Past Exhibitions
Take a look at past exhibitions which have been on show at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum as well as Coventry Transport Museum, ranging from contemporary visual arts and transport innovation to historic artefacts and cutting edge design.
2024
JOY… inspired by nature
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
20 July 2024 - 22 September 2024
After The End Of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 March 2024 - 16 June 2024
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
27 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
CASE: Coventry Art Societies Exhibition
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
2 February to 3 March 2024
2023
Coventry Biennial 2023: …like a short cut through the brambles
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
6 October 2023 - 14 January 2024
Work on Walls
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
23 June - 3 September 2023
Divided Selves
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 February - 24 September 2023
The City is Full of Noises
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
1 March – 26 March 2023
Coventry Open 2023
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
23 March – 21 May 2023
2022
Women in Motorsport
Coventry Transport Museum
29 January - 29 May 2022
Coventry Banner Project
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
13 May - 30 August 2022
Alex Billingham: WoRD SouP
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 November - 15 December 2022
Creative Connections Coventry
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
4 March – 30 May 2022
Grown Up In Britain
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
1 July 2022 - 12 January 2023
Bombed - A Trilogy
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
11 November - 21 November 2022
Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 February - 26 June 2022
Brought To Light
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
12 August 2022 - 8 January 2023
Caludon Castle
Coventry Archives
30 March - 21 May 2022
Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
12 August 2022 - 8 January 2023
2021
Coventry Biennial 2021:
HYPER-POSSIBLE
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
8October 2021 - 6 February 2022
UnNatural History
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
28 May - 22 August 2021
Gearing Up:
From Saddle to Spoke
Coventry Transport Museum
12 March - 13 June 2021
Turner Prize 2021
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 September 2021 - 12 January 2022
What Photography & Incarceration Have In Common With An Empty Vase
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
15 January - 18 April 2021
2 Tone: Lives & Legacies
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
28 May - 12 September 2021
Gearing Up: Behind the Frame
Coventry Transport Museum
26 February - 13 June 2021
Our Future Moves
Coventry Transport Museum
17 July - 31 October 2021
Work on Windows: The Herbert in a new Perspective
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
15 August 2020 - 9 August 2021
2020
![[Image Description: Golden chains and orange material drape down from the ceiling of a white gallery room. In the background are several artworks hung on the wall.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610459895580-4QTYRK15ZIX3YEAD3AVH/TWOL-herbert-HR-%40garryjonesphotography-85.jpg)
13 Ways of Looking
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
2 October - 13 December
![[Image Description: Four people framed by the parts of an airplane, standing in front of a blue background, looking up.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610461176439-MO1QY5K920VOQCBW3PFQ/CTM+Flight-49.jpg)
Taking Flight
Coventry Transport Museum
25 January – 1 November
![[Image Description: Abstract sculpture of a ship in the foreground with various pieces of art hanging on the wall in the background.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610460719590-ZTPHPMPGYTMRWBGDEKVO/image-HAEzDptZOC6gIA-large.jpg)
Coventry Open
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 February – 19 April
![[Image Description: Shots of three different projectors in an exhibition space. All of them show some sort of landscape, the one in the foreground is most visible and shows a figure walking on a path.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610461072270-89H3X02517PSU3X9YBW0/image-YQEesTSKNyNZ0w-large.jpg)
Quinn: A Journey
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
14 February - 31 May
2019
![[Image Description: Close-up image of an abstract sculpture installation.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611671771045-ZNF5JIWLSKF1QU37J3US/Herbert+Twin+-9.jpg)
Coventry Biennial 2019 - The Twin
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
5 October - 26 January 2020
![[Image Description: Gallery photo of five drawings. Some are reflecting off of each other due to the way they are framed.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611742563500-WRYJ2RLJOXHSVXTXTZD2/Herbert+Radical+Drawing-6.jpg)
Radical Drawing
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 October - 19 January 2020
![[Image Description: A young girl is walking on a tightrope. Below her there is an image of a city street.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743545454-7ZU15F7O7ZK14EKNSLSX/LP21%2BTightrope%2Bwalking.jpg)
Move & Play
Coventry Transport Museum
30 June - 10 November
![[Image Description: Gallery shot of Wonder featuring an interactive light pavilion in the foreground and a gallery wall filled with paintings in the background.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611671543244-K1GGEW59QJO3OLSMG8LJ/Advent_28-06-19_Wonder_1_Exhibition107.jpg)
WONDER: Where Reality and Imaginary Collide
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 June - 15 September
![[Image Description: Image of a female lion drinking water while staring directly at the camera.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743193837-ISTUBG9JNKT2RHT7CR4A/Isak+Pretorius+-+Wildlife+Photographer+of+the+Year.jpg)
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
16 February - 2 June
![[Image Description: Abstract portrait painting of a lady in grey, blue, and blood orange.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743384628-S08BXEDQRROY5KNW7HUH/Herbert+Radical+Drawing-6.jpg)
CASE 2019
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 April - 19 May
![[Image Description: Image of the back of a classic, yellow New York taxi.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743498202-4DB8XASHT69H9M8H5T08/NYC%2BCab.jpg)
TAXI: The Story from A to B
Coventry Transport Museum
26 January - 12 May
2018
More coming soon…