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