The new season at the Bluecoat focuses on video works from artists who utilise written and spoken word. The screenings will change every few weeks until late March so make sure you come back regularly to catch each film.

Pete McKee is a much loved artist and cartoonist born and working in Sheffield. Don’t miss his colourful show at the Weston Park Museum – a walk down memory lane, capturing precious moments and cultural events from the 70s and 80s.

The Whitworth celebrates the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth with a new exhibition showcasing 71 prints alongside painted works, showcasing a different side to one of the best known landscape artists.

The Plant that Stowed Away explores connections between port cities, migration, and nature, blending film photography with works by Atkinson Grimshaw, Matisse, and others.

The National Science and Media Museum reopening would not be complete without the Bradford-born superstar artist. David Hockney: Pieced Together presents his collages in paper and video forms.

Mani Kambo’s new major body of work focuses on spirituality, superstitions and ritual through the artist’s own lexicon of visual symbols rendered in monochrome. A striking, considered show.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Whether you’re a high-fashion fanatic or just couture curious, get up close and personal with pivotal moments in fashion history.

The largest contemporary art festival in the UK is back! The 12th edition focuses on themes of healing and the titular keyword “uMoya” means spirit and breath, calling for the return of ancestral knowledge and wisdom.