What’s On
Current
Exhibitions
Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
17 February - 2 June 2024
American photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013), one of the most important practitioners of the post-war period and a pioneer of colour photography, celebrated for his evocative images of New York City in the 1950s and 1960s, will be the subject of a major survey at MK Gallery opening 17 February 2024.
From £5.75 - £11.50
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Inclusive Practice in the Arts
6 April - 1 June 2024
Project Space
Take a visit to MK Gallery’s Project Space this spring as we celebrate four projects and partnerships from our Inclusive Practice in the Arts programme.
Upcoming
Workshops
Drawing from Life Club: Portrait Drawing
16 January - 18 June 2024
Our monthly Drawing from Life Club invites you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman exploring the art of portraiture.
All skill levels are welcome but please note that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£15
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Drawing from Life Club: Life Drawing
23 January - 25 June 2024
Our monthly Drawing from Life Club invites you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman exploring observational figurative drawing.
All skill levels are welcome but please note that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£20
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Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
17 February - 2 June 2024
American photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013), one of the most important practitioners of the post-war period and a pioneer of colour photography, celebrated for his evocative images of New York City in the 1950s and 1960s, will be the subject of a major survey at MK Gallery opening 17 February 2024.
From £5.75 - £11.50
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Maker Space: Artist Masterclasses for 11-14 Year-olds
21 February - 30 October 2024
Taking place over school holidays, Maker Space is a programme of artist masterclasses for 11–14 year-olds. Led by practicing artists, the workshops offer young people the opportunity to learn from the artists themselves, to experiment with different art forms, materials and mediums.
£25
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Relaxed Exhibition Viewing: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
25 February - 26 May 2024
Our Relaxed Exhibition Viewings are quiet hours tailored to support visitors with neurodivergence, inclusive of communication or sensory needs, autism and learning disabilities.
Sensory Scout Kits are available on entry to the Gallery with ear defenders and sensory aids included. The hand dryers in the toilets are switched off and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.
From £5.75 - £11.50
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Art Club: Ages 5-8
27 February - 21 May 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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Art Club: Ages 8-11
27 February - 21 May 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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Audio-described Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
19 March - 21 May 2024
Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements of key works from our current exhibition Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World. These two events will be led by trained audio-described tour guides Robin Clements (19 March) and Julia Collar (21 May), and are suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.
From £5.75 - £11.50
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)
29 March - 5 May 2024
After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
From £7 - £9
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Relaxed Screening: Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)
29 March - 21 April 2024
These screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment. Tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the cinema and visitors are free to move around the space as needed. No trailers are shown and the hand dryers in the Sky Room toilets are switched off. Sensory Scout Kits, inclusive of ear defenders, will be available upon arrival.
£5
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Toddle Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
6 April - 11 May 2024
A fun-filled sensory experience for you and your little ones! Our exhibition, Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World, will be brought to life by our sensory tour guide Julia Collar, who will ignite the galleries with music, story-telling, object handling and play. Not to be missed!
From Free - £5
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SEND Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
6 April - 11 May 2024
Take a journey on our award-winning sensory tours and experience Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World through the multisensory magic of Artist Julia Collar! A unique and playful sensory exploration designed especially for individuals of all ages with additional and complex support needs, and their families. Makaton signing used throughout.
From Free - £5
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Inclusive Practice in the Arts
6 April - 1 June 2024
Project Space
Take a visit to MK Gallery’s Project Space this spring as we celebrate four projects and partnerships from our Inclusive Practice in the Arts programme.
Cinema
Milk & Baby: The New Boy (12A)
19 April 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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The Delinquents (12A)
19 - 23 April 2024
Bank employee Morán schemes to steal enough money to never work again, then confess and serve prison time while his colleague hides the cash. Soon under investigative pressure, accomplice Román meets a woman who transforms him forever.
From £7 - £9
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Milk & Baby: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (U)
26 April 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Milk & Baby: Seize Them! (15)
3 May 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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ROH: Carmen
5 May 2024
Damiano Michieletto’s sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume conduct an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sharing the title role.
From £12 - £19
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Milk & Baby: Back to Black (15)
10 May 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Long Story Short: Creative Writing and Image-Making Workshop
11 May 2024
Long Story Short is a creative writing and image-making workshop for all. Participants will have the opportunity to build a personal body of writing, and then visually respond to this, through a guided writing activity and independent art-making time. Participants are welcome to bring their own writing and art materials if they wish, however, there will also be plenty of materials provided.
£28
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Milk & Baby: Swede Caroline (15)
17 May 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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BSL Artist-led Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World
18 May 2024
Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World.
From £5.75 - £11.50
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Milk & Baby: Challengers (15)
24 May 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Relaxed Screening: Butterfly Tale (U)
26 May 2024
These screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment. Tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the cinema and visitors are free to move around the space as needed. No trailers are shown and the hand dryers in the Sky Room toilets are switched off. Sensory Scout Kits, inclusive of ear defenders, will be available upon arrival.
From £7 - £9
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STEPHEN + Live Q&A with Melanie Manchot
28 May 2024
Screening followed by a live Q&A with director Melanie Manchot.
Visual artist Melanie Manchot works with a recovery group in Liverpool, who take up roles in a semi-fictional film-within-a-film that explores addiction and mental health from multiple perspectives.
From £7 - £9
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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (15)
31 May - 4 June 2024
Etero, a 48-year-old woman living in a small village in Georgia, never wanted a husband. She cherishes her freedom as much as her cakes. But her choice to live alone is the cause of much gossip among her fellow villagers. Unexpectedly, she finds herself passionately falling for a man, and is suddenly faced with the decision to pursue a relationship or continue a life of independence. Etero must grapple with her feelings and decide how to find her own path to happiness.
From £7 - £9
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Milk & Baby: The Fall Guy (12A)
31 May 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Art Club: Ages 5-8
4 June - 16 July 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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Art Club: Ages 8-11
4 June - 16 July 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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My National Gallery
4 June 2024
The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs.
From £12 - £19
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Made in England: The Films of Powell And Pressburger (PG)
7 - 12 June 2024
Producing, writing, and directing, Powell and Pressburger created some of great classics of the British golden age including The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and Death, and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
From £7 - £9
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Milk & Baby: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (12A)
7 June 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.