July 22, 2026

UK Art

UK Art

Votes open for Dorset artist in British Art Prize 2025

[ad_1] Lara Davis, from Blandford Forum, entered the British Art Prize 2025, run by the Artists and Illustrators magazine with her drawing of a highland cow, created using pastel pencils on a pastel mat. READ MORE: Former cafe set to turn into jewellers ‘where luxury meets legacy’ The 56-year-old has also now been shortlisted for

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Carpenter from Norwich nominated for British Art Prize 2025

[ad_1] Colin Revell discovered a love for art 30 years ago and currently spends his spare time painting scenes from around the city.  The 55-year-old’s work has featured at Art Fair East and the Royal Norfolk Show, and earlier this year, he appeared on Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year.  A painting of New York

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Playford Art Club at risk of closure due to low membership

[ad_1] Playford Art Club, formed in 1972, now consists of just 10 members, struggling to meet running costs. Despite efforts over three years to recruit more members, the numbers have remained low since the pandemic, affecting the club’s viability. The club, which meets on Thursdays at Playford Village Hall, was once bustling with more than

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Cartier Has Opened A Museum-Scale Contemporary Art Foundation In The Heart Of Paris

[ad_1] Art Basel Paris, and the week around it, is a highlight of the city’s cultural calendar, playing host to a dizzying array of events and exhibition openings. This year, though, there was one opening that trumped them all – after all, we’re not talking merely about the opening of a show, rather an entire,

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Sunderland to host art, food, and entertainment festival

[ad_1] The event, taking place in Sunderland, is part of the final leg of the Putting Sunderland in The Frame festival. It will be held at Sunniside Gardens from 10am to 3pm on September 27. Sharon Appleby, chief executive of Sunderland’s BIDs, which include the City Centre BID and the Seafront BID, said: “Thousands of

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Family of boy thrown from Tate Modern art gallery issue poignant update

[ad_1] The loved ones of a young French boy who was thrown off the 10th floor of a major London art gallery have shared an update on his health A young boy was thrown 30 metres from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in 2019 The family of a young boy who was thrown

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I’m from the UK’s best place – I love it but there’s one thing I’d change

[ad_1] Nakita Devi, a breath therapist at Limitless Living, has explained why she loves Bristol so much in the week that the city was named one of Lonely Planet’s places to visit in 2026 Nakita Devi is a big Bristol enthusiast A resident of a UK city newly tipped as one of the best in

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Bristol praised for its world-class street art scene

[ad_1] The city was the only UK location to make it onto the list, compiled by Lonely Planet, in its Best in Travel 2026 guide. This was thanks to its ‘incredible’ street art. The popular travel guide said: “No city in Britain uses its urban landscape as a canvas quite like Bristol” with “some of

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Highland Council approves art gallery plans for disused former Victorian kirk, Struy Church, in Strathglass

[ad_1] Struy Church is currently unused. A former kirk will find a new life as an art gallery after plans for its future use were approved. Highland Council planners have signed off on proposals to convert the disused Struy Church in Strathglass into a “multi-used space specifically for an artist to live, work, and display

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OCS opens state-of-the-art national ops centre in Ipswich

[ad_1] OCS’s new security monitoring centre officially opened today. The company – formerly Atalian-Servest – decided to move its headquarters from Vicon House in Bury St Edmunds last year after outgrowing it. SIGN UP HERE FOR YOU TWICE-WEEKLY BUSINESS NEWSLETTER Daniel Dickson, CEO UK & Ireland, OCS (Image: Charlotte Bond) It renovated a building –

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