Nottingham Contemporary

Online Slow Reading Group: We Are ‘Nature’ Defending Itself Event
Mon 15 Dec – Mon 16 Mar, 6.30pm-8pm, Online, Select Mondays, Monthly
Tarot card-style illustration with environmental protestors, a person with a frog mask holding a stick with an owl, and text "We are 'nature' defending itself."
Cool Company Dance and Movement Workshops Dance
Mon 12 Jan – Mon 16 Mar, select Mondays, 2pm-4pm
An overview photo of a large event space with large trestle tables spread out across the room. People are moving around the tables holding grey fabric/paper.
Dala Nasser: Cemetery of Martyrs Current Exhibition
Sat 7 Feb – Sun 10 May, Private View: Fri 6 Feb
hands rubbing charcoal onto fabric to make an impression of the surface underneath
Shahana Rajani: Lines That World a River لکیروں سے دریا تھامنا Current Exhibition
Sat 7 Feb – Sun 10 May, Private View: Fri 6 Feb
a painted mural on an outside wall showing houses by a river
12.30 Talks Walkthrough
Tue 17 Feb – Sun 10 May, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays & Sundays, 12.30pm
a gallery assistant greeting a visitor
February Half Term Family Activities Family Activities
Tue 17 Feb – Thu 19 Feb, 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm, Tues, Weds & Thurs
A young child sits at a table cutting paper, other families can be seen in the distance making together.
Spring Season Welcome Walkthrough & Creative Workshop with Amelia Daiz Walkthrough
Tue 17 Feb, 12pm–2pm
a group of people standing in a gallery
February Half Term Family Activities: SEND Session Family Activities
Wed 18 Feb, 1pm-3pm
A child lies resting on a cushion on the floor facing up to the ceiling, a green spotlight shines on them, a blue spotlight shines on the floor behind them, with a purple light on the wall. In the distance people lie down on beanbags in a tent. Artworks made by families are displayed on the walls.
Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen Music
Fri 20 Feb, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: Ed Sheeran meets Coldplay Music
Fri 20 Feb, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer Music
Sat 21 Feb, 6pm–7pm
rarescale: Sound, enshrining Music
Sun 22 Feb, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm
Two people playing a flute and a clarinet in an art gallery
Nottingham Palestine Film Festival 2026: ‘48 | Resisting the big settlement Film
Mon 23 Feb, 6.45pm–9.30pm
Two women wearing headscarves looking out over housing in Palestine.
Curators' Walkthrough Walkthrough
Wed 25 Feb, 1pm–2pm
people standing in a gallery reading exhibition notes
Nottingham Palestine Film Festival 2026: Shanshula with Q+A and live music Film
Thu 26 Feb, 6.45pm–9.30pm
Two images of boats in water. One image is near a city shoreline, the other is one boat dousing another. red text over the image reads "Shanshula"
Candlelight: Rings and Dragons Music
Fri 27 Feb, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer Music
Fri 27 Feb, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Formwork: The Institution as Artist Medium Studio 1
Sat 28 Feb, 11am–4pm
feet on a doormat printed with lots of small text.
Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Music
Sat 28 Feb, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay Music
Sat 28 Feb, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Wednesday Walkthrough with Syma Tariq Walkthrough
Wed 4 Mar, 1pm–2pm
a double exposure image showing a casette tape and a large red brick square building
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer Music
Sat 21 Mar, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen Music
Sat 21 Mar, 8.30pm–9.30pm
rarescale: Sound, enshrining Music
Sun 22 Mar, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm
A person playing the flute in an art gallery
Two Lenses on Beirut: Screening of Nahla, dir. Farouk Beloufa. Film
Thu 26 Mar, 6pm–8pm
A close up of a person wearing a headset as they hold their hands up to their face and press against their cheeks.
Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi Music
Sat 28 Mar, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay Music
Sat 28 Mar, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Postponed: Wednesday Walkthrough with Nour Aslam and Kuhu Kopariha, Art South Asia Project Walkthrough
Wed 1 Apr, 1pm
Still from Four Acts of Recovery, 2025. Courtesy of Shahana Rajani.
BSL Exhibition Tour of Dala Nasser: Cemetery of Martyrs with Zoe Milner Walkthrough
Wed 8 Apr, 1pm–2pm
a hanging installation of fabric artworks draped over a wooden structure in a gallery
Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele Music
Fri 10 Apr, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: Ed Sheeran meets Coldplay Music
Fri 10 Apr, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen Music
Sat 11 Apr, 6pm–7pm
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer Music
Sat 11 Apr, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Ritual and Remembrance Workshop with Winter Síofra Beaumont Workshop
Wed 15 Apr, 1pm–2pm
A person dressed in white lace reading from a notebook while performing a ritual sitting on the ground in an autumnal park
Food & Home Fair Event
Fri 17 Apr – Sun 19 Apr
a stallholder selling baked goods at a fair
Wednesday Walkthrough: Art & Chai with Art South Asia Project Walkthrough
Wed 22 Apr, 1pm–3pm
a woman stood in front of a painted mural showing a river
rarescale: Sound, enshrining Music
Sun 26 Apr, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm
Wednesday Walkthrough with Reuben Hutchinson-Wong Walkthrough
Wed 29 Apr, 1pm–2pm
ancient tombs in a desert
Two Lenses on Beirut: Screening of A Letter from Beirut, dir. Jocelyne Saab Film
Thu 30 Apr, 6pm–7.30pm
A person sat on an empty bus
Book Of Churches Music
Fri 1 May, 7pm
a person lying on a rock by the sea. text reads "book of churches uk tour spring 2026"
Artist Talk: Dala Nasser Event
Sat 2 May, 1pm–2.30pm
An installation shot of an artwork consisting of wooden structyre draped over with painted earthy tones fabrics
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