Bristol will host the British Art Show 10 as part of London’s Hayward Gallery 75 year anniversary celebrations.
The touring British Art Show exhibition comes to Bristol from 19 June – 19 September 2027 and will be hosted by Arnolfini alongside partners Bristol Museums, RWA (Royal West of England Academy) and Spike Island.
Curator Ekow Eshun’s vision brings together over 30 artists, showcasing the most exciting art produced in the UK over the last five years, to make us think about how art can challenge fears of otherness and difference.
Organised around three interwoven themes – Moments of Being, Ways of Living and States of Nature – A Chorus of Strangers will respond to the world we’re living in now. How we are shaped by social division, climate uncertainty and political tension and asks how art can help us imagine empathy, connection and shared futures.
Full list of artists
Okiki Akinfe; Alex Margo Arden; Liz Johnson Artur; Alvaro Barrington; Shiraz Bayjoo; Lubna Chowdhary; Shawanda Corbett; Jesse Darling; Ufuoma Essi; Joy Gerrard; Louise Giovanelli; Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings; Kudzanai-Violet Hwami; Nnena Kalu; Jasleen Kaur; Christina Kimeze; Julian knxx; Matthew Krishanu; Alastair Mackinven; Melanie Manchot; Lindsey Mendick; Emma McNally; Dala Nasser; Jack O’Brien; Nengi Omuku; Precious Okoyomon; Hannah Perry; Mohammed Sami; Rae-Yen Song; Emma Talbot; Nicole Wermers; Osman Yousefzada.
Invitation to Bristol-based artists, arts organisations and collectives
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Banner image: Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings, Angelus Novus, 2024. Courtesy the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London. Photography by Tom Carter
Image gallery:
Nengi Omuku, One Particular Man, 2026. All works courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Installation view of Jack O’Brien, The Reward at Camden Art Centre, 2024. Photo_ Rob Harris
Alex Margo Arden, Accounts, 2025 © the artist. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre London
Joy Gerrard, March for Palestine, Berlin, January 19, 2024 (Drawing view 2024) Image 40 x 25cm. courtesy of the artist and Cristea Robert’s Gallery
A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Coventry, Swansea, Bristol, Sheffield and Newcastle.