Disability Art Exhibitions: Round-up

There are some fantastic exhibitions to see across the UK over the next next few months centring the work of Disabled Artists, or addressing Disability in a wider sense. We've put together a round-up for you.

Please check with individual venues to confirm opening hours and facilities before visiting.

Watch Us Lead - Christopher Samuel
Until 31 December 2025
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Free Admission

Watch Us Lead is an exhibition about missing stories from history. Through it, artist Christopher Samuel explores themes of stigma, belonging, and agency.

Through nine newly recorded interviews for the city of Birmingham’s collection, Watch Us Lead highlights the experiences of disabled people of colour in Birmingham, particularly Black individuals: a largely underrepresented group within the community of the city.

This exhibition aims to spark conversations around the ongoing issues of under-representation, autonomy, and the real disabled experience.​​​​​​​

Design and Disability
Until Sunday 15 February 2026
V&A South Kensington

£16.00

Free tickets are available for Disabled people and a companion.

Both a celebration and a call to action, Design and Disability showcases the radical contributions of Disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now.

A touch tour with audio description takes place on 28 August 15:00-16:00. Booking is essential.

This exhibition is recommended by our Future Curators Programme partner Trish Goddard of Disability Arts Online.

Food Not Cuts: an exhibition on disability, food access, and care
Until 9 November 2025

The Food Museum, Stowmarket
Free Admission

Food Not Cuts is an exhibition and immersive sound installation curated by Anahita Harding, Curatorial Fellow with Curating Visibility funded by Arts Council England and Art Fund.

The exhibition highlights the lived experiences of disabled people as they navigate barriers to food and cooking, and how cuts to care hours have impacted disabled people when it comes to food.

Food not Cuts includes Easy Read labels, audio description, BSL interpretation (via QR code) and large print text.

Towards New Worlds - Digital
Dis_place Online Gallery
Free access

Towards New Worlds is a digital presentation of thirteen artists' experiences of seeing, hearing, feeling and sensing the contemporary world.

The exhibition explores a rich variety of human perceptions and sensory experiences through works of art, which make connections between the artists’ internal worlds and their external environments.

The artworks consider issues in the contemporary world, including justice, ecological consciousness, connectivity and care.

The original exhibition was shown at MIMA. and has been reformatted for online display at Dis_place - a space for disabled, crip, sick, neurodivergent and neuroqueer art practice, theory and politics, hosted by Disability Arts Online.