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14/11/2024
It's two weeks until MADE Brighton opens its doors for the preview of a stunning show of designer-makers at the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
Buy direct from ceramicists, printmakers, textile-artists, furniture and glass makers, jewellers and artisans working in unique ways.
This is a perfect place to purchase some Christmas gifts early ✨️ and to support the patient art of making things by hand.
MADE Brighton is open 28 November - 1 December, buy tickets online at madebrighton.co.uk or on the door at the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
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13/11/2024
Aspex Portsmouth are currently hosting the - an exhibition that celebrates emerging artistic talent across the south east and south west of England.
The exhibition, titled 'COLONY', features mixed media works by 10 recently graduated artists: Ian Golding and Jessica Babbini-Baker (Wi******er School of Art, University of Southampton), James Coombes and Ben NJ (Solent University), Isobelle Munckton and Hima Bijoy (UCA Farnham), Danielè Balsyte and Eliska Svrlanska (University of Portsmouth), Prajvi Mandhani and Lynne Williams (Arts University Bournemouth).
The Platform Graduate Award initiative helps in the launch of the artists' professional careers with a bursary and 6 months of mentorship.
Joanne Bushnell, Director of Aspex Portsmouth, said:
“The Platform Graduate Award exhibitions at Aspex and our gallery partners across the South East and South West provide a critical and timely opportunity for recent graduates to step into the professional arts sector. This year, for the first time our exhibition has been themed with ‘Colony’ used to express the interconnected interests and concerns of emerging artists today.”
The exhibition is open until 12 January 2025. For more information on the lcoation and opening times of Aspex Portsmouth visit: aspex.org.uk
Early bird tickets for MADE Brighton end tomorrow (1 November) at midnight!
The Design & Craft fair for Sussex welcomes a talented array of makers from all over the UK, who will be selling their contemporary handmade designs just in time for Christmas shopping! 🎄🎁
The venue is the historic Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, located in the middle of Brighton’s bustling lanes.
💡Tickets for the preview evening include a glass of wine and free admission for the whole weekend
🔥 Opening tomorrow at Autograph : a rare chance to see photographs by a seminal figure of the British art scene of the 1980s, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, in a new exhibition featuring never-before-seen works.
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (born 1955, Lagos, Nigeria - died 1989, London, UK), is recognised internationally for his groundbreaking and profound portraits which are a brave exploration of culture, intimacy, desire and pain.
The exhibition ‘The Studio - Staging Desire’ curated by Mark Sealy, documents the artists work in the period 1983-1989, when Fani-Kayode lived and worked in Brixton. During this period, the artists studio transcended into a sanctuary visualising black q***r self-expression, and allowed the artist unprecedented freedom and creativity amongst London’s fluid, racial multiverse.
Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio- Staging Desire
31 October 2024 - 22 March 2025
Autograph, London
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition opens at this November for a major showcase of contemporary art by 398 UK-based artists ✨
This year’s exhibition attracted over 6,000 entries which were reviewed by respected critics Will Gompertz, Paul Carey-Kent, Adebanji Alade and Nina Murdoch, and collectors Carol Leonard and Gabrielle Blackman.
The chosen artists will present works across the mediums of painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, textiles, photography and more, with some showing multiple pieces, making up an exciting exhibition of 685 works
The exhibition is FREE to visit from 15 - 24 November 2024 at Mall Galleries, London
Image: (1) Kirsteen Adams, ‘My Girl Scout’, (2) Alicia Griffiths, ‘I try to fit in!’, courtesy Parker Harris
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28/10/2024
Today, a special collaboration between and renowned theatre makers from Teatro delle Albe, Italy, begins a week-long series of workshops which will culminate in a performance this Friday of classical play ‘Peace’ by Aristophanes.
Led by Artistic Directors of Teatro delle Albe, Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari, who are celebrated internationally for their groundbreaking community-based theatre work, the workshops will be attended by Chickenshed’s Foundation degree students as well as BA Humanities students from the UK and Italy.
