Here are seven exhibits you can visit with your National Art Pass.

With spring finally here, we’re getting out and about and you can too with a National Art Pass. Get free or half-price entry to hundreds of inspiring museums, galleries and exhibitions across the UK for 3 months for only £15.

Whether it’s ‘The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure’ at the National Portrait Gallery or exploring ‘Soulscapes’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery - there’s something for everyone.

Teresa Margolles, american Juju for the Tapestry of Truth, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich/ Paris.  ‘Included in Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican Art Gallery.

• Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London – Open now (50% off with a National Art Pass) 

Step into the intersection of form and politics at Unravel, where textiles become a medium for

transformation. With over 100 works by international artists, this captivating exhibition encourages you to discover narratives of gender, sexuality, colonialism, and displacement.

A visitor to The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure at the National Portrait Gallery looks at Kind of Blue (2020) by Claudette Johnson. Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery.

• The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, National Portrait Gallery – Open now (50% off with a National Art Pass) 

Dive into a thought-provoking exploration of the Black figure and its representation in contemporary art at this major exhibition that champions over 20 leading artists from the African diaspora.

Lubaina Himid Lost Threads at the Holburne Museum, 2024. © Gareth Iwan Jones. Courtesy Holburne Museum.

• Lubaina Himid: Lost Threads, The Holburne Museum - Open now (50% off with a National Art Pass) 

Continuing Himid’s work on the relationship between fashion, colonialism and global migrations, Lost Thread is displayed as African dress in the The Holburne Museum’s gallery and staircase. 

Hurvin Anderson, Limestone Wall, 2020, Soulscapes, 2024

• Soulscapes, Dulwich Picture Gallery - Open now (50% off with a National Art Pass)  Curated by Lisa Anderson, the Managing Director of Black Cultural Archives, Soulscapes explores our connection to the world around us featuring over 30 artworks by artists from the African diaspora. 
  

• Beyond the Bassline, British Library – Opens 26 April (50% off with a National Art Pass)  Standing as the first major exhibition to chronicle 500 years of Black music in Britain, Beyond the Bassline invites you to embark on a groundbreaking journey through jazz, reggae, jungle, and afroswing.
  

• Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern – Opens 6 June (50% off with a National Art Pass)  Explore the remarkable career of Zanele Muholi, an acclaimed visual activist. This powerful exhibition, which tells the stories of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa and beyond, is not to be missed.

© Dave Bennet / Getty Images for the V&A  

Naomi, V&A - Opens 22 June (50% off with a National Art Pass) 

Celebrate the extraordinary career of Naomi Campbell through the lens of leading global designers and photographers. Explore her iconic creative collaborations, activism, and far-reaching cultural impact.

To experience these extraordinary exhibitions with an exclusive National Art Pass 3 month trial for £15, click here.