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Explore our collections from home with our online exhibition programme.   

One Day Changes

This online exhibition supported by Skimstone Arts allows you to explore how One Day Changes everything.
Image Credit: The Kiss by Ako Ismail

Student Art Prize 2023

View the artworks shortlisted for Durham University’s fourth annual Student Art Prize, awarded in 2023.
Student Art Prize 2022/23 Sanctuary

Student Art Prize 2022

This digital exhibition showcases the shortlisted entries to Durham University’s third annual Student Art Prize in 2022.
Flyer advertising the Student Art Prize 2021/22, dusky pink background with student art prize 2021/22 written in dark ink blue capitals, followed by the word Hidden in white capitals

Student Art Prize 2021

This exhibition showcases the 26 shortlisted artworks created by Durham University students as part of the 2020/21 Student Art Prize.
Flyer advertising the Student Art Prize 2020/21, blue background with student art prize 2020/21 written in black capitals, followed by the word Heroism in grey capitals

Norman Cornish: The Sketchbooks

This exhibition of little seen sketchbooks presented a new dimension to the artist’s practice, shown online in a 3D walkthrough.
Three black and white Norman Cornish sketches showing various figures and a man walking down a street.

Pushing Paper

Pushing Paper illustrates how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas, pushing the medium in new directions.
Two exhibition visitors reading the Pushing Paper exhibition information

Durham Sixth Form Centre Art Exhibition

Art students from Durham Sixth Form Centre were invited to display their work in the British Museum touring exhibition, Pushing Paper.
Three visitors to the exhibition exploring the display cabinets.