Manchester Art Gallery is holding a major retrospective of Derek Jarman’s practice, featuring bodies of work never before seen in public. Jarman helped to define a new era in British painting and used his practice as a platform for political protest, particularly after his HIV-positive diagnosis in 1986.
In London, Tate Britain celebrates 70 years of Caribbean-British art featuring over 40 artists, including Aubrey Williams, Donald Locke, Horace Ové, Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, Peter Doig, Hurvin Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner and Alberta Whittle.
Around the UK:
- Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021, Huddersfield Art Gallery, 6 November 2021 – 8 January 2022
- Jyll Bradley: Pardes, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 27 November 2021 – 18 April 2022
- Derek Jarman: Protest! Manchester Art Gallery, 2 December 2021 – 10 April 2022
- Betsy Bradley: Chasing Rainbows, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 3 December 2021 – 13 February 2022
- Grayson’s Art Club, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 4 December 2021 – 4 September 2022
- Ingram Contemporary Talent: Adrift by Kristina Chan, The Lightbox, Woking, 4 December 2021 – 2 January 2022
- Bridget Riley: Pleasures of Sight, The Lightbox, Woking, 18 December 2021 – 10 April 2022
London:
- Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other, Autograph, 23 September 2021 – 12 February 2022
- Lubaina Himid, Tate Modern, 25 November 2021 – 3 July 2022
- Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 50s – Now, Tate Britain, 1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022