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Visual arts
Art - Task Or Pleasure
Lynne Dobson
Children's Art Writer
Cat in the Flowers` by Edie 11yrs
Colin Neville is the curator of the website Not Just Hockney. As I am featured in his list of artists on this website, he kindly informed me recently about a very interesting gentleman called Thomas Ablett. I immediately felt a connection to this artist.
P.ublished 8th August 2026
Visual arts
Dream Performance: Primary Schools Smash Shakespearean Comedy
Sharon Cain
Lifestyle & Leisure Editor
Creative collaboration: Moorside Primary School pupils in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Images by Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Hundreds of primary school pupils from nine North East schools have come together to re-enact Shakespeare’s illustrious comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Led by Theatre Royal associate artists, the feast of creativity from almost four hundred nine and ten year olds comprised a series of classroom workshops across Newcastle’s West End.
P.ublished 27th July 2026
Visual arts
Experimenting Versus Imagination
Lynne Dobson
Children's Art Writer
Musa (5) enjoyed creating this peacock using a mix of paint, felt and sequins
After the amazing response to the recent children's art competition, I didn't envy the judges’ job of picking a few winners and runners-up. There was an array of styles and mediums from ages four to eighteen. I wanted to show the world all the talented artists, but it would take a whole newspaper to include everyone.
P.ublished 18th July 2026
Visual arts
Screen Off, Imagination On! Swap Screen Time For Sculpture At The Hepworth Wakefield This Summer
Photo: JMA Photography
As families prepare for the summer holidays, The Hepworth Wakefield is encouraging parents to press pause on screen time and rediscover the joy of making, exploring and playing together – with all family activities free for kids.
P.ublished 16th July 2026
Visual arts
Doncaster Sheffield Airport Hosts World-First Runway Art Project
Photo: Asadour Guzelian / Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport’s vast runway has become the setting for a major art installation featuring thousands of large-scale portraits of people from across the city. More than 1,000 black-and-white portrait images of children and young people have been pasted onto and unveiled across the runway as part of the global Inside Out Project.
P.ublished 6th July 2026
Visual arts
V&A's Bowie Archive Begins Historic Tour Of The North
David Bowie Polaroid of costume fittings for Jareth for the 1986 film Labyrinth. Part of the V&A’s David Bowie On Tour. Photo © David Parry PA Media Assignments
Highlights from the V&A's landmark David Bowie archive are to tour the North of England for the first time, with major venues in Scotland, Lancashire, County Durham and Yorkshire all hosting the collection before it moves further south. David Bowie: On Tour will open at V&A Dundee in November 2026, before arriving at Blackpool's Showtown from 30 June to 26 September 2027.
P.ublished 2nd July 2026
Visual arts
Genghis Khan Exhibition Coming To Yorkshire – With Rare Artefacts Never Before Seen In The UK
A new exhibition exploring the life and legacy of Genghis Khan will open at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds this summer, bringing 248 rare Mongolian artefacts to the UK for the first time.
P.ublished 22nd June 2026
Visual arts
Hull And East Riding Museum Of Archaeology Shortlisted For National Award
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P.ublished 18th June 2026
Visual arts
North Yorkshire Artists pay tribute to David Hockney
As the art world mourns the loss of Britain’s much-loved artist David Hockney, local painters have paid tribute to his influence. David Hockney died last week aged 88 after a career crafting a visual language that was unmistakably his own. And while his influence was global - from California to his native Yorkshire via Europe - his importance will also be greatly missed locally.
P.ublished 17th June 2026
Visual arts
Review: Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience In York
An episode of Doctor Who of several years ago featured a cameo role for Vincent Van Gogh. Uplifted from the Arles of the 1880s by the good doctor, and deposited in the present-day Musée d’Orsay, the artist is reunited with many of his canvasses at an exhibition curated by an art expert (Bill Nighy).
