Leeds Art Gallery celebrates the work of Stuart Croft, a Leeds-born filmmaker whose innovative films blend cinema and art and push the boundaries of moving image.

Powerful textile works blend personal and political themes in this striking exhibition. You can even join the regular embroidery workshops and contribute to the display.

Pick your winner in this live, high-energy art competition from Stockport’s GRIT Studios, where 10 emerging artists create pieces in just 30 minutes while the audience enjoys music and drinks.

The Traumatic Surreal explores the powerful contributions to Surrealism from women artists from German-speaking countries, confronting WWII trauma, patriarchy, and the female experience through sculpture.

Proximity at the Open Eye Gallery showcases 45 years of Stephen McCoy’s deeply personal photographs capturing the people, places, and stories of Merseyside through intimate and diverse projects.

Buddhist sculptures are juxtaposed with contemporary art in esea contemporary’s latest offering, exploring themes of spirituality, science, and belief.

14 artists explore folklore through modern approaches while remaining true to its roots: stories passed down through generations.

The Hepworth Wakefield’s new exhibition gathers Giovanelli’s luminous large-scale canvases, showcasing the artist’s skill as well as her musings on contemporary worship and the duality of human experience.

Artists Aliyah Hussain, Paloma Proudfoot and Renee So, all of whom work with ceramics, open a new series of exhibitions at the Lowry with three individual, concurrent displays.

See portraiture like never before at the NGCA’s group show, gathering works in photography, paint and print where portraits carry more than just a likeness.

Can local ways of thinking influence the development of technology? Can plants have their say in this too? Find out at FACT’s new exhibition featuring work from four Latin American artists and collectives.

On art and motherhood with raw honesty – Millennium Gallery welcomes the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition that dives deep into motherhood as experienced by artists.

Come and visit the BALTIC to play with the objects created especially to be interacted with, where ‘please do touch’ is the main rule!

Boost your mood with YSP’s brand new vivid winter installation from an artist who investigates how colour can affect us.

Experience Lawson Oyekan’s monumental ceramic sculptures at first hand at his solo show this season. 

Expect to be moved as you encounter an incredible body of work by Turner Prize-nominated artist Barbara Walker.

Exploring what creativity really means while experimenting with clay, this exhibition from artist Lily Brown and duo Imprints of Earth is a showcase of the possibilities of the material and the potential of working with imperfections.

Music faces the climate crisis and predictions of the future in Mikhail Karikis new, socially engaged exhibition at HOME.

Despite creating decades apart, the work of Jo McGonigal and Frank Bowling finds common ground in a show that explores spatial relationships and architecture.

Manchester Museum’s new exhibition focuses on all things wild or related to the concept of wildness. From environmental campaigns that lead to restoring ecosystems to romanticised landscape paintings, the show gathers different approaches and practices.

Explore incredible objects from the world-renowned theoretical physicist’s office in this special display.

Hannah Perry’s explorations of matrescence in combination with class, labour and industrial materials is a unique perspective on this still underexplored topic.

One of the world’s leading contemporary artists, Bharti Kher comes to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with a body of work that focuses on the female experience and its shifting context in today’s world.

Take a closer look at the lives of bees and their vital role in human existence, in this immersive exhibition created in partnership with artist Wolfgang Buttress.

Manchester’s beloved Castlefield Gallery is turning 40! Check out the exciting programme of events taking place throughout the year