OpenSpaces is all about bringing art to unexpected locations. We are very lucky this year that we have some incredible venues who have partnered with us to get as many artists showcased globally.
Watergate Bay Hotel
📍 On the Beach, Watergate Bay, Cornwall, TR8 4AA
Watergate Bay Hotel is a striking, contemporary destination set right on the spectacular Atlantic shoreline of Cornwall. Emphasizing a balance of active coastal lifestyle and relaxed luxury, the hotel features vast sea views, modern design open spaces, and vibrant public hubs that capture the raw energy of the ocean environment.
Palé Hall
📍 Palé Estate, Llandderfel, Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7PS
Palé Hall is an elegant, five-star Victorian country house hotel nestled on the peaceful edge of Snowdonia National Park. Boasting eighteen individually styled luxury bedrooms and fifty acres of idyllic landscaped woodland gardens, this historic destination offers an atmosphere of grandeur, tranquillity, and acclaimed fine dining for its guests.
More to be announced soon.
Find out more:https://www.palehall.co.uk
SEESAW
📍 86 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6NG
SEESAW is a creative hub in Manchester offering affordable coworking, studios and event space for artists. Founded to support the city’s creative community, it hosts exhibitions, poetry nights, workshops and socials, fostering collaboration across disciplines.
Open to all artists.
Exhibition Dates: 4th – 27th November
Open Mon–Fri, 8:30am–4pm (closed weekends). Artwork can be sold at the venue via the till and invoiced at the end of the show, with a 30% commission to the venue. Collection and wrapping is handled by SEESAW, unless the artist has specific wrapping for the piece.
Find out more: www.seesawspace.com
Alfred Works
📍 The Custard Factory, Gibb St, Birmingham, B9 4DJ
Alfred Works brings new energy to the historic Custard Factory, celebrating Alfred Bird’s legacy with a modern food hall of independent kitchens and bars — a vibrant destination for casual bites, social gatherings, and standout flavours.
Looking for an artist with a family-friendly art style, whose work can be hung on walls.
Exhibition Dates: 2nd – 28th November
Selling artwork at the venue is allowed.
Find out more: https://alfredworks.co.uk/
Longsight Art Space
📍 89 Northmoor Rd, Longsight, Manchester, M12 5RT
Longsight Art Space is a welcoming creative hub where everyone can connect, experiment and feel part of a shared community. It champions accessible creativity -from painting and performance to conversation and gardening – working closely with local residents, schools and partners.
Exhibition Dates: 2nd – 16th November
Artists can sell artwork on the premises commission free, though donations to Longsight Art Space are greatly appreciated.
Find out more: https://www.longsightartspace.org.uk/
Books on the Walls
📍 2 City Walls, Chester, CH1 2JG
Books on the Walls is an independent bookshop in the heart of Chester with a café bar. This character-filled space is about 300 sq ft, so large-scale art activations are unable to fit.
Exhibition Dates: 2nd – 28th November
Artwork can be sold on site, with a 30% commission to the venue.
Find out more: www.booksonthewalls.com
Cambridge Street Collective
📍 11 Backfields, Sheffield, S1 4HP
Cambridge Street Collective is a bold, ever-changing food and culture hub in Sheffield’s city centre, home to more than 20 pioneering kitchens serving global flavours. With a rooftop hideaway, skyline views, and a lively programme of music, markets and pop-ups, it offers a dynamic social space that feels different every time you visit.
Exhibition Dates: 2nd – 28th November
Artwork cannot be sold at this venue.