P.ublished 16th May 2026
Visual arts
Setting The Stage: 70 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest Opens At The National Science And Media Museum
The National Science and Media Museum hasunveiled new temporary exhibition Setting the Stage: 70 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, going behind the scenes of the world’s largest live televised music event. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the technological history and innovation at the heart of the competition, contributing to its enduring legacy today.
P.ublished 15th May 2026
Visual arts
Spectacular ‘Luminarium’ Brings Magical Experience To Harrogate
Architects of Air's Luminarium Photo: Charlotte Graham
Luminarium – a giant walk-through art installation – will bring colour, calm and sensory bliss to The Stray in Harrogate this summer. Created by the world-renowned Architects of Air and designed by Artistic Director Alan Parkinson, this monumental inflatable structure, designed to be gentle, inclusive and open to everyone, will transform The Stray from 11 to 14 June.
P.ublished 13th May 2026
Visual arts
Curlew Exhibition, Keswick Museum Community Gallery
Photo: John and Rosamund Macfarlane
Keswick Museum is hosting a new exhibition in the Community Gallery. The exhibition, ‘Curlew Recovery - Helping Curlews Thrive in the Cocker Valley’, is open daily, 10am - 4pm, from Monday 16th March to the end of April. Entrance to the Community Gallery is free, but there is a charge for Museum exhibitions.
P.ublished 11th March 2026
Visual arts
Bradford Photographer's Acclaimed 'Kehillah' Exhibition Reaches The Yorkshire Dales
Nudrat Afza’s moving record of Bradford's Jewish-Muslim friendship opens soon at Settle’s Quaker Meeting House In a coup for Settle, the nationally acclaimed exhibition which has featured at Cartwright Hall and elsewhere will be hosted at the Quaker Meeting House from 15th February until 12th April 2026.
P.ublished 11th February 2026
Visual arts
BBC Celebrates Momentous Year In Bradford - And Unveils What’s Coming Next
A new Extraordinary Portraits exhibition, a new initiative to find inspiring under 25s, and a major writing scheme are just some of the BBC’s upcoming plans for Bradford - following the city’s defining year as the UK City of Culture.
P.ublished 11th February 2026
Visual arts
Yorkshire Artist Returns To Her Roots - Yorkshire Sculpture Park Presents 'Cake Crumbs And Lemonade'
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is presenting Cake Crumbs and Lemonade, the largest solo exhibition to date by renowned illustrator and designer Louise Lockhart. Already loved by many through her much-admired brand The Printed Peanut, Louise Lockhart is known for her joyful, folk-inspired designs that celebrate the charm of everyday life.
P.ublished 7th February 2026
Visual arts
Prism Arts Exhibiting Across The North This Spring
Prism Arts, a disability arts organisation based in Carlisle, has announced that two of its studio artists — Emma Evans and Stuart Irving — are currently exhibiting work at major galleries across the north of England. The exhibitions, running through spring 2026, highlight the breadth and ambition of the creative work emerging from Prism Arts and the artists it supports.
P.ublished 4th February 2026
Visual arts
Joe Hill Appointed As New Director And Chief Executive Of Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has announced the appointment of Joe Hill as its new Director and Chief Executive. His appointment marks the organisation entering a pivotal phase looking ahead to its 50th anniversary in 2027.
P.ublished 22nd January 2026
Visual arts
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Unveils New Sculptures Outdoors For 2026
Vanessa da Silva,Muamba Posy,2025 Photo: India Hobson, courtesy YSP
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has added three significant new outdoor sculptures to the landscape by Vanessa da Silva, Auke de Vries and Damien Hirst, each offering thought-provoking encounters with contemporary art in the open air.
P.ublished 10th January 2026
Visual arts
Ways of Seeing: Katharine Holmes And Three Generations Of Dales Artists
Steve Whitaker
Features Writer
Late Summer Coming Home from the Moor - Katharine Holmes
The process of artistic apprehension is relentless for Katharine Holmes, as if her landscape – the precipitous limestone terrain of Malhamdale – will only yield to endless scrutiny.
