November 5, 2024
UK Art

In local galleries, British art creates pride in place

We ended up eating an excellent lunch in the gallery’s restaurant called Light – a good name for the style of cooking and for the gallery itself and for the effect of being near the sea. What’s Harrow doing in China?  Harrow School is planning a new “campus” in China, on top of the eight

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UK Arts Society chiefs and trustees resign following internal opposition to reforms

A backlash over plans to reform The Arts Society, one of the UK’s oldest arts organisations, led to the resignation of its chief executive, chief operating officer and most of its trustees earlier this year. Florian Schweizer, the chief executive, and Tim Nicholls, the chief operating officer, departed at the society’s annual general meeting (AGM)

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Ken Kiff A Hundred Suns exhibition at Three Highgate gallery

Ken Kiff trained at Hornsey School of Art in the mid 50s and lived in the area for many years, going on to teach at both Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art. A Hundred Suns runs at Three Highgate gallery in Highgate High Street until January 5th and shows paintings, prints, and drawings by the artist, focusing on

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Miu Miu launches Tales & Tellers exhibition at Art Basel Paris

Miu Miu has always been a brand that goes beyond clothing, weaving the complex and intricate stories of women into their catwalk shows and other ventures. Since 2011, the Italian fashion house has presented its widely acclaimed Women’s Tales, providing a platform for female filmmakers to share their take on womanhood. Now, as part of

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How the forgotten art of Tirzah Garwood finally came to light | Art

In the age of the blockbuster, it’s rare to get the chance to see art that is wholly unfamiliar. But when Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious opens at the Dulwich Picture Gallery next month, almost everything on display will be new to most visitors. The first major exhibition devoted to the artist, it will include more

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Sotheby’s to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot

Sotheby’s later this month hopes to make the auction house’s first ever sale of an artwork made by a humanoid robot.  Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist, is contributing “AI God,” a portrait of Alain Turing, the mathematician and computer scientist considered to be the progenitor of modern computing, to what Sotheby’s calls a “digital art

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Francis Iles gallery in Rochester High Street to be transformed into cafe, dining and entertainment hub

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

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The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee engages with experts and young people across the UK

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

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Call to nominate women from Cornwall for art display

“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

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Chester art gallery set to open doors for annual autumn exhibition

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

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