Exhibitions - Looking Ahead

Grenfell
24 October 2026–24 January 2027
Grenfell by award-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen will travel to The Box in autumn 2026. This unflinching 'critical exercise in remembrance' was filmed in December 2017 in response to the tragic fire that took place earlier that year on 14 June at Grenfell Tower.

The national tour of Grenfell has been made possible with the support of the National Lottery through Arts Council England and from Art Fund. It has been organised in collaboration with Tate Liverpool, Tramway and The Common Guild in Glasgow, Chapter in Cardiff, The MAC Belfast, The Box and Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham.

The Way We Live
24 October 2026–21 February 2027
What does home mean to you? Where do you feel most at home? How does home shape your identity and make you feel safe? How does it provide the space for you to be creative?

80 years ago, Plymouth was emerging from the shadow of the Blitz. Planner Patrick Abercrombie and Plymouth City Engineer and Surveyor James Paton Watson’s ‘A Plan for Plymouth’ (1943) had outlined ambitious ideas for the rebuilding of the city, while Jill Craigie’s film ‘The Way We Live’ (1946) was showing what post-war family life looked like, and had taken a radical approach by engaging local residents rather than professional actors to ask questions about how people wanted to live.

Now, in 2026, the city stands on the threshold of another era of major regeneration – one that isn’t just thinking about years but decades.

As Plymouth embarks on this defining new chapter The Way We Live uses archival collections, sculpture, installation, painting, photography and film to explore ideas of home, housing and community and consider the wider debate about how we want to live in the future.

Please note that with exhibitions that are in development details and dates are subject to change.

Image credit
Steve McQueen, Grenfell, 2019 (still). Courtesy the artist.