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With the summer holidays (almost) over, we may be checking the weather forecast a little more often in fear of late summer downpours. At least one thing’s for sure – there are lots of fantastic exhibitions to look forward to.
Jadé Fadojutimi at The Hepworth Wakefield is an absolute art highlight of this year’s art calendar, so don’t miss her large-scale colourful canvases.
In Leeds Art Gallery, you’ll find Jill McKnight’s show Desire Lines. A culmination of the artist’s residency, the artist has created a display informed by her intimate understanding of the city and its communities. Desire Lines combines newly created work with pieces from the gallery’s collection.
Straying into more rural subject matter is Janine Burrows’ exhibition Table to Tide: A Yorkshire Conversation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This gorgeous display gathers pastel-coloured paintings of the Yorkshire coastline, homely still lives as well as pieces inspired by YSP itself.
Do They Owe Us a Living? at The Royal Standard in Liverpool, organised as part of the Art of Management & Organization conference critiques the realities of life under the rule of neoliberalism through a variety of mediums from 12 artists.
PAPER Gallery on the other hand is testing “the patience of paper” in Die Geduld des Papiers with the help of German art collective Axel Obiger. The exhibition gathers nine artists and brings a little taste of the Berlin art scene to our doorstep.
Jen Southern took inspiration from the flow of water, particularly the local River Bollin and has created five videos for the installation Gathering Downstream which is still on display at National Trust’s Quarry Bank.
Finally, art and photography exhibition Saturate explores colour in all-new ways, involving modified infra-red technology and other innovative ideas.
Here are our picks
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1. Jadé Fadojutimi at The Hepworth Wakefield
Jadé Fadojutimi, Ob-sess(h)-ion, 2020. 180 x 170 cm, oil and oil stick on canvas. Image courtesy the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London © Jadé Fadojutimi, 2020. Photo: Mark Blower Jadé Fadojutimi at The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, Until 19 March 2023, from £10 - Book now
The Hepworth Wakefield’s year of incredible exhibitions continues with a solo show of Jadé Fadojutimi’s breathtaking canvases that oscillate between abstract and figurative.
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2. Jill McKnight: Desire Lines at Leeds Art Gallery
Jules Lister, Jill McKnight Jill McKnight: Desire Lines at Leeds Art Gallery, Until 16 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
Jill McKnight has been busy diving deep into the Leeds Art Gallery’s collections and British Library Sound Archive to create this fascinating show inspired by Leeds and its residents, past and present.
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3. Janine Burrows: Table to Tide: A Yorkshire Conversation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Janine Burrows, 'Dusk-Moore', 2022. Image © the artist, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park Janine Burrows: Table to Tide: A Yorkshire Conversation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Until 23 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
Enjoy the beauty of Yorkshire through Janine Burrows’ depictions of the local landscape and cosy domestic scenes. Look out for the painted Henry Moore sculpture too!
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4. Saturate
Carl Skull Saturate at Hop and Hazlewood, Tyldesley, Until 2 November 2022, free entry - Visit now
Saturate is an art and photography exhibition focusing on colour, held in the fast-growing Greater Manchester town of Tyldesley.
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5. Do They Owe Us A Living? at The Royal Standard
Terry Bond, The Rebel, 2012, Colour print Do They Owe Us A Living? at The Royal Standard at The Royal Standard, Baltic Triangle, Until 25 September 2022, free entry - Visit now
12 artists gather to ponder the question of ‘art as activism’ under capitalist rule in this brand new show at one of Liverpool’s leading artist-led galleries.
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6. Gathering Downstream at Quarry Bank
Jen Southern Gathering Downstream at Quarry Bank, Cheshire, Until 25 November 2022, free entry - Visit now
The former cotton mill is currently home to an exhibition by artist Jen Southern, exploring the site’s legacy of the industrial revolution and environmental change.
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7. High on Hope at Cross Lane Projects
‘I Told You Not To’ by Gerard Hemsworth. High on Hope at Cross Lane Projects, Cumbria, Until 24 September 2022, free entry - Visit now
Gerard Hemsworth’s (1945-2021) pieces feature alongside eight other painters who have been taught by him on the Goldsmiths Master’s programme between the late 80s and early 90s, and whose work conceptually still aligns with that of their mentor.
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8. Temporary Atlas: Mapping the Self in the Art of Today at MOSTYN
Photo ©Rob Battersby Temporary Atlas: Mapping the Self in the Art of Today at MOSTYN in Llandudno, Wales, Llandudno, Until 25 September 2022, free entry - Visit now
17 artists come together in the role of cartographers to utilise the potential of alternative map-making in visualising musings on identity, spirituality, emotions and the body.
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9. Picture This at The Lowry
‘Because you cannot tame something so happily wild’ by Emily Hughes, copyright Emily Hughes, Flying Eye Books -
10. My Garden, My Sanctuary at FACT Liverpool
Sian Fan, Spirit Corp (2019) -
11. James Fox: Something in Common at Blackwell, the Arts & Crafts House
Copyright of the artist James Fox: Something in Common at Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Cumbria, Until 9 October 2022, from £4.50 - Book now
James Fox draws on the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts Movement in his approach to nature, its beauty and the need for its protection while using traditional textile techniques to craft his artworks.
