Special Exhibitions
We show a range of temporary exhibitions in our gallery spaces. Take a look at what we currently have on display plus some that are coming soon.
Seeing Green
Balcony Wall
Ongoing
This display of paintings invites viewers to consider the colour green. Associations differ around the globe and through history, but in modern Britain green tends to be linked to nature and environmental issues.
Play of Light – A display of darkness and illumination
Gallery 4
Using the play of light against darkness to add drama and mood has been a feature of art since the Renaissance. This small display shows a variety of ways the technique was applied by British artists of the late Georgian and Victorian eras.
JMW Turner & his Contemporaries
Gallery 5
25 January - 31 May 2025
An exhibition to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Britain’s greatest painter featuring five watercolours by JMW Turner alongside those of other celebrated artists of the time including Thomas Girtin, John Sell Cotman and David Cox Snr.
All That Remains: a curator's choice
Galleries 6 & 7
17 May – 20 September 2025
Our departing Curator, Dr Amanda Draper, selects some of her favourite paintings from the University’s collection that she has not exhibited before. Some are by well-known artists and others by lesser-known names that deserve more recognition, but each has a story to tell.
Rising Darkness
Gallery 5
Coming Soon
7 June - 14 September 2025
In the exhibition Rising Darkness artist Brigitte Jurack presents a suite of stark, large drawings, objects, books, writing and the design for a new floor mosaic.