What's on Calendar Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice Gallery opening times Weekdays, 12pm – 5pmWeekends, 12pm – 4pm EXTENDED until Sunday 22nd June 2025 Shape Arts brings its landmark Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice exhibition to Leicester, fresh from its presentation at the world-renowned Venice Biennale 2024. The Disability Arts Movement (DAM) aligned art with the fight for rights, broke barriers, and ultimately affected changes in UK law, while making great art about doing so. Previously on show at the 60th Venice Biennale, the exhibition is a joyous and exuberant celebration of the Disability Arts Movement, showcasing its dynamism, wit, and grandeur. The exhibition reclaims historical slurs ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ in an unflinching explosion of huge protest banners, cartoon panels, large-scale projected artist films, photography, graphic novels, and campaign merchandise featuring artists Keith Armstrong (supported by the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection), Terence Birch, Tony Heaton OBE, Jameisha Prescod, Abi Palmer, Ker Wallwork, Tanya Raabe-Webber and Jason Wilsher-Mills. The title Crip Arte Spazio, translated as Crip Art Space, plays on Italian words while reclaiming slurs disabled people have historically and continue to face. We fully support the curators, artists and disabled people in the reclamation of these words. The exhibition’s presentation at the Venice Biennale 2024 was the first time that a major exhibition about the UK’s Disability Arts Movement had been presented internationally. Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to be the first UK touring venue for this historically important show. The project is supported by Arts Council England, British Council, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Creative Scotland and CREA, Venice. Artist Talk & Tour: Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice Friday 13 February 2025, 11am – 12pm. Free for all but booked required. Join us for an artist talk & tour for the exhibition Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice. Taking place the day after the shows officially launches in Leicester from the Venice Biennale, the panel will consist of: David Hevey – Curator of Crip Arte Spazio, CEO and Artist Director of Shape ArtsTony Heaton – Participating Artist, Disability Rights Activist, Former CEO of Shape ArtsTanya Raabe Webber – Participating Artist, Artistic Director Visual Arts at Sense Book tickets for the artist tour Exhibition Accessibility Exhibition information All produced in large print and as a braille exhibition guide Captioning All film and video works have captions or a printed transcript At the gallery Seating is available in all spaces. Sound and light levels can be adjusted and ear defenders are available from the gallery desk. A full guide to accessibility and facilities information across Attenborough Arts Centre spaces can be found on their website. Visit the Attenborough Arts Centre website Banner image description: Credit, Andy Barker. An exhibition installation of a glass vitrine containing a red London bus placed within a plethora of protest badges and stickers on top of a patterned green fabric. Filling the wall behind the vitrine are large format photographs of various disability protests and t-shirts with protest slogans hung up on display. Slogans include 'Disability Rights Now!' and 'Rights not charity!'. Booking for this event has now closed. Manage Cookie Preferences