The play ‘Peace’ is a timeless comedy written in 421 BC by Greek playwright Aristophanes, produced just before the signing of a peace treaty between Athens and Sparta, symbolizing hope and renewal after many years of war- a message which resonates deeply in our current times.
The performance on Friday 1 November at 6pm is free.
🎟️Tickets can be bought online at: www.chickenshed.org.uk
Congratulations to Elizabeth Xi Bauer gallery, who will celebrate their 10th anniversary with the opening of a second gallery space in East London’s Exmouth Market in January 2025.
The gallery is widely recognised for their progressive contemporary art programmes, combining residencies and exhibitions with artists worldwide. Their new space will expand upon their mission to support artists and to push the boundaries of contemporary art, which began with the launch of their Deptford gallery in 2021.
The new Exmouth Market gallery will launch in january 2025 with an exhibition that will showcase the essence of Elizabeth Xi Bauer and its vision for the future.
For more information, follow
Image: Antonio Pichillá, In front of the lake, exhibition, courtesy Elizabeth Xi Bauer
24/10/2024
It’s time to shop handmade at MADE London! 🛍️ Where you will find 120 expert makers from all over the UK working across the contemporary craft and design disciplines.
Open today from 12pm until 8.30pm this evening for late night shopping, at the magical venue One Marylebone, a Sir John Soane designed church ✨ just beside Regent’s park and opposite Great Portland Street tube station.
MADE London opens again tomorrow 25 October and Saturday 26 October 10:30am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm)
Buy tickets in advance at madelondon.uk or on the door!
23/09/2024
A fun fundraising event for WaterAid UK at British Art Fair this week!
Join us at the fair - Thursday 29 to Sunday 29 September at Saatchi Gallery
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Martin Parr, Taking The P**s, 2021, photo screen printed onto acrylic wrapped wooden toilet seat. Only edition created. Measurements: 37 x 42 cm. Minimum
23/09/2024
Read about the pioneering female artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham whose work will be shown in a special exhibiton at British Art Fair this week.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s paintings were snapped up by David Bowie. Now her popularity is soaring as the Tate introduces her to a new generation
04/09/2024
This autumn, MADE London returns to its original venue: One Marylebone, a beautiful former Church beside Regents Park.
Around 120 exhibitors from the UK and abroad will showcase their handmade contemporary craft and design pieces over four floors, in an impressive display that welcomes new and returning makers year on year.
Visitors will find a balanced selection of jewellery, ceramics, textiles, furniture and specialist craft practices, presenting an inspiring event for all interested in contemporary craft and design.
The venue is easily accessible just opposite Great Portland Street Tube Station, and 10 minutes by taxi from King’s Cross, Euston and Paddington train stations.
Book tickets at madelondon.uk
03/09/2024
This month, Burbage Band of Buxton- one of the oldest brass bands in the world, will premiere new compositions alongside visual storytelling and poetry at Manchester's Stoller Hall, as part of a new project 'Burbage Works'.
'Burbage Works' documents the bands fascinating history, which dates back to 1861, and the history of brass banding more broadly, which has seen a revival in popularity in recent years.
The band will recreate performances from the mid-1800s using actual instruments from the era, including original ophicleide, cornets and horns and there will be an opportunity to see these instruments up close during the interval.
The project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England and Brass Bands England.
🎟️ The last remaining tickets are on sale for 'Burbage Works- a Musical Journey' on 14 September at Manchester's Stoller Hall, at stollerhall.com
Image: Burbage Band Buxton, courtesy Brass Bands England.
Opening tomorrow ✨️ Zavier Ellis' solo exhibition 'Revolt Repeat' - featuring a series of new mixed media works that explore the artist's ongoing interest in revolution, resistance and conflict.
Zavier Ellis exhibits widely and is also a curator and gallerist. His work is featured in prominent private collections including the seminal Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Zurich and Beth Rudin DeWoody, West Palm Beach.
There is one week left to visit 'AFTER-IMAGE', a joint exhibition of works by James Fisher and Phil Gloss, showing with Vivienne Roberts Projects at The Bindery in East London.
Curated by Emma Hill and Vivienne Roberts, 'AFTER-IMAGE' explores an overarching theme of imagined landscape, in an installation that features paintings on paper, oils on panel, ceramics and sculpture.
