Exhibitions

A comprehensive listing of exhibitions across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Filter by county below, or explore all events on the map on our Discover page.

NB: As a general rule we don’t list art workshops or classes — there are simply too many. The few that appear on this page are either unusual or exceptional.

On now

A Day in May - Open Call
4 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Spirit Studios Suffolk · Saxmundham
Andrew Gifford — 'City Lights, Part One' - a solo exhibition of new paintings
13 Jun 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Spirit Studios Suffolk · Saxmundham
Festival Exhibition
13 Jun 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Spirit Studios Suffolk · Saxmundham
Holt Art Awards – Shortlist Exhibition
20 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
St Andrew the Apostle, Holt & Allen Hall Gallery / Plastic Culture, Glandford · Holt
Heidi Wigmore - State of Her
30 May 2026 – 23 Aug 2026
Beecroft Art Gallery · Southend-on-Sea
One of the best shows in the East of England in 2026.
Ryan Gander: Prosaic Times
18 Jul 2026 – 24 Aug 2026
303 Projects · Lowestoft
Print
11 Jul 2026 – 29 Aug 2026
North House Gallery · Manningtree
Godfried Donkor: It’s a Numbers Game
23 May 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Firstsite · Colchester
Rosie Ridgway: Phantom Power
24 Jun 2026 – 12 Sept 2026
Focal Point Gallery · Southend-on-Sea
Women Artists and the Land: Julie Brook, Harriet Hellman, Lotte Scott
8 Jul 2026 – 13 Sept 2026
GroundWork Gallery · King's Lynn
The Garden Comes Inside
10 May 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Bolwick Hall, Marsham · Aylsham
Lynn Chadwick at Houghton Hall
2 May 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Houghton Hall · King's Lynn
The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape
11 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Christchurch Mansion · Ipswich
Gainsborough, Turner & Constable: Inventing Landscape
25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
Gainsborough's House · Sudbury
Kate Giles: Remember Tomorrow
25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
Gainsborough's House · Sudbury
Daisy Parris: Fist Full of Dreams
20 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Wolterton Hall (May - October) · Erpingham
Phyllida Barlow: disruptor
20 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Wolterton Hall (May - October) · Erpingham
Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire — From Drawing to Cruising to DMs
11 Jul 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Firstsite · Colchester
What is the Meaning of Life?
16 May 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Sainsbury Centre · Norwich
We love how Sainsbury Centre's Big Question series, of which What is the Meaning of Life, is the current installment. Its more revelatory ond universal than art presented through the prism of a single artist's subjectivity.
Miranda Boulton: Chain of Flowers
16 May 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery · Norwich
Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime
27 Mar 2026 – 17 Jan 2027
Fitzwilliam Museum · Cambridge
Seven Decades of Contemporary Art: Norfolk Contemporary Art Society at Norwich Castle
28 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery · Norwich
Kieron Williamson: Transient
11 Jul 2026 – 21 Jul 2026
The Gallery Holt · Holt
The Lightness of Being — an abstract quartet
20 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Gallery East · Woodbridge
Members' Show
5 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
OUTPOST · Norwich
The Spirit of Boudica
2 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
Chalice Gallery · Sudbury
The Suffolk Art Society Art Exhibition
17 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026
The Lady Chapel, Holy Trinity Church · Long Melford
Kate Charles: Caught by The Dawn
16 Jul 2026 – 5 Aug 2026
Snape Maltings (Britten Pears Arts) · Snape
John Constable: celebrating 250 years
1 Jul 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
The Minories · Colchester
What we did in the Plague: An International Covid-19 Project by Phill Jupitus
4 Jul 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
The Minories · Colchester
Hand Woven Landscapes: From Mill to Loom
11 Jul 2026 – 23 Aug 2026
Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre · Sudbury
War Craft
24 Feb 2026 – 23 Aug 2026
Fitzwilliam Museum · Cambridge
Summer Show 2026
20 Jun 2026 – 2 Sept 2026
Bircham Gallery · Holt
Handpicked: Painting Flowers From 1900 to Today
25 Apr 2026 – 6 Sept 2026
Kettle's Yard · Cambridge
Kenji Umeda: a journey
25 Apr 2026 – 6 Sept 2026
Kettle's Yard · Cambridge
Relative Ties: Mabel Nicholson, Nancy Nicholson, EQ Nicholson and Louisa Creed
6 Mar 2026 – 6 Sept 2026
The Women's Art Collection · Cambridge
Dressed for Business: The Gloria Levin Collection of Hardy Amies Couture
20 Sept 2025 – 20 Sept 2026
Beecroft Art Gallery · Southend-on-Sea
Arpita Shah: Nalini
13 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Firstsite · Colchester
Summer Printworks Exhibition 2026
6 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre · Sudbury
Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson
25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
Gainsborough's House · Sudbury
Railway Bridge Commission 2026: Elleanna Chapman — Do Somethin'
18 Jul 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
The Railway Bridge on Southend High Street, adjacent to Southend Central Station (between Elmer Square/Focal Point Gallery and the High Street). · Lowestoft
65 Years of the Munnings Art Museum
1 Apr 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
The Munnings Art Museum · Dedham
Fry’s Popular Delights
5 Apr 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
The Fry Art Gallery · Saffron Walden
Olga Lehmann – A Versatile and Vivacious Artist
12 Jul 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
The Fry Art Gallery · Saffron Walden
Pictures from Private Collections
1 Apr 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
The Munnings Art Museum · Dedham
The Influence of John Constable
1 Apr 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
The Munnings Art Museum · Dedham
Love, Didi: Ada Bond and DaddyBears
9 Jul 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Snape Maltings (Britten Pears Arts) · Snape
David Shenton: Kindly Ease The Tension
18 Jul 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery · Norwich