Find out more: https://cambridgestreetcollective.com
MASA gallery
📍 Elizabetes iela 67, Riga, Latvia
MASA is a contemporary culture salon that beautifully merges a fine art gallery with a lively musical bar. Inspired by historic, intimate salons of past centuries, it hosts themed group exhibitions arranged salon-style to provoke deep intellectual dialogue alongside weekly live jazz, funk, and neoclassical concert nights.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/masa.galerija/
Creative Factory Veldze (Radošā rūpnīca Veldze)
📍 Matīsa iela 8, Riga, LV-1001, Latvia
Creative Factory Veldze is a vast cultural compound set inside a former lemonade factory. The industrial site is filled with permanent creative studios, the spacious Katlu Māja event hall, an office room called Elektrocehs, a design boutique, a café, a records store, and a cozy loft bar.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/veldze.radosarupnica/?hl=en
RAA Space
📍 Matīsa iela 8, Riga, LV-1001, Latvia (inside the Veldze creative quarter)
RAA Space (derived from Reductio ad absurdum) is a quiet, contemplative cultural venue hosting regular theatrical plays, contemporary performances, and exhibitions. Featuring a cozy herbal shop inside that brings the essence of the Latvian forest into central Riga, it champions alternative inquiry and understated creative expression.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/raa_riga/
Sābrs Work Room
📍 Meža iela 4, Riga, Latvia
Sābrs Workroom is a vibrant creative cooperative housing a passionate community of illustrators, designers, and printmakers. Equipped for risograph printing, manual papermaking, 3D fabrication, and hand-pulled graphics, the hub features a sunny courtyard and hosts an annual small-press zine festival.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/sabrsworkroom/
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The Farm: Artist Project Space
📍 Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom
The Farm is a highly adaptable “guerrilla” studio, independent project space, and exhibition venue built specifically to support local artists. It focuses on complete creative freedom and extreme financial affordability, offering a blank-canvas environment where artists can freely experiment on a scale impossible elsewhere.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/thefarm.artspace/
B23
📍 Greifswalder Straße 23, 10405 Berlin, Germany
b23 Space is a contemporary mindfulness hub and cultural studio designed exclusively for local creatives in central Berlin. The tranquil venue curates a diverse lineup of conscious events, spanning intimate concerts, yoga workshops, movement classes, pop-up markets, and visual art exhibitions aimed at shared transformation.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/b23_space/?hl=en-gb
oTTo
📍 Via Paolo Sarpi 10, Milan, Italy
oTTo is a hip, hybrid social space perfectly blending a cozy neighbourhood café, lively evening bar, and relaxed coworking space in Chinatown. Celebrated for its community connection, the venue features cyclical art installations presented directly inside its prominent, street-facing storefront windows to engage passersby.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://ottodirezione.paperform.co/
Libreria Libri Liberi
📍 Via San Gallo 25R, Florence, Italy
Libreria Libri Liberi is an enchanting cultural melting pot operating harmoniously as an independent bookstore, publishing house, and private garden. It features a cozy study room, an in-house café, a miniature children’s theatre, and a dedicated fine art gallery, welcoming diverse creative thoughts and cross-cultural curiosity.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.libriliberiofficine.it/
Grand Hospice
📍 Rue du Grand Hospice 7, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Grand Hospice is a vibrant, sprawling historic compound in central Brussels dedicated to social initiative and cultural exchange. Functioning as a dynamic neighbourhood anchor, it beautifully integrates a diverse mix of permanent artist studios, community events, non-profit offices, and lively co-working spaces.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/grand.hospice/?hl=en
NAR
📍 Nijverheidsweg 6, 3534 AM Utrecht, Netherlands
NAR is a welcoming cultural sanctuary that champions grassroots creativity by dedicating its professional gallery space to undiscovered talents. The venue prioritises showcasing self-taught, emerging, and young local artists, introducing fresh perspectives to the community through a constantly evolving cycle of new group exhibitions monthly.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.nar.nl/
JAM Ghent
📍 Gaspar de Craeyerstraat 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
JAM Ghent is a magnificent, history-steeped listed building occupying a former military facility in an up-and-coming neighbourhood hub. Boasting 108 contemporary rooms designed by Lionel Jadot, this heritage gem seamlessly features a glorious outdoor terrace, scenic rooftop vistas, and a welcoming day-to-night cultural salon.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/jam_hotels/
JAM Brussels
