70 exhibitions to see in East Sussex
East Sussex's galleries are bursting with creativity this month, from explosive installations to intimate exhibitions showcasing local talent and global masterpieces.
And So I Watch You From Afar and The Most Beautiful Anthropocene by Aindreas Scholz
27 Oct 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Art at Glyndebourne
28 Oct 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Glyndebourne
Art Museum Award 2026 Finalist
1 Nov 2026
Hastings Contemporary
Autumn Exhibitions Opening Party
30 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
BAKER MAMONOVA GALLERY
1 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
28 Oct 2026 – 21 Mar 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Cecilia Fiona
1 Nov 2026 – 26 Sept 2027
Towner (Eastbourne)
Curator at Work: Secrets & Stories from the Collections
27 Oct 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Dew Pond Benches
26 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
Discover, Celebrate, Grow
31 Oct 2026 – 20 Feb 2027
Devonshire Collective (Eastbourne)
Exhibition Tour
31 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
EXHIBITION TOUR
31 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Fantastic Pleasure: Halloween Pond Party
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Fiveways Artists Exhibit at Rottingdean
1 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
The Grange (Brighton)
FORESHORE
30 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Frameless
31 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Free
1 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
G.M. Valentine Art Showcase
31 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Gordon Matta-Clark: Discrete Violations
1 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Growing up at Charleston
1 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
Jenine Marsh: New Wishes
18 Oct 2026 – 31 May 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Mark Munroe-Preston, Alan Pearce, & Gareth Hayward – From The Earth
1 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
The Grange (Brighton)
Media from Brighton & Hove Museums Collections
22 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Ocean Futures
1 Nov 2026
Hastings Contemporary
OLI KELLETT
26 Oct 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Hastings Contemporary
Open Call 2027
31 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Kellie Miller Arts Gallery (Brighton)
Outside
1 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Peter Blake: Alphabets, Letters & Numbers
26 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Playing With Your Eyes by Alma Haser
27 Oct 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Porthleven 100
31 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Kellie Miller Arts Gallery (Brighton)
Porthleven 100
1 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Kellie Miller Arts Gallery (Brighton)
Prem Sahib: Chamber
1 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Preston Manor & Gardens
25 Oct 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Preston Manor: 2026 season
27 Oct 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Projects
24 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Hastings Contemporary
Shaun the Sheep at Brighton & Hove Museums
27 Oct 2026 – 5 Nov 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Super Cool Drawing Machine - The Musicians Art Show (Day 2)
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Super Cool Drawing Machine - The Musicians Art Show (Day 4)
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Super Cool Drawing Machine: The Musicians Art Show Day 3
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The Biba Look: Photography and Fashion
27 Oct 2026 – 21 Mar 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
The Horsebridge Christmas Makers Market
1 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
The Kino-Teatr Open Exhibition
1 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
UNITED...an exhibition by Henry Collins
30 Oct 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Where are the lesbians? Searching for lesbian lives in museums
27 Oct 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
My Royal Life: An Audience with Lucy Worsley
2 Nov 2026 – 9 Sept 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Onus Artis
3 Nov 2026 – 16 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
School Exhibition Visits and Activities
3 Nov 2026 – 15 Dec 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Autumn 2026 Exhibition College Visits and Activities
4 Nov 2026 – 16 Dec 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
BRILL
4 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Hastings Contemporary
Mad Bloomsbury
4 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
Making Space for Young Women
4 Nov 2026 – 16 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
On Being Ill
4 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Remembrance Exhibition
6 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Curator at Work
10 Nov 2026 – 18 Aug 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
MIROSLAVA VECEROVA
11 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
The Education People Show
11 Nov 2026
Kent Event Centre (Maidstone)
Relaxed Morning Exhibition Visits
12 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Quentin Bell: A Life in Art
14 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Alej ez & Dee Ferris – A Dose of the Picturesque
17 Nov 2026
The Grange (Brighton)
Artists Conversation Event – Alej ez & Dee Ferris
17 Nov 2026
The Grange (Brighton)
Emily Howes & Julie Owen Moylan: Dangerous Desires
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Hettie Judah: How to Enter the Art World
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Wicked Enchantments with Viktor Wynd
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
How to look at a Dragon Robe
19 Nov 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Serena Kutchinsky & Carol Woolton: The Lost Fabergé Egg
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Anna Lucas, collection debut
21 Nov 2026
Helm Gallery (Brighton)
Gus Casely-Hayford and Sonia Solicari: What Will We Leave Behind?
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Amartey Golding: Bring Me to Heal
25 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Gertrude’s At The Grange – One Week Pop Up
25 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
The Grange (Brighton)