Exhibition Launch: Jason and the Adventure of 254

A large sculpture of a catoonish character covered in drawings lying on a hospital bed.

Join us to launch our upcoming exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’. Wellcome Collection and Attenborough Arts Centre are pleased to present ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, a […]

Attenborough Late

A torn yellow paper saying 'Attenborough Late Late Late' laying on top of a sound board.

Join us for the return of Attenborough Late, a fun-packed after-hours art experience the takes over our whole building. Our gallery and café will be buzzing with music, dance, performances […]

Sacred Threads: Stories We Almost Forgot

A white gallery hallway with different colourful artworks on the wall in varying mediums.

Sacred Threads: Stories We Almost Forgot is a reflective exhibition that brings together faith, art and mental health, emerging from a collaborative creative programme developed in partnership with The Lantern Initiative and Takhleeq Leicester. Rooted […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Poonam Thanki

A piece of white paper on top of a collection of scattered photographs. The paper has shapes and squiggles created with pens, threads and cut up paper. In the corner is another white piece of paper with a black squiggle with leaves made out of paper cuttings.

Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work. This session has been designed […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Jaida Salmon

An abstract, colourfully painted background with an outline of a black square over the top. Inside the square it says 'This is me'.

Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work. This session has been designed […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club

A pair of hands creating with wire on a creative table.

Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work Open to everyone, each session […]

A Decade of Exhibitions

A pink box saying 'A Decade of' above a yellow box saying 'Exhibitions' on a dark green background.

In 2016, Attenborough Arts Centre opened its new purpose-built galleries, creating a new home for contemporary art in Leicester. Since then we have welcomed thousands of visitors and hosted a […]