July 28, 2026

UK Art

UK Art

Oxford Parkway: Youth-led art displays unveiled at station

[ad_1] 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

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

[ad_1] 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

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Growing small and winning big: Kalon’s squat success

[ad_1] 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

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Open for Art Trail set to return to Dorset in 2025

[ad_1] 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

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

[ad_1] [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

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The 5 Best Art Exhibitions Opening in London in April 2025

[ad_1] 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

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How portrayals of Mary in art influence perceptions of motherhood

[ad_1] 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

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Five Strangest UK Sculptures You Need To See

[ad_1] The UK is home to some of the most fascinating and eccentric sculptures in the world. From towering giants to whimsical artworks that defy explanation, here are five of the strangest sculptures across the country that you absolutely need to see: 1. The Angel of the North (Gateshead) While it’s one of the most

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Art For Your Oceans an exhibition devised to raise funds & awareness for pioneering ocean conservation initiatives.

[ad_1] Antony Gormley WITHIN (FOR THE OCEANS), 2024 Seaweed ink on paper WWF and Artwise curators in association with Sotheby’s have announced Art For Your Oceans, a selling exhibition of specially commissioned works by 16 leading international artists, devised to raise funds and awareness for pioneering ocean conservation initiatives by WWF in the UK and further afield. 

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Paedo art teacher, 82, who preyed on boys as young as seven for decades is jailed for 15 years

[ad_1] A perverted art teacher who preyed on boys as young as seven for decades has been jailed for 15 years. Terrence John Waters abused his position to attack boys aged seven to 13. The 82-year-old was a teacher at Allen House Prep School in Hook Heath, Woking, when he preyed on 14 different boys.

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