Winter 2025 MAGGI HAMBLING: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE HARMONIOUS UNEARTHING STORIES: imogen lycett green meets alexi marshall Drawing the unspeakable at towner eastbourne Events Calendar Abdoulie Conteh – Peace & Love Within YourselfAbdoulie Conteh – Peace & Love Within YourselfOpens: 29/01/2025The Grange GalleryBrightonMythical Creatures Stitching & PaintingMythical Creatures Stitching & PaintingOpens: 26/03/2025The Bell in TicehurstWadhurstCedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines: A Radical Art SchoolCedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines: A Radical Art SchoolOpens: 16/11/2024CharlestonLewesNigel Hall RA - Here and Now, There and ThenNigel Hall RA - Here and Now, There and ThenOpens: 16/11/2024Towner EastbourneEastbourneCollecting Modernism: Pablo Picasso to Winifred NicholsonCollecting Modernism: Pablo Picasso to Winifred NicholsonOpens: 25/09/2024Charleston LewesLewesIn Harmony / Winter Group ShowIn Harmony / Winter Group ShowOpens: 30/11/2024Arundel ContemporaryArundelSmall Works Group ShowSmall Works Group ShowOpens: 01/02/2025Arundel ContemporaryArundelTowner Makers' FairsTowner Makers' FairsOpens: 15/03/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneAdam Dant: Legends of AlbionAdam Dant: Legends of AlbionOpens: 22/11/2024Newlands House GalleryPetworthMaterial World at Gallery NorthMaterial World at Gallery NorthOpens: 15/02/2025Gallery NorthHailshamTRANSMISSIONS – or The Psychoshadowery of John Logie BairdTRANSMISSIONS – or The Psychoshadowery of John Logie BairdOpens: 11/01/2025Hastings Museum and Art GalleryHastingsLife Drawing at The BellLife Drawing at The BellOpens: 10/04/2025The Bell in TicehurstWadhurstBrighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2024/25 SeasonBrighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2024/25 SeasonOpens: 22/09/2024Brighton DomeBrightonNimble Art School Artist Development ProgrammeNimble Art School Artist Development ProgrammeOpens: 04/02/2025Flower Fairies™: The Magical World of Cicely Mary BarkerFlower Fairies™: The Magical World of Cicely Mary BarkerOpens: 22/10/2024Watts GalleryComptonDrawing the UnspeakableDrawing the UnspeakableOpens: 05/10/2024Towner EastbourneEastbourneDora Carrington: Beyond BloomsburyDora Carrington: Beyond BloomsburyOpens: 09/11/2024Pallant House GalleryChichesterSeeing the Downs: The Later Works of Peter IdenSeeing the Downs: The Later Works of Peter IdenOpens: 06/05/2025Champs HillPulboroughArt in Ditchling 2025Art in Ditchling 2025Opens: 03/05/2025Tirzah Garwood: Beyond RaviliousTirzah Garwood: Beyond RaviliousOpens: 19/11/2024Dulwich Picture GalleryLondonTowner Collection New AcquisitionsTowner Collection New AcquisitionsOpens: 22/03/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneTowner Makers' FairsTowner Makers' FairsOpens: 07/06/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneTadek Beutlich: On and Off the LoomTadek Beutlich: On and Off the LoomOpens: 18/01/2025Ditchling Museum of Art + CraftDitchlingPaule Vézelay: Living LinesPaule Vézelay: Living LinesOpens: 14/05/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneSussex ModernismSussex ModernismOpens: 22/05/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneTowner Makers' FairsTowner Makers' FairsOpens: 08/11/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourneTowner Makers' FairsTowner Makers' FairsOpens: 15/11/2025Towner EastbourneEastbourne Visit our calendar of events across Sussex COVER ARTISTS Imogen Lycett Green meets Alexi Marshall World of Colour Alexandra Loske goes for gold Artist interviews Alex Leith meets Maggi Hambling PAGES FROM A SKETCHBOOK ‘Macabre’ was Edward Burra’s favourite word MUSIC Beyond Hope: Hugh Philpott meets Ty Jeffries lives in art Victor B Neuburg’s life after Aleister Crowley art of the garden Lulah Ellender visits Rudyard Kipling’s Batemans My Sussex Brighton comedian Zoe Lyons AND DID THOSE FEET… The Ouse: the ancient artery of East Sussex The Collector What is the point of the art collector? DAVID JARMAN On women artists Meeting Mussolini Did Brighton’s Henry Roberts artwash early Italian Fascism? meet your maker Matilda Grover’s basketmaking: rescuing, reviving, retaining Art and about John Piper’s stained glass window in Firle Reviews Kate Winslet in Lee, and other Sussex-related publications and releases Stay Creative Creative courses at The Bell in Ticehurst, Westdean College and Draw Brighton ASK THE EXPERT Candida Stevens on getting gallery representation SPEND IT ON ART Visions of childhood, motherhood and the AI subconscious Sussex Wine Wine byproducts: Grape spirits, vinegars, jams, face oils and cooking oils. under the hammer Victorian marbles, David Bailey photos, and ephemera from the Profumo Affair Days out in sussex Our guides to the best weekends and days out across the county