Campus: Walk and Draw

Start the new term on the right foot with a creative walk led by artist Paul Patrick Fenner. Take part in creative activities designed to help us to relax, connect to others and appreciate the world around us.

Young Associates Spring 2025

Young Associates is a free creative programme for young people aged 16-25 years old. Working in response to the question ‘Can the sea survive us?’, Young Associates will explore self-publishing as a means of creativity, community building and activism.

4 February - 25 March 2025

Sea Inside

Sea Inside turns our oceanic gaze towards the sea’s more intimate spaces – whether physical, psychological or imaginary – and dives into shared watery origins, Indigenous ways of life and the items we remove from the sea to display on land.

7 June - 26 October 2025

Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara

The Sainsbury Centre is proud to host the UK premiere of Paradise Camp, a celebrated work by Yuki Kihara, an interdisciplinary artist of Sāmoan and Japanese descent.

15 March - 3 August 2025

A World of Water

What would the world be like without water? This exhibition aims to unlock a sense of urgency, recognising that water, and possible geopolitical conflicts caused by it, will be as significant in this century as oil was in the 20th.

15 March - 3 August 2025

sUStain Climate Cafés

Concerned about the climate crisis? Worried you’re not doing enough? Come along to our climate cafés. A friendly informal space to talk about how you are feeling about the climate emergency.

14 January - 11 March 2025

London Art Fair

London Art Fair will return to the UK capital from 22-26 January 2025. Sainsbury Centre, the first museum to treat art as a living entity, will be featured as London Art Fair’s annual Museum Partner.

22 January - 26 January 2025

SoundEscapes

Meet art like never before. SoundEscapes is a new project connecting art and music and is set to help bring our collection to life.

Family Studio

An artist-led workshop for all the family, led by Sainsbury Centre associate artist James Metsoja. In partnership with Norwich Science Festival 2025.

15 February 2025

Young Artists’ Studio (7-11)

An artist-led workshop for 7-11 year olds, led by Sainsbury Centre associate artist Kaitlin Ferguson. In partnership with Norwich Science Festival 2025.

20 February 2025

Can We Stop Killing Each Other?

The autumn season will wrestle with one of the darkest and deadliest aspects of humanity. A series of exhibitions will explore the fundamental questions of why humans are led to kill and the culture that wrestles with this notion such as in art, film, TV and theatre.

20 September - 3 May 2026