Present Exhibitions:
Photo: Garry Jones
Until 10 January 2027
Experience the UK’s most significant exhibition of contemporary art as British Art Show 10 launches in Coventry.
Curated by the acclaimed writer and curator Ekow Eshun, this landmark exhibition provides a timely overview of the most exciting art produced in the UK over the past five years. Featuring more than 30 artists, it explores how we relate to one another and our planet during a time of profound social, cultural, and environmental change.
Titled A Chorus of Strangers, British Art Show 10 is presented across Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry University, and the Mead Gallery. Through an ambitious mix of painting, sculpture, photography, film, and installation, the featured artists explore themes of identity, belonging, memory, and community and our relationship with the natural world.
Thought-provoking and visually ambitious, A Chorus of Strangers offers a powerful view of the world today and the vital role art can play in navigating uncertainty, difference and connection.
Artists include Okiki Akinfe, Alex Margo Arden, Alvaro Barrington, Shiraz Bayjoo, Lubna Chowdhary, Jesse Darling, Joy Gerrard, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, Mahtab Hussain and Guy Gunaratne, Julianknxx, Emma McNally, Lindsey Mendick, Jack O’Brien, Lydia Ourahmane and Sophia Al-Maria, Osman Yousefzada
British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers tours to Swansea (12 February – 16 May 2027), Bristol (19 June – 19 September 2027), Sheffield (23 October 2027 – 20 February 2028) and Newcastle Gateshead (24 March – 18 June 2028).
British Art Show 10 is a Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Coventry, Swansea, Bristol, Sheffield and Newcastle.
Photo: Garry Jones
Until July 2028
Explore incredible specimens from our natural sciences collection and discover fascinating facts about them. From tiny insects to mighty mammals, sea creatures to rocks from outer space, there’s something for everyone.
In addition, gather with friends, family or colleagues in the welcoming meeting area or take a break from the day in the relaxing wellbeing space.
Until February 2027
Fresh from its recent return home to the Natural History Museum, Dippy the Diplodocus (DIP-low-DOCK-us) is stomping into Coventry this February half-term, set to remain as dino-in-residence at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum until 2027!
Dippy the dinosaur is a life-size, plaster-of-paris replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton. It became the first Diplodocus to go on display anywhere in the world when it was gifted to the Natural History Museum by Andrew Carnegie on 12 May 1905.
It quickly became a star, capturing hearts and imaginations, and went on to complete a whirlwind tour of the UK in 2017. After a brief return home to London, Dippy is now living in Coventry until 2027.
Image: Dippy the Dinosaur | Photograph: FiveSix Photography
Dippy the diplodocus is on loan from
the Natural History Museum, London.
