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Reflective pillars and a colourful polkadot wall, as part of the Rana Begum exhibition
Credit: Rana Begum

Mead Gallery

The Mead Gallery is a space where people can meet, create, discuss and discover the arts.

 

The Mead Gallery opened in 1986, it quickly developed an international reputation for its exhibitions of contemporary art. It has presented the work of world-renowned artists including Hurvin Anderson, Phyllida Barlow, Gerard Byrne, João Penalva and Lindsay Seers.

It's also hosted major survey exhibitions including, The Indiscipline of Painting and Slipping Abstraction.

The Mead Gallery opens in University term-times and entry is free.

Upcoming  Exhibition

Summer Exhibition 2024

This summer we present three concurrent exhibitions.Francis Offman and Nicole Bachmann present their first solo exhibitions in a UK gallery. Concerned…

Fri 3rd May - Sun 23rd Jun 2024

Visual Art  Events

Exhibition On Screen: John Singer Sargent

Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self-promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era. John…

Sun 21st - Thu 25th Apr 2024

Yoga in the Gallery: 2024

Join us for yoga sessions, facilitated by Warwick Sports Instructor Ray Cluer.The sessions are inspired by the artworks on display. These are relaxed…

Mon 20th May - Mon 10th Jun 2024

Exhibition On Screen: My National Gallery 2024

Everyone in this film has a special connection to the National Gallery, making for some heart-warming, moving and surprising stories. Beloved celebrities,…

Sun 9th - Thu 13th Jun 2024

Past Exhibitions

The Reason for Painting (2023)

The Reason for Painting continued the Mead Gallery’s longstanding examination of abstract painting. It built on previous Mead exhibitions including: Slow…

Monday 26 June 2023

Katrina Palmer What's Already Going On? (2023)

For her largest commission to date, Katrina Palmer created a site-specific commission that radically transformed the architecture in the Mead Gallery.

Monday 13 March 2023

Radical Landscapes (2022)

This exhibition visited us is 2022, it offered an expanded view of British landscape art focusing on the early twentieth century until now.

Monday 19 December 2022

Art for you

Image of dinosaur sculpture outside

Sculpture Park

You can discover parts of the University art collection - including two giant steel dinosaurs by Jake and Dinos Chapman - by following one of our special Sculpture Trails.

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Artwork by Sothiou by Khadija Saye

University Art Collection

Founded in 1965, the University of Warwick’s art collection features major works by some of the most exciting artists of the last few decades.

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