On now

A Day in May - Open Call

Andrew Gifford — 'City Lights, Part One' - a solo exhibition of new paintings

Festival Exhibition

Holt Art Awards – Shortlist Exhibition

Heidi Wigmore - State of Her

Ryan Gander: Prosaic Times

Print

Godfried Donkor: It’s a Numbers Game

Rosie Ridgway: Phantom Power

Women Artists and the Land: Julie Brook, Harriet Hellman, Lotte Scott

The Garden Comes Inside

Lynn Chadwick at Houghton Hall

The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape

Gainsborough, Turner & Constable: Inventing Landscape

Kate Giles: Remember Tomorrow

Daisy Parris: Fist Full of Dreams

Phyllida Barlow: disruptor

Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire — From Drawing to Cruising to DMs

What is the Meaning of Life?

Miranda Boulton: Chain of Flowers

Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

Seven Decades of Contemporary Art: Norfolk Contemporary Art Society at Norwich Castle

Kieron Williamson: Transient

The Lightness of Being — an abstract quartet

Members' Show

The Spirit of Boudica

The Suffolk Art Society Art Exhibition

Kate Charles: Caught by The Dawn

John Constable: celebrating 250 years

What we did in the Plague: An International Covid-19 Project by Phill Jupitus

Hand Woven Landscapes: From Mill to Loom

War Craft

Summer Show 2026

Handpicked: Painting Flowers From 1900 to Today

Kenji Umeda: a journey

Relative Ties: Mabel Nicholson, Nancy Nicholson, EQ Nicholson and Louisa Creed

Dressed for Business: The Gloria Levin Collection of Hardy Amies Couture

Arpita Shah: Nalini

Summer Printworks Exhibition 2026

Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson

Railway Bridge Commission 2026: Elleanna Chapman — Do Somethin'

65 Years of the Munnings Art Museum

Fry’s Popular Delights

Olga Lehmann – A Versatile and Vivacious Artist

Pictures from Private Collections

The Influence of John Constable

Love, Didi: Ada Bond and DaddyBears

David Shenton: Kindly Ease The Tension

Coming soon

Autumn Exhibition 2026: Silver Anniversary, Part 2

Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now

Mannington Nature Award – Shortlist Exhibition

Summer at Snape

Summer Contemporary 2026

The Garden

Constable to Contemporary

On the Edge — Ruth Bunnewell

Deep Realities — Tanya Avchinnikova & Jamie Eade

Summer Sizzle — David Piercy and Abbie Cairns

This Space Belongs to You: Great Yarmouth & Waveney Pride Open Exhibition 2026

POWER: The Art Exhibition

As the Sap Rises — Maija Fox

Rhys-Lewis Summer Exhibition

Tassie Russell: Fragile Boundaries

New Horizons

Art Is Resistance: Painting Through Trauma Towards Hope

Caroline Evans: The Landscape