Art in Kent

Arts Calendar lists 29 exhibitions, 4 workshops and classes and 1 drawing group at 18 venues in Kent. Margate has the most, with 9. Sunday is the busiest night, with 3 of the regular listings.

Tuesday 1 December to Thursday 31 December

Today

Born on this day: James Tissot (1836)

Exhibitions on these days

Opens Sat 5 Dec
Exhibition

Lost & Found

Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Woolwich, Greater London
Opens Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Jason and the Adventure of 254

The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent
Closes Tue 1 Dec
Exhibition

Kino-Teatr Open: Within a Landscape

Kino-Teatr Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
- Open exhibition
Closes Sun 6 Dec
Exhibition

Wakaliga Uganda: Kibuuka Omumbaale

Chisenhale Gallery, Bow, Greater London
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, Greater London
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Royal Institute of Oil Painters: Annual Exhibition 2026

Mall Galleries, London, Greater London
- Members show
- Painting
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Pierre Soulages

Timothy Taylor, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Rebecca Warren: There Will Be Another You

Maureen Paley, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Sculpture
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Episode 16: Katie Shannon, BACK/PRUNE/VIRGIN/RUIN

Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross, Greater London
Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition

Dala Nasser: Cemetery of Martyrs

Peer, Hoxton, Greater London
Closes Sun 13 Dec
Exhibition

The Film London Jarman Award 2026

Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Film and video
Closes Sun 13 Dec
Exhibition

Listening to the earth

Drawing Room, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Drawing
Closes Sun 13 Dec
Exhibition

Evelyn Taocheng Wang: Being Poetic Ruins Life

Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross, Greater London
Closes Fri 18 Dec
Exhibition

Georg Baselitz: The Heroes 1965 to 66

Thaddaeus Ropac London, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Closes Sat 19 Dec
Exhibition

No Plan at All: Prints from BORCH Editions

David Zwirner London, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Printmaking
Closes Sat 19 Dec
Exhibition

Bahar Noorizadeh: The Debtor’s Portal

The Showroom, London, Greater London
Closes Sat 19 Dec
Exhibition

Glenn Ligon: Prompts

Thomas Dane Gallery, London, Greater London
Closes Sat 19 Dec
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Paul Pfeiffer: Pasodoble

Thomas Dane Gallery, London, Greater London
Closes Sat 19 Dec
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A Socially Useful Production: The Participation Waltz

Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
Closes Sat 19 Dec
Exhibition

Oasis: Photographs by Jill Furmanovsky

The Gallery Maldon, Maldon, Essex
- Solo show
- Photography
Closes Sun 20 Dec
Exhibition

Wanda and Marion Wulz: Avant-garde Photography in 20th-Century Italy

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Photography
Closes Sun 20 Dec
Exhibition

Sabine Moritz: Lie Down in Green Pastures

Garden Museum, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Closes Sun 20 Dec
Exhibition

Bhajan Hunjan: speaking through materials

Nunnery Gallery, Bow, Greater London
Closes Sun 20 Dec
Exhibition

62nd Essex Open Art Exhibition

Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Closes Wed 23 Dec
Exhibition

Winter Show

The Lido Stores, Margate, Kent
- Group show
- Painting
Closes Wed 23 Dec
Exhibition

Lorna Simpson

Hauser & Wirth London, London, Greater London
Closes Wed 23 Dec
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Antony Gormley: Where

Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Printmaking
Until 2 Jan 2027
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Bianca Raffaella: Between Heartbeats

Flowers Gallery Cork Street, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 2 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Small is Beautiful: 44th Edition

Flowers Gallery Cork Street, London, Greater London
Until 3 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Prem Sahib

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Until 3 Jan 2027
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Gordon Matta-Clark: Discrete Violations

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Until 3 Jan 2027
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Frida: The Making of an Icon

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
Until 3 Jan 2027
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Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea

Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, East Sussex
Until 9 Jan 2027
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Sky Glabush: If the wild bird could speak

Alison Jacques, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 9 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Swaying in the Wind: Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay

The Fan Museum, Greenwich, Greater London
Until 9 Jan 2027
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Compulsory Continuous Connectedness: rest in a networked world

Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Justin Caguiat: Change Ringing

Serpentine South, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Salman Toor: Someone Like You

The Courtauld Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Katherine Hubbard: The Great Room

Studio Voltaire, Clapham, Greater London
Until 16 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Slips

Flatland Projects, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Until 16 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Louise Giovanelli: In the Light of False Suns

White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 16 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Jaki Irvine: Five lines of song-smoke

Frith Street Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Film and video
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Ana Mendieta

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Zineb Sedira: When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks

Tate Britain, London, Greater London
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Screen Portraits: Whitechapel Gallery Artists, Part 2

Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Film and video
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Michael Landy: Future Ruins

Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, Greater London
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from the Iuchi Collection

Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich, Greater London
- Touring exhibition
- Printmaking
Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026

National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London
- Open exhibition
- Photography
Until 20 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Liberty Quinn: Data Melt

SPACE Ilford, Ilford, Greater London
Until 22 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Between the Keys

Daphne Oram Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
Until 23 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Alchemies: May Cockcroft, Nour Malas, Sarah Martin-Nuss

Victoria Miro, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Mixed media
Until 23 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Conrad Shawcross: Shadows of the Mechanism

Victoria Miro, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Sculpture
Until 24 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Hastings Open 2026

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex
- Open exhibition
Until 24 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Bharti Kher at the V&A

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Sculpture
Until 24 Jan 2027
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Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Barbican Art Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 24 Jan 2027
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Anselm Kiefer

White Cube Bermondsey, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 24 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Sophie Calle: Something Missing?

Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
Until 24 Jan 2027
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Soko Hwang: Flesh of Vessel

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Herne Hill, Greater London
Until 30 Jan 2027
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Canny Valley

Turf Projects, Croydon, Greater London
Until 31 Jan 2027
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Commons: A Film by David Blandy

The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent
- Solo show
- Film and video
Until 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Renoir and Love

National Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Painting the French Riviera

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Painting
Until 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition

Amar Kanwar

Serpentine North, London, Greater London
Until 6 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Lisa Brice

Serpentine South, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 7 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation

National Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 7 Feb 2027
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Audrey Amiss: The Surviving Exhibitions

Wellcome Collection, London, Greater London
Until 7 Feb 2027
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Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care, Spaces of Grief and Possibility

Wellcome Collection, London, Greater London
Until 13 Feb 2027
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Christopher Le Brun: The Mind’s Weather

Lisson Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 13 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Dana Awartani

Lisson Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 14 Feb 2027
Exhibition

The 90s: Art and Fashion

Tate Britain, London, Greater London
Until 14 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Cecilia Vicuña: Living Threads

Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Photography
Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition

British Wildlife Photography Awards

Horniman Museum and Gardens, Forest Hill, Greater London
- Touring exhibition
- Photography
Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Sanlé Sory: Colour Years

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Photography
Until 21 Feb 2027
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William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Photography
Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Photography
Until 28 Feb 2027
Exhibition

Robert Ryman: The Real Thing

Barbican Art Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 6 Mar 2027
Exhibition

The 544

Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham, Greater London
- Solo show
- Photography
Until 7 Mar 2027
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Gathering Ground

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
Until 7 Mar 2027
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Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong

Hayward Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 7 Mar 2027
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Quentin Bell

Charleston in Firle, Lewes, East Sussex
Until 7 Mar 2027
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Olivia Sterling

Charleston in Firle, Lewes, East Sussex
Until 21 Mar 2027
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Multiplied wonders: Italian Renaissance woodcuts

British Museum, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Printmaking
Until 21 Mar 2027
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Cosimo I de’ Medici: Art and Dynasty

The Wallace Collection, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Painting
Until 28 Mar 2027
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Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK

William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, Greater London
Until 31 Mar 2027
Exhibition

Tschabalala Self: Seated

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
- Solo show
- Sculpture
Until 4 Apr 2027
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Es Devlin: Other Worlds

Design Museum, London, Greater London
Until 11 Apr 2027
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Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Installation
Until 11 Apr 2027
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Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury

Tate Britain, London, Greater London
Until 11 Apr 2027
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Van Eyck: The Portraits

National Gallery, London, Greater London
- Solo show
- Painting
Until 11 Apr 2027
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Ossie Clark + Celia Birtwell

Fashion and Textile Museum, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Textiles
Until 11 Apr 2027
Exhibition

Mad Bloomsbury

Charleston in Lewes, Lewes, East Sussex
Until 25 Apr 2027
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Metamorphoses: Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneebone

The Wallace Collection, London, Greater London
Until 30 Apr 2027
Exhibition

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
Until 3 May 2027
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Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action.

Tate Modern, London, Greater London
Until 5 May 2027
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Beyond the Streets

Saatchi Gallery, London, Greater London
Until 16 May 2027
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American Photographs

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
- Group show
- Photography
Until 23 May 2027
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Henry Moore and more

Wakehurst, Ardingly, West Sussex
- Group show
- Sculpture
Until 11 Jul 2027
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The Bayeux Tapestry

British Museum, London, Greater London
- Touring exhibition
- Textiles
Until 26 Sep 2027
Exhibition

Samuel Palmer and Modern Art

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
Until 26 Sep 2027
Exhibition

Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts

V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London

Everything listed in Kent

Exhibitions 29

Between the Keys Canterbury
Commons: A Film by David Blandy Canterbury
Eerie: The Canterbury Bestiary Canterbury
Jason and the Adventure of 254 Canterbury
Mark Making Canterbury
In Turner’s Wake: Contemporary Visions by Jake Wood-Evans Chatham
National Historic Ships Photography Exhibition Chatham
Lottie Cole Deal
Right in Time Deal
Autumn Open Show 2026 Faversham
CONNECTIONS Faversham
East Kent Artists’ Open Houses 2026 Faversham
David Hockney: Sunley Window 2026 Margate
Entangled Margate
Lures Margate
LUX Pottery & Something Familiar Margate
Rebalancing the Abstract Margate
Sophie Calle: Something Missing? Margate
The Long Memory Margate
Winging It Margate
Winter Show Margate
Vessels For Unmet Needs Sevenoaks
Skinners Kent Academy and St Gregory’s Catholic School Student Art Showcase Tunbridge Wells
East Kent Open Houses: Venue 27 Whitstable
Gaven Alexander Whitstable
Jade Taylor and Judith Westrup Whitstable
Making Space for Young Women Whitstable
Martin Cheek Whitstable
We Are Our Memory Whitstable

Workshops and classes 4

Drawing with Charcoal: Land and Sea Faversham · Sunday 15 November
Drypoint Etching Workshop Faversham · Sunday 1 November
Nerikomi Decorations (morning) Faversham · Saturday 7 November
Tetra Pak Printmaking Workshop Faversham · Sunday 22 November

Drawing groups 1

Kent Art Collective Life Drawing Maidstone · Every Wednesday

Towns in Kent

Margate (9)
Faversham (7)
Whitstable (6)
Canterbury (5)
Chatham (2)
Deal (2)
Maidstone (1)
Sevenoaks (1)
Tunbridge Wells (1)

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