An historic former townhouse which was home to a high-profile art gallery for more than five decades is set to be transformed into “a hub for dining and entertainment”. A top architects company, which has designed the iconic Dreamland in Margate and Folkestone’s renowned Rocksalt restaurant, has been commissioned to return the former Francis Iles
These meetings, which have included roundtables and visits to locations in all four nations, have focused on various aspects of the memorialisation programme, covering both the design of the permanent memorial and broader themes for the legacy programme. Participants have included historians and academics, such as Dame Mary Beard; environmental experts such as Tony Juniper
“We’re thrilled to be running this project to highlight women of Cornwall for any achievement, no matter how small, and which allows people to celebrate and acknowledge a woman who has inspired, supported or motivated them,” she said. Katie Bunnell, a ceramic artist leading the project, said the first stage invites people to “highlight important
Both evenings will include a drinks reception. The gallery will also be open for viewings on Saturday, November 9, Sunday, November 10, Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17 from 11am to 5pm. Founded in 1990 by Peter and Klazien Bullivant, with the ongoing objective of bringing high-quality, original, affordable British art to the North
And, in a museum first, the Norwich Castle show brings together four landscapes of a bridge which renowned Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner painted decades apart. The paintings of the Bridges at Walton, on the River Thames – the centrepiece of the JMW Turner And Changing Visions Of Landscape exhibition – have been drawn from
Carlton is to play host to its first arts festival with creative talents from the town being celebrated with a series of events. Carlton Art Week will feature a series of exhibitions by local artists, an afternoon showcasing the community’s creative talents and two heritage walks. It is being produced by arts charity City Arts (Nottingham) and
Spiders and beetles will be joining the free art trail along the Stratford Road in Shirley, thanks to funding from the UK government to further improve the High Street. Designed to inspire and educate nursery and infant children, the utility box art trail has proved popular with the local community, bringing colour to the street
For its part, WaterAid urged the government to take “immediate action to end the ecocide”, while the state water utility warned that Ghana risked becoming an importer of water by 2030 if the illegal mining was not curbed. In September, the government said that 76 people, including 18 foreign nationals, had been convicted of illegal
The exhibition of original oil paintings by Michael Velychko was shown for the second week in October at the residential Sentinel Gallery in Wivenhoe. John Eborn, 73, – who has his own Medder Gallery based in Lavenham in Suffolk – organised the exhibition. John was first contacted by Michael, 30, in 2017 before the Ukraine
The director of a contemporary art gallery once said: “If you’ve got an Alison Lapper up on the wall, you’ve got to justify it every day.” All her life, artist Alison Lapper has faced constant scrutiny about her artwork and personal life. Born with a condition called phocomelia, meaning she has no arms and shortened