📍 Chaussée de Charleroi 132, 1060 Brussels (Saint-Gilles), Belgium
JAM Brussels is a trendy cultural hotel creatively housed within the historic walls of a former prominent art school. Nestled right between Ixelles and Saint-Gilles near independent galleries, it features the vibrant pan-Asian restaurant KAIJU and a scenic rooftop venue called Bar Perché.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/jam_hotels/
JAM Lisbon
📍 Avenida 24 de Julho 80, 1200-870 Lisbon, Portugal
JAM Lisbon is an ultra-sustainable, carbon-neutral converted warehouse situated beautifully on the riverbank. This eco-friendly oasis blends conscious engineering with creative design, featuring custom-crafted interiors, lively co-working spaces, a popular restaurant, and a panoramic rooftop bar named Cabana that welcomes local creative communities daily.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/jam_hotels/
YEMAA Centre
📍 Kurmangazy 12, Infinity Plaza EcoPark, Atyrau, 060000, Kazakhstan
The YEMAA Center of Contemporary Culture is a multidisciplinary open space accelerating cultural development in Western Kazakhstan. It boasts an expansive art library containing 500 specialised volumes alongside dedicated programming areas for theatrical productions, digital art, lectures, auctions, film screenings, and curated visual art exhibitions.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://yemaa.kz/?lang=en
Kafe Kweer
📍 5 St. Peter’s Buildings, Edinburgh, EH3 9PG, United Kingdom
Kafe Kweer is a beloved sober queer space hosting a multi-generational community of youth and elders. Featuring eco-friendly groceries, food, and local queer art, its versatile basement gallery serves as a relaxed, accessible setting for regular community gatherings and inclusive art exhibitions.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/kafekweer/
SUD Maastricht
📍 Boschstraat 75a, 6211 AV Maastricht, Netherlands
SUD Maastricht is an inviting, multi-concept neighbourhood venue seamlessly combining a cozy local café with a curated design showcase and dedicated art supply shop. The space functions as an engaging, hands-on community environment, hosting regular creative workshops that invite locals to explore their personal artistic potential.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/sudmaastricht/
Het Salon
📍 Condensatorweg 36, 1014 AX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Het Salon is an inspiring, dynamic home for creatives, providing a diverse array of professional studio and atelier spaces. The venue nurtures a powerful, collaborative ecosystem consisting of fine artists, musicians, painters, and industrial designers who all actively work together to shape a highly imaginative local community.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.hetsalonateliers.com/
Bar Bario
📍 Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bar Bario is a beautifully inclusive, safer neighbourhood space specifically centering BIPOC, Queer, and Trans communities. Functioning harmoniously as both a welcoming bar and an active grassroots gallery, it serves as a crucial creative platform designed to uplift historically underrepresented artistic voices through regular pop-up events.
Note: Bar Bario’s own channels indicate the physical venue has closed its doors after nearly five years, though the team says the mission continues in another form – worth confirming current status before including this venue in outreach.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/beyondbario/
Kaņepes Kultūras centrs
📍 Skolas iela 15, Riga, Latvia
Kaņepes Culture Centre is a historic, immensely popular recreation and entertainment hub providing a versatile, regular cultural programme. Acting as an open platform for conversations, progressive impulses, and total freedom of thought, it provides a safe haven for experimental ideas, young musicians, local writers, and imaginative souls.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/kanepeskc/
Artivist Lab
📍 Hybernská 4 (Hybernská Campus), Prague 1, Czech Republic
Artivist Lab is a trailblazing contemporary art gallery explicitly dedicated to political art, active artivism, and critical multimedia projects. Standing proudly as the very first gallery of its specialised kind in Bohemia, the space serves as an important, serious platform for provocative, socially engaged creative expressions.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
Find out more: https://www.instagram.com/artivist_lab/
Laska Bar
📍 Vagonu iela, Latgale Suburb, Riga, Latvia
Laska V21 is a vibrant concert and event space combined with a bar, where culture and drinks merge into one experience. Inspired by its industrial setting, it provides an atmosphere of love and friendship, drawing people in, energizing them, and breathing life into experimentation and fresh ideas. The venue serves as an open, collaborative platform for well-known and emerging artists, performers, and creative souls, welcoming everyone with a warm vibe and signature cocktails.
Exhibition Dates: To be announced
Venue is in partnership with Follow.Art.
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More venues to be announced soon
