Art in Essex
Arts Calendar lists 21 exhibitions, 5 workshops and classes and 2 drawing groups at 17 venues in Essex. Colchester has the most, with 15. Saturday is the busiest night, with 4 of the regular listings.
A quiet few weeks here, so this runs on to Wednesday 10 February.
Exhibitions on now
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Closes Sun 18 Oct
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Closes Sun 18 Oct
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Closes Sun 25 Oct
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Closes Sun 25 Oct
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Closes Sun 25 Oct
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Closes Sun 25 Oct
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Closes Sun 25 Oct
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Closes Sat 31 Oct
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Closes Sun 1 Nov
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Closes Sun 1 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sun 8 Nov
Exhibition
Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire: From Drawing to Cruising to DMs
Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
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Closes Mon 23 Nov
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Closes Sun 29 Nov
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
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Closes Sun 20 Dec
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Closes Sat 9 Jan
Exhibition
Compulsory Continuous Connectedness: rest in a networked world
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
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Closes Sun 17 Jan
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Until 28 Feb 2027
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Until 28 Feb 2027
Exhibitions opening soon
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Opens Sat 21 Nov
Wednesday 21 October
Happy birthday to Martin Creed (58 today)
Born on this day: Domenichino (1581)
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Wed 21 Oct 19:30 21:30
Sunday 1 November
Born on this day: Antonio Canova (1757), Hannah Höch (1889), L. S. Lowry (1887) and Pietro da Cortona (1596)
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Sun 1 Nov 10:30 12:30
Wednesday 4 November
Born on this day: Guido Reni (1575) and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946)
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Wed 4 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 11 November
Happy birthday to Celia Paul (67 today)
Born on this day: Édouard Vuillard (1868), Ida Applebroog (1929), Paul Signac (1863) and Prunella Clough (1919)
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Wed 11 Nov 18:00 20:00
Wednesday 18 November
Born on this day: Ana Mendieta (1948), Bruce Conner (1933), David Wilkie (1785), Frank Dobson (1886), Louis Daguerre (1787), Norman Cornish (1919), Stanhope Forbes (1857) and Wyndham Lewis (1882)
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Wed 18 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 2 December
Born on this day: Georges Seurat (1859) and Otto Dix (1891)
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Wed 2 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 9 December
Born on this day: Mark Gertler (1891)
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Wed 9 Dec 18:00 20:00
Wednesday 16 December
Happy birthday to Ed Ruscha (89 today)
Born on this day: Remedios Varo (1908) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866)
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Wed 16 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 30 December
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Wed 30 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 13 January
Born on this day: Chaim Soutine (1893)
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Wed 13 Jan 18:00 20:00
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Wed 13 Jan 19:30 21:30
Saturday 23 January
Born on this day: Édouard Manet (1832) and Georg Baselitz (1938)
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Sat 23 Jan 10:00 15:00
Workshop
Dreamlike Florals: Still Life Painting Inspired by Odilon Redon
Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
Wednesday 27 January
Born on this day: Samuel John Peploe (1871) and Samuel Palmer (1805)
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Wed 27 Jan 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 10 February
Born on this day: Lawrence Weiner (1942)
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Wed 10 Feb 18:00 20:00
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Wed 10 Feb 19:30 21:30
Everything listed in Essex
Exhibitions 21
- Chelmsford College: What Matters Most
- 65 Years of the Munnings Art Museum
- Conceal & Reveal
- Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire: From Drawing to Cruising to DMs
- Museum of the Moon
- My Generation
- Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent
- Pictures from Private Collections
- Polly Braden: Against the Tide
- Simon Carter: From the Landscape
- The Influence of John Constable
- Double Agents
- Off The Wall
- Oasis: Photographs by Jill Furmanovsky
- Esmond Bingham: Constructions
- Fry’s Popular Delights
- Olga Lehmann: A Versatile and Vivacious Artist
- 62nd Essex Open Art Exhibition
- Between Us
- Compulsory Continuous Connectedness: rest in a networked world
- Open Call Autumn Exhibition 2026
Workshops and classes 5
Drawing groups 2
Towns in Essex
- Colchester (15)
- Chelmsford (3)
- Southend-on-Sea (3)
- Harlow (2)
- Saffron Walden (2)
- Maldon (1)
- Manningtree (1)
- Wivenhoe (1)
Something in Essex we are missing?
If you run a gallery, an exhibition or a drawing group that is not here, add it. It takes a couple of minutes, and you can keep it right afterwards.