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Start: 2026-11-15T13:30+00:00
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Bristol's Exhibitions Scene

New art exhibitions are opening all the time in Bristol. Use this guide to find private views and exhibition launches in Bristol.

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"What kind of goat sorcery is this?" The kind that'll have you shrieking like a bat outta hell! The Heart Breaker honeys have sent at least 500 ravens to summon you to this dark night of high camp vampiric shenanigans, inspired by everyone's favourite goofy, sexy, vamps. Come one come all and bring the energy, Colin's hungry! Heart Breakers Cabaret Presents: What We Do in The Shadows - A Drag Cabaret at Zed Alley.

Murderous homosexuals! Sapphic obsession! Sashay past the censors with Project the Dolls for a double dose of Hitchcock. Two thrillers of forbidden desire smuggled past Hollywood’s notoriously prudish censors; first, the bickering homoerotic domesticity of his faux-one-shot experiment Rope, followed by the housekeeper horniness of his only Best Picture winner Rebecca. Hitchcock and Queer Villainy: Rope PG 5.00pm at Bristol Mega Screen.

Sell out warning! Free entry!? En Masse spoils ya with three brain-expanding sessions ft. a processed bamboo flute listening odyssey from Rai & Koshiro (of Goat infamy), sonic ritualist Nkisi presenting her research into uncanny aural phenomena + a multimedial seminar on global resistance music from arch-archivists Mississippi Recs. En Masse 2026: Rai Tateishi & Koshiro Hino, Nkisi, Mississippi Records at The Cube.

Free entry! A typically sprawling, all-day PWYC community arts offering from En Masse, showering you in post-industrial installation art, Armenian sonic heritage and multi-disciplinary live improv harnessing the chaos of sub-atomic particles! En Masse Community Hub: Performances, Installations, Food&Drink, Listening at PRSC.

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“Spike Island presents the first European survey exhibition of the work of Beverly Buchanan (b.1940; d.2015), bringing together five decades of sculpture, painting, drawing, earthworks, artists’ books and rarely-seen archival material. Rooted in the landscapes and histories of the American Southeast, Buchanan developed a singular practice shaped by memory, materiality and place, exploring the enduring legacies of slavery through the histories embedded in architecture, landscape and everyday materials.”
From: EXHIBITION: Beverly Buchanan, 'Weathering'

“This exhibition foregrounds the intimate forms through which Buchanan nurtured these relationships, alongside major works spanning the 1970s to the 2010s. Artists’ books, manifestos, small sculptures and her witty, affectionate Christmas cards reveal a practice that moved fluidly between the monumental and the personal. Buchanan’s writing—by turns incisive, humorous and deeply reflective—runs throughout the exhibition, offering insight into her artistic thinking as well as her daily life, ambitions and struggles.”
From: EXHIBITION: Beverly Buchanan, 'Weathering'

“Buchanan’s influence on younger generations of artists has long exceeded the institutional recognition her work received during her lifetime. Acknowledging this legacy, the exhibition includes a new commission by London-based artist Phoebe Collings-James (b.1987), whose practice has been shaped by a longstanding engagement with Buchanan’s work. Developed in dialogue with the exhibition, the commission extends Buchanan’s influence into the present, highlighting the continued resonance of her ideas across generations and geographies.”
From: EXHIBITION: Beverly Buchanan, 'Weathering'

“While living in Bristol in December 1975, Swedish Artist & Activist, Monica Sjöö, published a 76 page pamphlet titled ‘The Ancient Religion of the Great Cosmic Mother of All’. Deeply embedded in Sjoo’s work was her belief that “There is no spirituality without politics, no politics without spirituality”. Five years before the pamphlet’s publication, the police confiscated Monica Sjöö’s painting, ‘God Giving Birth’, from an exhibition in St Ives. ”
From: THIS IS NOT A BOOKCLUB 'The Great Cosmic Mother'

“Through her practice Sky discovers where we belong in this world and invites you to linger in her vision of joy and peace. In its simplest essence Rituals is an exhibition that hopes to shine a light on Earth’s magical beauty and remind that we humans are connected and one with this wild and wondrous place. Launch event 4th December 6-9 pm. Open to the public Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th & Saturday 12th December 11 am-5 pm. Also, most times by arrangement until December 20th. Free”
From: RITUALS