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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.

Current Exhibition

The Mead Gallery is the first venue for this ambitious group exhibition from Hayward Gallery Touring. It explores how contemporary artists are using textiles…

Wed 9th Oct - Sun 15th Dec 2024

Upcoming Exhibition

Prints are an accessible art form, cheaper to produce and share than other mediums. Artist Joseph Beuys noted that ‘prints are ideas in circulation’…

Wed 15th Jan - Sun 9th Mar 2025

Visual Art Events

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were…

Sun 30th Mar - Thu 3rd Apr 2025

The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s…

Sun 1st - Thu 5th Jun 2025

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…

Thursday 9 May 2024

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

Art for you

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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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