Art Sheffield 2016: Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange and Charm continues with exhibitions and events in over thirteen venues until Sunday 8 May.
Curated this year by Martin Clark, Director of Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, the festival takes as its starting point the political, social, cultural, and material histories of the city of Sheffield, enacted and explored through a carefully selected group of international video, film and sound works, as well as major new commissions by three British artists.
Art Sheffield 2016 takes place in venues and locations across the city, including some of Sheffield’s most iconic buildings and sites of historic and cultural significance, including brutalist landmark the Moore Street electricity substation and Portland Works, where stainless steel was first maufactured. Read more about the festival here.
Please note, the final day to visit the Moore Street electricity substation is Thursday 5 May 2016.
Parallel Programme
Alongside the festival, Art Sheffield promotes independent projects taking place across the city in museums, galleries and a range of other spaces, including music venues, studios and historic buildings. A special Parallel Programme after-hours tour takes place on Friday 6 May. Find details of the tour and project listings below.
Art Sheffield 2016 Parallel Programme – After Hours Tour
Fri 06 May 2016 – 6-8 pm
The Washington
Join the Art Sheffield team for a free evening tour around selected exhibitions from this year’s Parallel Programme; projects developed by local artists, curators, collectives and independent spaces, including (It’s all) Tropical, Heliya Badakshan, Lizzie Feather, Maja Mihajlovic, Lea Torp Nielsen, Mark Riddington, Natalie Finnemore, Anna McQuillan, Emily Musgrave and Lucy Vann. Read more and book a free place
Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond Paintings 1967-1972
Thu 18 Feb 2016 – Sat 25 Jun 2016
Graves Gallery
Exploring a key period in the work of one of Britain’s most important and accomplished abstract painters, Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond, Paintings 1967-1972 focuses on a breakthrough moment in the development of the artist’s work: the introduction of colour. Read more
Take Me To Your Leader
Wed 27 Apr 2016 – Sun 08 May 2016
Made North
Group exhibition featuring Heliya Badakshan, Lizzie Feather, Mark Riddington, Maja Mihajlovic and Lea Torp Neilsen, supported by Arts Council England. Read more
Keep The Dust Off
Fri 06 May 2016 – Sun 08 May 2016
S1 Artspace
Exhibition presented in the S1 Studios Reading Room featuring four S1 Studios artists - Natalie Finnemore, Anna McQuillin, Emily Musgrave and Lucy Vann. Read more
Sorry About Last Night
Fri 06 May 2016 – Mon 06 Jun 2016
The Washington
Curated by (It’s all) Tropical and featuring Beth Foxx, Beth Kettel, Claire Boyd, Claudia Dance-Wells, Elizabeth Murphy, Harry Hurlock, Jack Catling, Kerry Campbell, Laura Yuile , Laura Dee Milnes, Liadain Evans, Lindsey Mendick, Liv Fontaine, Luke Overin, Mathew Parkin, Matt Hilversm, Millington Marriott, Morgan Wills, Paul Schneider, Richie Moment, Self Esteem, Sophie Goodchild, Sophie Goodchild, Victoria Fornieles. Friday 6 May: confessional performance led by Self Esteem (Rebecca Slow Club). Read more
In the Making: Ruskin, Creativity and Craftsmanship
Sat 23 Jan 2016 – Sun 05 Jun 2016
Millennium Gallery
Curated by Museums Sheffield, an exhibition exploring Victorian critic and scholar John Ruskin’s ideas on making, with work by artists including Grayson Perry, Susan Collis, Edward Coley Burne-Jones and Ruskin himself. Read more
Open Up Sheffield
Sat 30 Apr 2016 – Sun 8 May
Multiple Venues
Open Up Sheffield is an annual showcase of work by independent artists and craftspeople, taking place in studios and workspaces across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. Read more
Wonderland
Wed 27 Apr 2016 – Sun 08 May 2016
Bank Street Arts
An exhibition of photography and sculpture by Tony Maj. Read more
Curious House
Fri 22 Apr 2016 – Sun 08 May 2016
Bishop's Lodge
Exhibition featuring Louise Finney, Lyndall Phelps, Rachel Emily Taylor, Caroline Claisse at Elizabethan Grade II* listed Bishop’s House, supported by Arts Council England. Read more
New Game?
Thu 21 Apr 2016 – Sat 07 May 2016
Access Space
New work by David Jones and Susanne Palzer. Read more
Art Sheffield is a consortium including: Bloc Projects, S1 Artspace, Sheffield Institute of Arts at Sheffield Hallam University, Site Gallery, Museums Sheffield and Yorkshire Artspace.
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