P.ublished 3rd January 2026
Visual arts
How Memory Takes Shape
Jessica Ajuyah
The Shape of Memory began as a personal attempt to understand how our experiences settle inside us and shape the people we become. I grew up thinking about the stories families pass down and the ones we learn to carry on our own. As a visual artist and art director working in Sheffield, I wanted to explore those ideas in a way that felt honest and accessible.
P.ublished 6th December 2025
Visual arts
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Announces 2026 Programme
Rose B Simpson Tonantzin 2021 ©Rose B. Simpson. Tia-Collection. Image courtesy of Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art. Photo by Addison-Doty Photo Copyright Addison Doty courtesy YSP
In 2026, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents a bold year-long programme of exhibitions, commissions and residencies that reflects on how artists navigate resilience, inheritance and transformation in a rapidly changing world.
P.ublished 26th November 2025
Visual arts
Song Of Farewell Comes Home To Scarborough
“Everything I wanted to say about Frederick Delius is in the film!” So revealed Eric Fenby soon after its emergence. SONG OF FAREWELL, the 1982 documentary on Fenby's relationship with the great Bradford-born composer and his role in facilitating his final pieces, is being screened at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
P.ublished 8th November 2025
Visual arts
Century Old 'Privilege' Painting Recreated Outside Wetherspoons, Barrow-In-furness
A hundred year old historical oil painting has been re-created outside a Cumbrian Wetherspoons for an exhibition at the Art Gene gallery. Regulars looked on in amusement as three men in period dress sat down at a table outside The Furness Railway in Barrow-In-Furness and started mixing a drink.
P.ublished 29th October 2025
Music
New Opera Raises Timely Questions On AI
A brand-new radical opera aims to address the biggest existential question of our times by drawing on lessons from Yorkshire’s revolutionary past. The acclaimed Yorkshire composer Ben Crick was inspired by true stories from the Industrial Revolution in 1812 to draw striking parallels with the current AI revolution in The Last Machine Breaker, An Opera on Luddites, AI and Revolution.
P.ublished 14th October 2025
Dance
Opera North's Susanna
Opera North has collaborated with Phoenix Dance on four previous opera productions. Each of these has been a delight, but this performance of Handel's Susanna has been my favourite. There's something perfectly operatic about adding another art form into an already dazzling display of orchestral music, singing, acting, costume design, set design, sound, lighting...
P.ublished 6th October 2025
Visual arts
The Imp Of Surrealism: Anthony Earnshaw At Dean Clough
Steve Whitaker
Features Writer
Untitled (1946)
It comes as no surprise to learn that the surrealist artist, Anthony Earnshaw, was a great admirer of Charlie Chaplin, or more particularly, the Chaplin of Modern Times.
P.ublished 27th September 2025
Visual arts
New Head of Programmes confirmed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Dr Alexandra Hodby Photo: Yorkshire Sculpture Park©
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has appointed Dr Alexandra Hodby as Head of Programmes, following her successful interim tenure in the role. Dr Hodby began her early curatorial career at YSP from 2000-2006 but returned with more than 19 years of experience across leading cultural institutions.
P.ublished 17th September 2025
Visual arts
Peace Rabbi Douglas Charing To Visit Art Exhibition In support Of Palestine
The Flower Show, a fundraising exhibition by 36 regional artists who have come together to 'do something' for Palestine’s traumatised children, will be visited by Bradford Synagogue’s Visiting Rabbi, Douglas Charing, and his wife, this Wednesday 13 August at 10.30am.
P.ublished 11th August 2025
Visual arts
Jordy Kerwick: One To Give. One To Take Away
One to Give. One to Take Away: Jordy Kerwick, The Reckoning, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Vigo Gallery. Photo © Stephanie Bird
Jordy Kerwick’s striking new solo exhibition One to Give. One to Take Away will be presented in Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s The Weston Gallery and outdoors this autumn, marking the first UK museum solo presentation of his work. One to Give.
