11 3DH Chris Prince: Wild Joy until 5 Jul 2026 Colonnade House, Worthing, BN11 3DH Making Space until 29 Aug 2026 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, LS2 9JT Nostalgia Bait until 30 Jun 2026 Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ Simeon Stafford 70th Birthday Solo Exhibition until 28 Jul 2026 Whitewater Contemporary, Polzeath, PL27 6SR   Opening receptions Tuesday 30 June   Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels: Day after day after day The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, OX2 7JN 18:00-20:00 Nostalgia Bait Candid Arts Trust, London, EC1V 1NQ 18:00-23:00   Events Tuesday 30 June   Event: Art & Wine at the Estorick Collection Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, N1 2AN 18:00 - 20:00 Performance: Freestylers performance Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, SE14 6ED Art Auction: Old Masters Evening Sale Christie’s, London, SW1Y6QT Art Auction: The Exceptional Sale: Masterworks Across Cultures Christie’s, London, SW1Y6QT   1 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   CSM Shows: Postgraduate Art until 5 Jul 2026 Central Saint Martins, London, N1C 4AA Flare-Up Relaxed Viewing until 1 Jul 2026 Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, SE14 6ED The Walsall Society of Artists: Summer Exhibition until 30 Jul 2026 Weston Park Foundation / Weston Park The Rose Paterson Art Gallery, Shifnal, TF11 8LE   Opening receptions Wednesday 1 July   Xanthe Somers & Yacout Hamdouch: Poetic Threads | Spotlight: James Barnor October Gallery, London, WC1N 3AL 18:00-20:30   Events Wednesday 1 July   Art Auction: Old Masters to Modern Day Sale: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture Christie’s, London, SW1Y6QT     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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