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Have you visited our Salmon Gallery to see ‘A Decade of Exhibitions’? An interactive exhibition made from archival materials and your own contributions, this show looks back at the last […]

Attenborough Arts Centre presents Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles, an ambitious group exhibition exploring how artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways. Illuminating the diverse roles textiles […]

On 29 January 2016, our galleries were officially opened by Sir David Attenborough as an inclusive space to celebrate culture and creativity. Join us exactly 10 years to the day […]

Join us to launch our upcoming exhibitions ‘A Decade of Exhibitions’ and ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’, Thursday 29 January 2026, 5pm – 8pm. In 2016, Attenborough Arts Centre […]

Today we announce our exhibition programme for the next 12 months, presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art. The season will include new national and local partnerships […]

We recently held our first Art Gallery Tour of the exhibition ‘We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid’. It was an opportunity to gain alternative insight and personal perspectives on the […]

The Empire’s Old Clothes by Priya Mistry, who works under the pseudonym whatsthebigmistry, opens at Attenborough Arts Centre. The work challenges the myths and propaganda of the ‘British Empire’ and […]

On the evening of Thursday 13 February, Attenborough Arts Centre launched ‘Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice’ in Gallery 1 and celebrated the Gallery 2 Exhibition ‘Who […]

Shape Arts brings its landmark Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice exhibition to Leicester, fresh from its presentation at the world-renowned Venice Biennale 2024. The Disability Arts […]

அவர்கள் யார்? நான் யார்? Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to present Sabrina Tirvengadum’s ‘Who Were They? Who Am I?’, an exhibition that delves into the complexities of their Mauritian family […]