What’s on

Find theatre, classical & chamber music, world, folk & jazz gigs, live comedy, dance performances, children's shows, free talks and workshops, as well as our visual art exhibitions and museum programme below.

Exhibitions
Homage to the Bauhaus

Saturday 02 March - Sunday 02 June

In the centenary year of the founding of the influential Bauhaus art school in Weimar, Homage to the Bauhaus considers the impact of the school’s teachings and aesthetic ideas on artists and photographers in the twentieth century.
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Charles Poulsen: Gridations

Saturday 02 March - Monday 27 May

Poulsen’s drawings are striking abstractions realised in layers of pencil, wax and gouache.
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Circles of Influence

Saturday 06 April - Sunday 19 May

Complementing the Homage to the Bauhaus exhibition, MA Photography students at Nottingham Trent University have produced new work reflecting on the educational
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Current Archaeology in the East Midlands

Saturday 06 April - Sunday 30 June

A new Museum Exhibition Programme, Current Archaeology in the East Midlands, displays and examines work undertaken throughout the East Midlands by archaeologists, community groups and museums.
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Gallery Tour - Homage to the Bauhaus

Thursday 02 May

With Mark Rawlinson, Associate Professor, History of Art.
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Romantic Facts and Fantasies

Friday 10 May - Sunday 25 August

Culture and Heritage of the romantic Age, c. 1780-1840.
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Study Day - The Kirkland Collection: A Closer Look

Saturday 11 May

This Saturday morning session provides the opportunity to gain a greater insight into some of the Bauhaus exhibition artists and their works, particularly some lesser-known figures<
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Workshop: Stencil Monoprints

Sunday 12 May

Create stencilled monoprints of abstract forms and overlapping colour in this workshop inspired by the Homage to the Bauhaus exhibition.
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Woodland

Sunday 26 May - Sunday 02 June

We’ve invited cartoonist Billy Partridge to create an outline landscape on the walls of the Wallner Gallery inspired by our green parkland surroundings and our partners the Woodland Trust.
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Grand Designs, Mini Models

Tuesday 28 May

Imagine being an architect! Have a look at the Bauhaus exhibition and then design a stylish home.
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Bauhaus Your City

Tuesday 28 May

Find out about Bauhaus principles of design in the Homage to the Bauhaus exhibition and then make your own Bauhaus-inspired model home for contemporary Nottingham.
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Lecture - The Bauhaus and Cultural Politics in Weimar Germany

Wednesday 29 May

Join Professor Shearer West, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Nottingham, author of The Visual Arts in Germany 1890-1937: Utopia and Despair (Manchester University Press, 2000) for this lecture.