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British Art Show 10: In Conversation with Colin Higginson

From 19 June to 19 September 2027, the British Art Show 10 (BAS10) will be coming to Bristol, hosted by Bristol Museum & Art Gallery alongside venue partners Arnolfini, RWA and Spike Island. Curated by Eko Eshun, the exhibition will showcase some of …

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Rebel Curators – GRIOT

M Shed in Bristol is proud to announce the launch of GRIOT, a thought-provoking intervention in the Transatlantic Traffic of Enslaved Africans Gallery, developed by the ‘Rebel Curators’. The display is opening on 25 March 2025 to align with the Internat…

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Hashem Shakeri – “Staring into the Abyss”

Iranian photographer Hashem Shakeri has been visiting Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in August 2021. A selection of Hashem’s images made on these trips is featured in the exhibition Staring into the Abyss. Curator Julia Carver inter…

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Pyronaut’s 90th Birthday

This June M Shed’s fire boat, Pyronaut, turns 90 years old! She served for almost 40 years in the City Docks for which she had been designed, before being chosen as a diver’s boat for the Port of Bristol, and later beginning transformation into a p…

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Discover the magic of Museums at Night in Bristol

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a museum after dark, without the bustling crowds, at a pace that allows you to truly savour every exhibit? Bristol Museums at Night offers this enchanting experience, designed exclusively for a…

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Disabled creatives and Bristol Museums

UK Disability History Month takes place from 16 November to 16 December. One of the aims of the month is to raise awareness of Disabled people in society and to advocate for disability equality. Some Disabled people are creatives whose work has been un…

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Call for artists working with audio

by Karen MacDonald, Exhibitions Officer Create a soundscape for an exhibition at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. We’re looking for an artist or group for a small audio commission. The audio will respond to a painting in our forthcoming P…

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Ray Harryhausen’s dinosaurs

by Connor Heaney, Collections Manager at The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Legendary animator Ray Harryhausen set the standard for how dinosaurs are viewed on screen. The perfect subject material for stop-motion animation, Ray designed and a…