Two lavish Ellen Kent productions of Carmen and Madama Butterfly will be taking to the stage at Brighton’s Theatre Royal in May. Kent’s eye for dazzling set design, exquisite costumes and emotive performers solidifies her as a master of producing visually stunning operas with mass appeal. Bizet’s tumultuous Carmen, featuring famous melodies ‘Habanera’ and ‘Toreador […]
Spend a weekend soaking up both the sunshine and some incredible local art this May, as the Artists Open Houses festival returns once more to Brighton, Hove and the surrounding area. Last year’s festival saw almost 200 artists’ homes and studios open up for public viewing and this year promises to be just as extensive. […]
Drawing on formats including exhibition, concert and talk-show, SOME TIMES takes us on a sensory journey through different ways of experiencing time, and witnessing changing patterns and relationships.
Returning to Glynde Place for a third time this May is Potfest: the UK’s largest ceramics and pottery festival. Amidst the beautiful green fields that surround the Elizabethan country house will be a dynamic showcase of over 90 makers’ work. Wander amongst pottery both functional and decorative, from intricately decorated plates to masterfully created sculptures, […]
Remarkably, Pallant House’s publicity department declare this to be the ‘first major exhibition to explore British still life’. Artists exhibited include (draw a deep breath): Hurvin Anderson, Vanessa Bell, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Gluck, Duncan Grant, Richard Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, William Nicholson, Eric Ravilious, Anwar Jalal Shemza, William Scott, Walter Sickert, Stanley […]
With striking digital illustrations and evocative music, Fault Lines explores the environmental damage we’ve inflicted on the earth but asks what happens when we stand together with hope.
Some 60 exhibitors gather in the purpose-built marquee in the grounds of the West Sussex mansion (as seen recently in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon movie), their stands selling both antiques and art. Look out for Tom Rooth’s hand-drawn honeycomb ceramics, Gladwell & Patterson’s display of Peter Symonds’ landscapes, art deco furniture and accessories from Jeroen Markies, […]
Discover your new favourite local artist at this year’s Chichester Open Studios art trail, which returns to West Sussex this May. No matter your tastes, there is truly something for everyone amongst the vibrant showcase of art that will be displayed, spanning paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and jewellery. Beginning as ‘Open Doors’ in 2001, the trail […]
The mainstay of this five-day art extravaganza is an exhibition of the paintings of the Bodimede brothers Matt and Nick, who were brought up in this beautiful area, where the Arun flows though a valley cutting through the South Downs. There will also be site-related abstract work by Emma Rimer and a video, Feed, created […]
A new body of work - paintings and sculpture - created over the last two years by Sussex artist Sarah Money. Sarah Money’s work is constantly evolving. A former dancer and mime artist, Sarah Money’s sculptures and paintings are filled with a fluid rhythm, as she explores the movement of the human form. Her work brings in […]
The opportunity to taste limited edition beer, wine and cider from 25 of the world’s best producers? It must be Beak Brewery’s These Hills beer festival. Set among the Sussex Downs and walkable from Lewes, the festival will host a variety of top-notch craft beer and low-intervention wine as well as an array of live […]
A selection of new works by Ipswich-based artist Naomi Munuo.
