One of the best ways to gain inspiration for your photography and exploring different styles is by experiencing and viewing the work of other photographers and artists. We’ve put together a selection of the best exhibitions on around the UK during 2024 to see photography; including exhibitions that present photographs alongside other disciplines.
Below, you’ll find the information you need including dates, location and ticket details to plan your trips.
We will be updating this page with the latest information regularly, so be sure to check back!
Best Photography Exhibitions to see in 2024
- Astronomy Photographer of the Year, National Maritime Museum
- Bird Photographer of the Year 2023/2024, touring
- Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World, Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee
- Joanna Coates: Middle of Somewhere, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts
- Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum
- About Women: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm, Burgh House
- Anastasia Samoylova: Adaptation, Saatchi Gallery
- As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic, Saatchi Gallery
- Aneesa Dawoojee: March of the Hummingbirds, Saatchi Gallery
- Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern
- The 80’s: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain
- Joel Meyerowitz display, Tate Modern
- Taylor Wessing Photography Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60, Natural History Museum
- Sony World Photography Awards
- Travel Photographer of the Year
- Lee Miller, Tate Britain
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16
National Maritime Museum, London
- On now until July 2025
- Park Row, London, England SE10 9NF
- Open daily 10am – 5pm
- Tickets: Currently free whilst museum undergoes construction work. Usually £10 adults, £6.50 concessions
Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual exhibition showcasing the world’s greatest space photography.
The exhibition at the National Maritime Museum will feature over 100 photographs including this year’s winning images alongside a series of shortlisted photographs on brilliant lightbox displays.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
Bird Photographer of the Year 2023/2024
- The Oxfordshire Museum – Woodstock (UK) – 11th January 2025 – 23rd February 2025
- Nature in Art – Gloucestershire (UK) – 26th November 2024 to 22nd December 2024
- The Oxfordshire Museum – Woodstock (UK) – 11th January 2025 to 23rd February 2025
- West Northamptonshire Council – Northampton (UK) – 1st March 2025 to 27th April 2025
- Gallery Oldham – Manchester (UK) – 14th June 2025 to 6th September 2025
An exhibition of 70-80 of the winning images will go on an international tour.
More dates and venues to be confirmed.
Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World
Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee
- On now until 27 October 2024
- Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ
- Open daily 10am – 5pm
- Free entry
Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World
Joanna Coates: Middle of Somewhere, The Vasseur Baltic Artists’ Award
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts
- On now until 17 November 2024
- Gateshead Quays, NE8 3BA
- Wednesday – Sunday 10am – 6pm
- Free
Joanne Coates | The Vasseur Baltic Artists’ Award Middle of Somewhere
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- On now until 5 January 2025
- Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
- Open daily 10am – 5:45pm, Friday: 10am – 10pm
- Tickets: £22
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
About Women: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm
Burgh House, London
- On now until 15 December 2024
- Burgh House, New End Square, London, NW3 1LT
- Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday 10am – 4pm
- Free
About Women: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm
Anastasia Samoylova: Adaptation
Saatchi Gallery, London
- 5 November 2024 – 20 January 2025
- Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, London SW3 4RY
- Open daily 10am – 6pm
- From £6 (a ticket will grant access to all 3 Winter exhibitions)
Anastasia Samoylova: Adaptation
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
Saatchi Gallery, London
- 5 November 2024 – 20 January 2025
- Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, London SW3 4RY
- Open daily 10am – 6pm
- From £6 (a ticket will grant access to all 3 Winter exhibitions)
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
Aneesa Dawoojee: March of the Hummingbirds
Saatchi Gallery, London
- 5 November 2024 – 5 January 2025
- Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, London SW3 4RY
- Open daily 10am – 6pm
- From £6 (a ticket will grant access to all 3 Winter exhibitions)
ANEESA DAWOOJEE: MARCH OF THE HUMMINGBIRDS
Zanele Muholi
Tate Modern, London
- On now until 26 January 2025
- Bankside, London SE1 9TG
- Open daily 10am-6pm
- £18, Free for members
Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily
The Photographers’ Gallery, London
- On now until 23rd February 2025
- 16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F7LW
- Monday – Wednesday 10am–6pm, Thursday & Friday 10am–8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 11am-6pm
- £8.50-10, concessions available
‘One of Italy’s most important social documentary photographers, Letizia Battaglia started tracking the brutal reality of life under the Mafia in the late 1960s – when the photographer herself was already in her 40s. The results are some of the best-known records of what conditions were like in the 1970s and 1980s. In the exhibition we see vintage and new prints, as well as archive materials, contact sheets, books, magazines and film.
Battaglia died in 2022, aged 87. This extraordinary exhibition celebrates a hugely important figure, and is highly recommended’, says Amy Davies.
Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily
Endurance & Joy in the East End: The photography of David Hoffman
Museum of the Home, London
- On now until 30th March 2025
- 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
- Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm.
A new exhibition showcasing and paying homage to one of Britain’s leading photographers of protest, David Hoffman. David Hoffman’s bold, humane photography records a lost decade. Coinciding with the publication of David Hoffman’s monograph by Spitalfields Life Books, Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971–1987.
Endurance & Joy in the East End | The photography of David Hoffman
The 80’s: Photographing Britain
Tate Britain, London
- 21 November 2024 – 5 May 2025
- Millbank London SW1P 4RG
- Open daily 10am-6pm
- Prices TBC
Joel Meyerowitz
Tate Modern, London
- Ongoing display
- Bankside, London SE1 9TG
- Open daily 10am – 6pm
- Free
Joel Meyerowitz – Display at Tate Modern
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024
National Portrait Gallery, London
- 14 November 2024 – 16 February 2025
- St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE
- Open Daily: 10:30am – 6pm, Friday & Saturday 10:30am – 9pm
- Tickets: TBC
The Gallery’s annual Photographic Portrait Prize will be renamed the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize to mark the exhibition’s return to the Gallery after two years at Cromwell Place. As one of the leading photography awards in the world, the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases the work of some of the most exciting and cutting-edge contemporary photographers.
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60
Natural History Museum, London
- On now until 29th June 2025
- Monday – Sunday, 10am-5:50pm
- Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
- Tickets: from £15.50
Discover the natural world in all its wonder and diversity at the newly redesigned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, where 100 remarkable photographs illustrate the precious beauty of our planet.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Coming in 2025…
Sony World Photography Awards
Somerset House, London
- 2025 info to come
Travel Photographer of the Year
Banbury Museum, Oxford
- 29 March – 6 July 2025
Lee Miller
Tate Britain, London
- 2 October 2025 – 15 February 2026
Featured image: Fragile Beauty exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum. Image: Jessica Miller
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