Mead Gallery
The Mead Gallery, a leading art gallery in Coventry, offers a dynamic space to meet, create, discuss, and discover the arts, inspiring creativity and connection.
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 has also hosted major survey exhibitions including, The Indiscipline of Painting and Slipping Abstraction.
Located in Coventry within the University of Warwick Campus, the Mead Gallery is open during University term-times and entry is free.
Visual Arts Events
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters. Travel back in time to the heart of the Acid House scene with the UK's biggest VR…
Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece…
Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used…
Past Exhibitions
Phantom Sculpture (2023)
For our autumn and winter 2023-2024, the Mead Gallery showcased the work of 23 artists who have contributed to and shaped the development of British sculpture…
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…
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.
Art for you
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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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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