What’s On
Current
Upcoming
Exhibitions
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
19 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was a pioneering modernist painter and founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of influential English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition – her largest-ever solo show – provides an in-depth overview that includes drawings, paintings, ceramics and furniture.
From Free - £11.50
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Workshops
Form and Colour: Sip n Paint
25 October 2024 - 31 January 2025
Inspired by our Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour exhibition, join us for a fun, creative watercolour workshop in our café. Whether you are a first-timer or have experience, local artist Liddy Parry of Something Less Boring will expertly guide and encourage you, offering tips and creative support. Our café bar will be open throughout the workshop serving hot and cold drinks so you can simply sip n paint.
£20
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Viewings: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
27 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
These are quiet hours tailored to support visitors with neurodiversity, inclusive of communication or sensory needs. Ear defenders and sensory aids are available, the hand dryers in the toilets are switched off, and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.
From Free - £11.50
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Accessible Events
Toddle Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
30 November 2024 - 1 February 2025
Experience MK Gallery in a completely fun and child-friendly way!
Join artist and performer Julia Collar and explore the exciting sensory qualities of our exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. Artworks will be brought to life for your little ones with music, story-telling, object handling, dress up and play!
£5
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Accessible Events
SEND Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
30 November 2024 - 1 February 2025
Join one of our award-winning Sensory Tours, and experience a unique sensory exploration of the exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour.
This event is designed specifically for people of all ages with additional and complex needs – including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and profound and multiple learning disabilities (PLMD), and their families. Makaton is used throughout.
£5
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Cinema
Paddington in Peru (PG)
7 December 2024 - 12 January 2025
Friday 20 December, 7pm
Saturday 21 December, 10.30am
Sunday 22 December, 10.30am
Saturday 11 January, 10.30am
Saturday 11 January, 2pm
Sunday 12 January, 10.30am
Dougal Wilson, 2024
106 mins
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Moana 2 (PG)
27 December 2024 - 20 February 2025
Friday 27 December, 2pm, 6pm
Saturday 28 December, 10.30am, 2pm
Sunday 29 December, 10.30am
Thursday 2 January, 10.30am
David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, 2024
100 mins
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
28 December 2024 - 2 January 2025
Saturday 28 December, 6pm
Sunday 29 December, 2pm
Thursday 2 January, 2pm
Johan Grimonprez, 2024
150 mins
Jazz and decolonisation are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
BSL Artist-led Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
18 January 2025
Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. This tour will be in British Sign Language (BSL) only and is suitable for D/deaf visitors and users of BSL.
From Free - £11.50
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Accessible Events
Audio-described Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
21 January 2025
Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements, of key works from Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. This event is led by Inclusive Practice in the Arts Associate Artist Lisa Tilley. It is suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted.
From Free - £11.50
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Cinema
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert Live (40th Anniversary)
2 February 2025
2pm
To mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s most popular musical, a unique opportunity to experience the spectacular staged concert version on the big screen featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
RB&O: Swan Lake
2 March 2025
2pm
Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.
From Free - £19
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Exhibitions
Andy Warhol: Portrait of America
15 March - 29 June 2025
In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, MK Gallery is delighted to present Andy Warhol: Portrait of America, an ARTIST ROOMS Partnership Exhibition with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, opening Saturday 15 March 2025.
From Free - £11.50
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Cinema
Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism: Paris, 1874
18 March 2025
7pm
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Billy Elliot the Musical Live (20th Anniversary)
30 March 2025
2pm
Based on the Academy Award nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo: Love and Death
20 May 2025
7pm
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he
touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
RB&O: Ballet to Broadway
25 May 2025
2pm
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.
