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📣 We’re thrilled to announce that Sheffield has been selected as one of five UK cities to host British Art Show 10! 📣 Curated by Ekow Eshun and produced in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring, the landmark tenth edition will tour to Sheffield in October 2027 through a multi-venue partnership between Sheffield City Council and four of the city’s major visual arts organisations, Sheffield Museums, Site Gallery, Yorkshire Artspace and Arts Catalyst. British Art Show launched here in Sheffield in 1979 and takes place every five years. Over the past four decades, the exhibition has reached over 2.3 million people, highlighted new trends in contemporary art and reflected a changing Britain. Themes explored have ranged from the geopolitical to the personal, the changing nature of British identity, popular culture, the impact of technology on human existence, and more. Under the vision of Ekow Eshun, British Art Show 10 will provide a vital overview of the most exciting art produced in the UK during the past five years. Eshun is renowned for his leading curation, with critically acclaimed projects including: In the Black Fantastic (Hayward Gallery); The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure (National Portrait Gallery); and We Are History (Somerset House). Returning to Sheffield for the first time since 1985, British Art Show 10 will be presented across multiple venues and organisations in the city, including Graves Gallery, Millennium Gallery, Site Gallery, Yorkshire Artspace and Arts Catalyst, and will be accompanied by a vibrant programme of events, display and activities. 🎉 We look forward to share plans for the exhibition in Sheffield with you as they develop over the next two years. Find out more here https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/news/sheffield-set-to-welcome-landmark-10th-edition-of-british-art-show/ Images: British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet (installation view), New Art Exchange, Nottingham, 2010. Photo: Alexander Newton. Caroline Achaintre, Om Nom Ore; Todo Custo and Mother George, all 2015 © Caroline Achaintre 2015. Installation view: British Art Show 8, Leeds Art Gallery, 2015-17. Photo © Jonte Wilde Photography 2015. Roger Hiorns. Untitled (2005-10). Installation view, British Art Show 7, 2010 - 11. A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Nottingham, London, Glasgow and Plymouth Photo: Kieron McCarron. Andy Holden, The Estate of Hermione, 2022; Hermione: Kingdom of the Sick, 2022. © Andy Holden. Installation view, British Art Show 9, 2021-22, the Whitworth, The University of Manchester. A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Aberdeen, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Plymouth. Photo © Michael Pollard. Installation view, British Art Show 7, 2010-11, Tramway, Glasgow. A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Nottingham, London, Glasgow and Plymouth. Photo: Ellen Howden