40 exhibitions to see in East Sussex
This winter, East Sussex's galleries and museums are bursting with artistic delights, from surreal landscapes to immersive installations and eclectic collections.
And So I Watch You From Afar and The Most Beautiful Anthropocene by Aindreas Scholz
9 Nov 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Art at Glyndebourne
9 Nov 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Glyndebourne
Art Sundays: Magical Doorway
15 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Autumn 2026 Exhibition College Visits and Activities
11 Nov 2026 – 16 Dec 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
BAKER MAMONOVA GALLERY
9 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
5 Nov 2026 – 21 Mar 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
BRILL
9 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Hastings Contemporary
Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism
9 Nov 2026 – 27 Aug 2027
Towner (Eastbourne)
Curator at Work
10 Nov 2026 – 9 Sept 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Curator at Work: Secrets & Stories from the Collections
9 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Current 93 - Hallucinate, Children
4 Nov 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
Resident Music (Brighton)
Dew Pond Benches
9 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
Discover, Celebrate, Grow
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Feb 2027
Devonshire Collective (Eastbourne)
Exhibition Tour
9 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
EXHIBITION TOUR
7 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
FORESHORE
7 Nov 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Frameless
3 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Gordon Matta-Clark: Discrete Violations
9 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Growing up at Charleston
9 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
Hove Museum of Creativity
9 Nov 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Jenine Marsh: New Wishes
18 Oct 2026 – 31 May 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Mad Bloomsbury
5 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
Michaela Yearwood-Dan
20 Nov 2026 – 30 Jan 2027
Towner (Eastbourne)
MIROSLAVA VECEROVA
11 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Ocean Futures
9 Nov 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
Hastings Contemporary
On Being Ill
5 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
Charleston (Lewes)
Open Call 2027
31 Oct 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
Kellie Miller Arts Gallery (Brighton)
Outside
7 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Playing With Your Eyes by Alma Haser
9 Nov 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Prem Sahib: Chamber
9 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Projects
24 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Hastings Contemporary
School Exhibition Visits and Activities
10 Nov 2026 – 15 Dec 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
The Biba Look: Photography and Fashion
9 Nov 2026 – 21 Mar 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
The Horsebridge Christmas Makers Market
27 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
The Kino-Teatr Open Exhibition
9 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Tschabalala Self: Seated
8 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Where are the lesbians? Searching for lesbian lives in museums
9 Nov 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Marisa Carnesky: Carnesky’s Live Archive
7 Dec 2026 – 28 Dec 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Natural Alchemy
11 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Paddock Art Studios (Lewes)
South East Creatives
14 Dec 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)