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.

 

 

Independents Biennial - Claire Beerjeraz

Gallery 1

7 June - 14 September 2025

Claire Beerjeraz will inhabit parts of the gallery 1 space to examine the lasting impacts of colonialism and slavery, especially how these histories are displayed, contained, and remembered in institutional settings.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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