July 6, 2025

UK Art

UK Art

Art trail set to return to Harleston and Waveney Valley

The Harleston and Waveney Art Trail (HWAT) will take place in May, celebrating its 21st year. Twenty five artists will open their studio doors to visitors for five days across the weekends of May 17 to 18 and May 24 to 26, including the late bank holiday Monday. This provides an opportunity for locals and

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EastEnders star unveils late brother’s art at moving exhibit after horrific murder

EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella’s half-brother Ben was 16 years old when he was stabbed to death in 2008 by three older teenagers, however his art now lives on in a new exhibit Ex EastEnders star helps unveil David Beckham’s ex hair stylist’s artwork on knife crime Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella and The Ben Kinsella

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Chinese gallery makes mark at UK art fair

Chinese contemporary handicrafts exhibited with BR Gallery at the 2025 Collect art fair include functional household items and wearable jewelry. [Photo provided to China Daily] For the third consecutive year, BR Gallery founder Li Rui has brought her collections to the Collect international art fair held in London, capital of the United Kingdom. Her gallery

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Oxford Parkway: Youth-led art displays unveiled at station

The project, titled Moving Murals, is a joint initiative between Oxfordshire Community Rail Partnership (OxCRP), Chiltern Railways, and community artists. The collection of five art displays aims to celebrate the vibrancy of local communities and explores themes of place and identity. The project supported young people from Oxford and Banbury to develop new skills through artistic

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The Bank Art Centre in Eye ‘struggling’ for The Vault grant

Jon Betts joined The Bank Art Centre community hub in Eye in 2022 after seeing “huge potential” in the former bank vault. After spending the last three years turning the downstairs room into a bespoke IT learning hub, called The Vault, Mr Betts says he is now looking for funding to pay tutors to provide lessons. However, the 57-year-old says he

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Growing small and winning big: Kalon’s squat success

Kiran Shah shares his journey to opening successful squat practice Kalon Dental in Tunbridge Wells and the tools that helped along the way. Why I chose Tunbridge Wells In 2011, I moved to Tunbridge Wells for what I thought would be a temporary position before returning to London. But I quickly grew to appreciate the

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Open for Art Trail set to return to Dorset in 2025

The event, organised by Artwey CIC, will take place from Saturday, May 17 until Sunday, June 1, and will showcase the work of more than 60 artists across Weymouth, Portland, Dorchester and surrounding areas. Art enthusiasts will have the chance to explore studios, exhibitions and workspaces and meet artists who will provide insights into their

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UK gallery to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish collector

[LONDON] The Tate Britain gallery is set to reunite the great-grandchildren of a Belgian Jewish art collector with a painting looted from his home by the Nazis, officials said on Saturday (Mar 29). Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy was stolen from the home of Samuel Hartveld after he fled Antwerp with his wife

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The 5 Best Art Exhibitions Opening in London in April 2025

Spring has most definitely sprung. Londoners are thawing, coming out of hibernation, seizing the city with both hands, milking it for all it has to offer. The April cultural calendar is appropriately packed, with a load of new exhibition openings set to add to all of the excellent ones already showing. From the brilliant but

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How portrayals of Mary in art influence perceptions of motherhood

OUR LADY, Mother of Ferguson is not a typical depiction of Mary. Created by the contemporary iconographer Mark Doox, the image was commissioned by the Revd Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, an Episcopalian priest at Trinity, Wall Street, in New York City, after the killing of a black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 (News,

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