P.ublished 9th August 2025
Interview
Neil Pearson - Scarborough’s Artist For All Seasons
Very few towns can boast as many fine artists as Scarborough! This beautiful, immensely photogenic seaside town seems to attract them from all parts of the country and inspire them to paint local scenes - of which there are many about the castle, around the harbour, on the seashore and beyond in the Yorkshire countryside.
P.ublished 9th August 2025
Visual arts
Archaeology Festival And Exhibition To Give Fascinating Glimpses Of The Past
A rare chance to delve into Lancashire's past and view historic hidden gems is on offer at a captivating festival and exhibition this week. The popular 'Festival of Archaeology' presents an exciting array of family friendly events, workshops and activities until 31 July at Clitheroe Castle Museum.
P.ublished 24th July 2025
Visual arts
Summer Exhibition Of The North Announces Bursary Winners
Artists from across the North are seeing their work included in a major exhibition in Leeds this summer – and nine have been chosen by the judges to win a bursary of £500. The New Light Summer Exhibition of the North, which was open to all artists with a Northern connection, runs at Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds’s biggest arts and cultural hub, until 10 August.
P.ublished 16th July 2025
Visual arts
Amateur Artists Asked To Come Up With Fresh Take On Famous British Railways Posters In New Competition
Artists of all ages, who can help Northern celebrate two centuries of railway history and promote tourist destinations in the North of England, are being encouraged to enter a new competition. They are being asked to come up with a fresh take on the famous British Railways posters produced between the 1920s and 1950s.
P.ublished 16th July 2025
Visual arts
Magna Carta And The North Exhibition Opens At Durham Cathedral Inviting Visitors To Reflect On Power, Justice, And Legacy
Photo: Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral has opened its doors to a powerful new exhibition, Magna Carta and the North, inviting visitors to explore one of the world’s most iconic documents and its enduring relevance in today’s society.
P.ublished 14th July 2025
Visual arts
Crown Paints Unveils Striking New Mural In Darwen Spotlighting Sustainability And Community
Crown Hollins Road Mural Photo: Crown Paints
Crown Paints has revealed a vibrant new mural in the heart of Darwen, continuing its tradition of using public art to reflect key cultural moments and meaningful causes. The latest mural delivers a bold, eye-catching statement around Crown Paints’ purpose-driven commitment to sustainability, positivity and social impact.
P.ublished 14th July 2025
Visual arts
Luke Jerram’s Breathtaking Gaia Artwork Installed in Harrogate
Photo: Richard Maude ©
It took three hours to install and 30 minutes to inflate in the spectacular giant globe artwork by the renowned UK artist Luke Jerram is part of HACS Harrogate Music Festival, in St Wilfrid's Church in Harrogate creating a striking site.
P.ublished 5th July 2025
Visual arts
Peter Watson’s Landscape Rhythms Celebrate The Beauty Of The Wolds
Andrew Liddle
Guest Writer
Looking North from Appleton le Moors Peter Watson
Landscape Rhythms, a major six-week exhibition featuring some 25 paintings by Peter Watson, self-evidently one of Yorkshire’s finest artists, begins on Saturday, the 22st June, at the Dorothy Rowan Gallery, in Scarborough. Opened in 2020, the DRG has quickly established itself as the must-visit place to see the best of local artists.
P.ublished 21st June 2025
Visual arts
Photographer’s Work Joins The Permanent Collection Of Major Regional Art Gallery
There was reason to celebrate for Yorkshire photographer Stuart Linden Rhodes, as his work was unveiled at Manchester Art Gallery, as part of its permanent public collection.
P.ublished 21st June 2025
Visual arts
Luke Jerram’s Breathtaking Gaia Artwork Comes To Harrogate
A spectacular giant globe artwork by the renowned UK artist Luke Jerram is coming to Harrogate this summer as part of HACS Harrogate Music Festival. Harrogate International Festivals is delighted to announce that Gaia, an acclaimed touring artwork, will be displayed inside St Wilfrid’s Church in Harrogate from July 4-12 with the support of North Yorkshire Council.
