The show features photographs by Linda Burris Webster, depicting her sculptures made with torn maps in an exploration of social and political dilemmas; Sally Ellis creates vibrant paintings of still life through the lens of abstraction, and ceramicist Emma Fenelon presents a series of new sculptures inspired by the relics at Ness, the secret military […]
Now firmly established in the Sussex arts calendar, this popular Open Call event (this year attracting over 1000 entries!) showcases some of the best artists and makers in the county. Everything's for sale, and there is something for every budget. Pictured is a gorgeous painting by Thomas Treherne that won first prize.
The Printmaker’s Council was set up in the 60s to support the new wave of artists exploring screen-printing as an exciting new art medium. Emma Mason regularly exhibits the work of many of the early members of the PMC, such as Alistair Grant, Helena Markson and Tadek Beutlich; this show explores how current members of […]
Champs Hill – hosting an exclusive art lecture with Alison Beven, RWA Director Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 7pm (doors open 6.15pm) Placing the West: Newlyn School and Lamorna Colony, painters of Cornwall is the Champs Hill autumn exhibition featuring the highlights of our Newlyn and Lamorna Colony collections (Lamorna Birch, Elizabeth Forbes, Stanhope Forbes, William Banks […]
What was Brighton Digital Festival has now become Dreamy Place and it launches its seven-day programme of art, creative tech and digital culture this October. There’ll be world-renowned films and installations by top artists shown alongside local talent, plus interactive events taking place across two sites over two weekends: Crawley Oct 12-14 and Brighton Oct 19-22. […]
Jennifer Binnie is a painter and performance artist, based in Jevington, East Sussex. She first came to recognition alongside artists (and flatmates) Cerith Wyn Evans, Grayson Perry and her sister Christine Binnie. With Christine, and painter Wilma Johnston, she founded the London based performance art group the Neo Naturists. She returned to East Sussex at the […]
This year there are 48 artists and makers displaying their work in two exhibition spaces. As well as a vibrant display of art and craft, there is a programme of talks by some of the participating artists, and the fair includes painters, printmakers, sculptors, jewellers, and glass and textile makerss demonstrating their different creative approaches.
Coinciding with the release of the film Lee, starring Kate Winslet, Brighton celebrates this most glamorous of Sussex residents with an exhibition that examines her life and work through her clothing. Lee Miller – photographer, surrealist, model, war correspondent, writer, traveller and cook – lived her many lives with passion and audacity. These lives are all […]
John Craxton (schooled and part-brought up in rural Sussex) was inseparable from fellow Goldsmith’s student Lucian Freud in the mid-1940s, and he was, if anything, more successful than his friend during his early career. But after he discovered the pleasures of Greece – where he lived more on than off for the rest of his […]
A selection of works by major British modernists. Highlights include two fantastic signed prints by Francis Bacon, two early pieces by Patrick Hughes, significant number of works by the iinimitable Beryl Cook and various works by the increasingly popular Adrian Heath. Also a private collection of works by Roy Spencer. Other works in stock include […]
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most recognised and reproduced paintings in the world. It is perhaps the most popular poster on student dorm walls from Beijing to Boston. Painted in Vienna around 1908, the evocative image of an unknown embracing couple has captivated viewers with its mystery, sensuality and dazzling materials ever […]
One of the recurring motifs in Birmingham-born painter Hurvin Anderson’s work is a hometown barber shop, a subject he first depicted in 2006, and has returned to regularly since, exploring different styles and techniques, drifting from figuration to abstraction and raising questions about memory, identity and nationhood. That series forms the mainstay of this show. […]