Sharing affinities in method and approach, these two contemporary artists both work in sequences or series, initiating images from drawings. Read more on the exhibition at: https://viviennerobertsprojects.com/
JAMES FISHER / PHIL GOSS
'AFTER-IMAGE'
Ends Wednesday 7 August 2024
Location: The Bindery, 53 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN
Tuesday - Friday 11am - 5pm otherwise by appointment.
Images:
1. Phil Goss, Horse, 2021, Monoprint, watercolour on Japanese paper.
2. James Fishe, Becher Boots, 2022, Oil on panel.
19/07/2024
Visit Attenborough Arts Centre before the end of September to see works by pioneering American artist Jenny Holzer 🌟, whose radical text-based installations have appeared in public spaces and galleries around the world.
The exhibition presents a compilation of Holzer's work from different points in her career, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection- a touring programme of international artists in solo exhibitions, jointly owned by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland.
The centrepiece of the exhibition is the towering BLUE PURPLE TILT 2007, consisting of seven double-sided vertical LED displays which is programmed with hundreds of messages from her earlier text series.
'ARTIST ROOMS: Jenny Holzer' is free to visit at Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester, until 29 September 2024.
The first solo exhibition by Multi award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Ben Jennings is currently on show at The Coningsby Gallery.
'Snowflake’s Progress' is a contemporary adaptation of William Hogarth’s famous 18th-century work, A Rake’s Progress, and follows a recurring character over a series of 8 artworks that offer snapshots of British life set over the past 14 years of Tory rule.
There are also on display a selection of Ben’s editorial work from over this same time period, comprising of cartoons from his day job as political cartoonist for The Guardian and The i Newspaper.
Visit the exhibition Monday-Friday 9am-6pm and weekends by appointment until 20 July at: The Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ.
Image: (Detail of) 'Snowflake' by Ben Jennings. Courtesy Coningsby Gallery.
09/07/2024
This year's festival - the outdoor South Asian contemporary arts festival at Bell Square- focuses on music, with an abundant line-up of live acts.
Taking place on Saturday 20 July 3-10pm as part of Bell Square's larger summer festival, ANHAD includes performances by Rizmi (DJ), Tommy Khosla, Karma Sheen, Shivum Sharma, Jitwam, Shifa Ligero (DJ) and DJ Priya. The festival will also include an installation of large-scale flags in keeping with the festival-feel.
The festival is ✨️free✨️ to attend, as are the myriad of other events taking place at Bell Square for this wonderful annual festival now in its 10th year.
Location: Bell Square, Hounslow High Street, TW3 3HH.
For information on the programme visit: bellsquarelondon.com
and Watermans arts centre: watermans.org.uk
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A preview of some of the stunning work for sale at MADE Brighton next week! Designer-makers from all over the UK will showcase their work at the beautiful Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, 28 November - 1 December.
See the full list of exhibitors, as well as perfect Christmas gifts to be found at the fair, at madebrighton.co.uk
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MADE London now open at One Marylebone.
The coolest contemporary craft and design fair over 100 makers.
Ceramics, furniture, homeware, jewellery, textiles and more.
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ROSA Magazine Spring Issue 2024 is out this week. Subscribe today for the full picture of Sussex' cultural programme this season and much more. FREE signed collectors' edition of 'The Arts in Sussex' map by Helen Cann. https://bit.ly/BuyROSA
MADE BRIGHTON x ROSA MAGAZINE
Join us at MADE BRIGHTON, open now at the spectacularly refurbished Brighton Dome-Corn Exchange.
There are 80 stands at the fair with innovative design and craft in all disciplines: #woodwork #ceramics #jewellery #leatherwork #textiles #fashion #printmaking. MADE is the perfect event for buying items for the home and Christmas gifts.
@ditchlingmuseumartcraft is the official Museum Partner and ROSA Magazine, the media partner. Find us on Stands 70 and 5.
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24-26 November 2023
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Open Friday 24 and Saturday 25 November 10.30am to 5.30pm
Sunday 26 November 10.30am to 5pm.
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