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12. Lungiswa Gqunta: Sleep in Witness at The Henry Moore Institute
Lungiswa Gqunta, 'Tending to the harvest of dreams', 2021, Barbed wire, fabric, steel, water, mpepho, sound., Photo: Diana Pfammatter. Courtesy the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery Lungiswa Gqunta at The Henry Moore Institute at The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, Leeds, Until 30 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
From petrol bombs to bed sheets, Gqunta’s multifaceted practice is subtle yet incredibly powerful – don’t miss her largest exhibition to date.
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13. Carolina Caycedo: Land of Friends at BALTIC Gateshead
Patron Mono, Carolina Caycedo, Land of Friends, Photo: Tom Nolan. © 2022, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Carolina Caycedo at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, Until 20 November 2022, free entry
Los Angeles-based artist Carolina Caycedo’s new show at the BALTIC aims to challenge colonial perspectives and expose environmental injustices and extractivism around the world.
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14. Rachel Goodyear: Stirrings at Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Rachel Goodyear Hole 2022 copyright the artist. 3 x stills from animation; full running time 13.16mins (looped) hand - drawn animations by Rachel Goodyear; Sound by Matt Wand. Rachel Goodyear: Stirrings at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, Until 26 February 2023, free entry - Visit now
Admire Rachel Goodyear’s skilful drawings peppered with symbolism and mythological references at her ‘homecoming’ home this summer, on display at Salford Museum & Art Gallery.
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15. Jaume Plensa: In small places, close to home at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Jaume Plensa Jaume Plensa: In small places, close to home at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Until 30 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
The much-loved sculptor’s drawings are on display in the Weston Gallery and Chapel, revealing Plensa’s preoccupation with the human condition and community.
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16. The Vasseur BALTIC Artists Award 2022 at BALTIC, Gateshead
Laleh Khorromian, Egg Rig The Vasseur BALTIC Artists Award 2022 at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, Until 2 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
Newcastle’s BALTIC is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style – with a show resulting from an international biennial award judged solely by other artists.
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17. Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool at Walker Art Gallery
© Robin Clewley Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool at Walker Art Gallery, City Centre, Until 8 January 2023, free entry - Visit now
Walker Art Gallery turns its focus towards the home town of Liverpool, with an exhibition of 21 local painters’ work.
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18. Sheila Hicks: Off Grid at The Hepworth Wakefield
Installation of Sheila Hicks: Off Grid at The Hepworth Wakefield, 2022. Art works L-R: Peace Barrier, 2018; Ripe Rip, 2019; Nowhere To Go, 2022. Photo: Tom Bird / Courtesy: The Hepworth Wakefield Sheila Hicks: Off Grid at The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, Until 25 September 2022 - Book now
Visit the major new exhibition of work from the master of textile art Sheila Hicks, with over 70 works from international and private collections revealing the multifaceted nature of her work.
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19. Gathering Downstream at Quarry Bank
Jen Southern Gathering Downstream at Quarry Bank, Cheshire, Until 25 November 2022, free entry - Visit now
The former cotton mill of Quarry Bank is currently home to an ‘Gathering Downstream’, an exhibition exploring the site’s legacy of the industrial revolution alongside environmental change and disruption.
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20. Bury Art Shop
Photo by Stephen Walton Bury Art Shop, Bury Art Museum, Moss Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0DR - Visit now
The perfect place to find gifts, stationery, cards, children’s books and, most importantly, museum souvenirs if you want to take home a little reminder of your visit and the gallery’s wonderful collections.
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21. Mounira Al Solh: A Day Is As Long As A Year at BALTIC, Gateshead
Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg Mounira Al Solh at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, Until 2 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
Using a multitude of mediums to examine themes of memory and trauma as a result of forced migration, Mounira Al Solh’s exhibition amplifies the voices of people from the Middle East, displaced to Lebanon, Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world.
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22. Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958-2018 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
© Jonty Wilde, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, artwork: © 2022 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./ Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY/DACS, London Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958-2018 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Until 8 January 2023, from £0.00 - Book now
The Pop artist’s signature colourful sculptures are now on display at YSP, against a backdrop of green hills and woodland.
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23. 2022 Banner Exhibition at People’s History Museum
People's History Museum 2022 Banner Exhibition at People’s History Museum (PHM), City Centre, Until 8 January 2023, free entry - Visit now
Filled with striking reminders and symbols of the fight for justice, the Banner Exhibition at People’s History Museum will take you on a journey through the history of rights and equality via its dazzling collection.
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24. Albert Potrony: EQUAL PLAY at BALTIC, Gateshead
Equal Play Environment . Alphabet of shapes for loose parts elements. Albert Potrony 2020 EQUAL PLAY at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, Until 31 October 2022, free entry - Visit now
Artist and educator Albert Potrony sets out to explore non-gendered and non-prescriptive modes of childhood play in a major new exhibition at BALTIC.
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