P.ublished 17th May 2025
Visual arts
I’m Making Ink From Bradford’s Football Stadium
Athletes seem to follow me around. An ex-colleague once played professionally for a football club. One of my best friends at school missed out on being a full-time goal keeper due to injury. When the Grand Départ for the Tour De France was hosted in Yorkshire, I created a Calligraphy that boldly sat on the Brontë landscape.
P.ublished 26th April 2025
Festivals
Glowflare Horror Film Festival Unveils First Selections Ahead Of May Event
The shadows are stirring as the Glowflare Horror Film Festival reveals the first three films selected for its 2025 edition, offering horror fans a chilling taste of what’s to come this May. Taking place on 17–18 May 2025 at Parkway Cinema in Beverley, East Yorkshire, the festival promises two packed days of terrifying tales, filmmaker Q&As, and a passionate community of horror lovers.
P.ublished 18th April 2025
Visual arts
Top 20 Railway Artworks Unveiled On World Art Day
‘Train Landscape' by Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
The 20 best-loved railway artworks in the UK were unveiled today (15 April, World Art Day) following a global vote held as part of a celebration of 200 years of the modern railway. One of the most popular paintings, Mallard by Ann Emily Carr, is part of a collection at Hopetown Darlington.
P.ublished 15th April 2025
Visual arts
Northern Artists Urged To Submit Work For New Light Summer Exhibition
All photos by Sam Toolsie
Artists from across the North have until the end of this month to submit works for a major exhibition in Leeds this summer. The New Light Summer Exhibition of the North will take place in July and August. It is open to all artists with a Northern connection. The submissions window closes on 30 April 2025.
P.ublished 12th April 2025
Festivals
Alumno + Photo North Festival 2025
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Top photographers and rising talent unite for one of the UK’s largest photography shows, Photo North Festival in Leeds. Student developer Alumno, in collaboration with the national photographic organisation Photo North, is launching The Photo North Festival from Friday, April 11th to Sunday, April 13th, 2025, at The Carriageworks in Millennium Square, Leeds.
P.ublished 12th April 2025
Visual arts
Stuart Hirst’s Art For The People
Andrew Liddle
Guest Writer
Portrait of Brian Hirst, Stuart's father
Stuart Hirst is one of Bradford’s favourite artists and has been for more than 50 years, from the time his long-running series of northern streets began, and his exhibitions drew large audiences to Cartwright Hall, the city’s premier public gallery and museum.
P.ublished 7th April 2025
Visual arts
Touring Dracula Exhibition Laid To Rest In Artist’s Hometown York
Visitors to York can experience a free immersive exhibition that injects new blood into Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale, Dracula. The exhibition, God’s Women, Good Men and Monsters is centred on original illustrations by York artist Kirsty Maclennan that feature in a new illustrated book of the classic novel.
P.ublished 5th April 2025
Visual arts
Exhibitions Get Curiouser And Curiouser
Fascinating 3D sculptural work by Kate Eggleston-Wirtz has to be seen to be believed and King Street Arts are providing that opportunity from April 16-26. Art lovers are invited to explore Kate’s intriguing work and use childlike curiosity to make connections between objects. The more you look, the more you see.
P.ublished 2nd April 2025
Visual arts
Call For Artists To Submit Work For Ferens Art Gallery’s 2025 Open Exhibition
Artists are being given the opportunity to submit their artwork for the Ferens Art Gallery’s 2025 Open Exhibition. Having celebrated incredible artistic talent since 1967, the Open Exhibition is open to everyone – from new and emerging artists to established pros.
P.ublished 28th March 2025
Visual arts
Manish Harijan: Untouchable Utopia
A powerful and provocative new exhibition by artist Manish Harijan, Untouchable Utopia, opens at The Art House in Wakefield. Originally from Nepal and now based in Sheffield, Harijan presents a striking series of new and recent works that challenge societal traditions, hierarchies, and religious structures.
P.ublished 24th March 2025
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