Detail from Elisabeth Frink’s Desert Quartet

Summer 2025

Tim Riddihough
OUTSIDER ARTISTS: TIM RIDDIHOUGH
Turner at Petworth House
FROM THE SUBLIME…TO FLOATING CARROTS: TURNER AT PETWORTH HOUSE
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Events Calendar

Lewes Baroquefest 2025
Lewes Baroquefest 2025
Opens: 17/07/2025

In My Mind’s Eye
In My Mind’s Eye
Opens: 08/07/2025
Oxmarket Contemporary
Chichester
Brian Toms
Brian Toms
Opens: 08/07/2025
Oxmarket Contemporary
Chichester
Charleston Festival of the Garden 2025
Charleston Festival of the Garden 2025
Opens: 17/07/2025
Charleston
Lewes
South Downs Summer Music Festival 2025
South Downs Summer Music Festival 2025
Opens: 15/07/2025

Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and the Summer of 1937
Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and the Summer of 1937
Opens: 03/04/2025
Farleys House & Gallery
Chiddingly
Petworth Festival 2025
Petworth Festival 2025
Opens: 17/07/2025

Dennis Lewis - Here and There
Dennis Lewis - Here and There
Opens: 22/07/2025
Oxmarket Contemporary
Chichester
Unearthed
Unearthed
Opens: 22/07/2025
Oxmarket Contemporary
Chichester
Land & Sea
Land & Sea
Opens: 05/07/2025
Cameron Contemporary Art
Brighton and Hove
Lines & Marks
Lines & Marks
Opens: 26/07/2025
Natasha O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
Lewes
Dancing at the Edge of the Waves
Dancing at the Edge of the Waves
Opens: 26/07/2025
Patterson Gallery
Eastbourne
These Hills Festival 2025
These Hills Festival 2025
Opens: 09/08/2025
Glynde Place
Glyndebourne Festival 2025
Glyndebourne Festival 2025
Opens: 16/05/2025
Glyndebourne
Lewes
Chichester International Film Festival
Chichester International Film Festival
Opens: 08/08/2025

Arundel Gallery Trail
Arundel Gallery Trail
Opens: 16/08/2025
Arundel, West Sussex
Arundel
City Books Presents: Damian Barr 'The Two Roberts'
City Books Presents: Damian Barr 'The Two Roberts'
Opens: 27/08/2025
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Shoreham-by-Sea
Paule Vézelay: Living Lines
Paule Vézelay: Living Lines
Opens: 14/05/2025
Towner Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Top Hat
Top Hat
Opens: 14/07/2025
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester
Michael Craig-Martin: Everyday Objects
Michael Craig-Martin: Everyday Objects
Opens: 20/05/2025
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Petersfield
Andy Warhol: My True Story
Andy Warhol: My True Story
Opens: 06/06/2025
Newlands House Gallery
Petworth
Seedscapes/Wanderwild
Seedscapes/Wanderwild
Opens: 04/07/2025
Wakehurst
Haywards Heath
The Sun Feeds the Wind / Undersea
The Sun Feeds the Wind / Undersea
Opens: 29/03/2025
Hastings Contemporary
Hastings
EXHIBITION: Allan Weber/Claudia Alarcón & Silät
EXHIBITION: Allan Weber/Claudia Alarcón & Silät
Opens: 14/06/2025
De La Warr Pavilion
Bexhill
John Roberts: Uncrated
John Roberts: Uncrated
Opens: 07/09/2025

Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture
Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture
Opens: 06/09/2025

Brighton Open Air Theatre 2025 Season
Brighton Open Air Theatre 2025 Season
Opens: 02/05/2025
Brighton Open Air Theatre
Brighton and Hove
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
Opens: 26/03/2025
Charleston Lewes
Lewes
Sussex Modernism
Sussex Modernism
Opens: 22/05/2025
Towner Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Artists at Oakbank
Artists at Oakbank
Opens: 27/09/2025
Oakbank, Storrington
Storrington
Britain's Landscape
Britain's Landscape
Opens: 16/06/2025
Arundel Contemporary
Arundel
Artists at Oakbank
Artists at Oakbank
Opens: 04/10/2025
Oakbank, Storrington
Storrington
Shoreham Wordfest 2025
Shoreham Wordfest 2025
Opens: 27/09/2025

COLOUR at the Royal Pavilion
COLOUR at the Royal Pavilion
Opens: 21/03/2025
Royal Pavilion
Brighton and Hove
The Art of Illusion: The Theatrical World of Oliver Messel
The Art of Illusion: The Theatrical World of Oliver Messel
Opens: 14/06/2025
Nymans
Haywards Heath
Dress to Impress
Dress to Impress
Opens: 18/06/2025
Polesden Lacey
near Dorking
Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists
Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists
Opens: 17/05/2025
Pallant House Gallery
Chichester
Goodwood Art Foundation
Goodwood Art Foundation
Opens: 30/05/2025
Goodwood
Chichester
Izumi Kato
Izumi Kato
Opens: 08/03/2025
Charleston
Lewes
Inventing Post-Impressionism
Inventing Post-Impressionism
Opens: 08/03/2025
Charleston
Lewes
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World of Colour

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In Conversation

Ann Symes and Alison Crowther.

PAGES FROM A SKETCHBOOK

The drawings of sculptor John Roberts

MUSIC

Hugh Philpott enjoys an orchestral bus-and-hike trip in West Sussex.

lives in art

Turner at Petworth House

art of the garden

Lulah Ellender visits the South Heighton Pottery Garden.

My Sussex

Nicoleta Carpineau: Musician, filmmaker, Forests Without Frontiers founder, and force of nature.

Dance

Hofesh Shechter’s Theatre of Dreams

Sir John Soame's Museum
The Collector

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Gill
DAVID JARMAN

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Burton painting
Secrets of the South

Tom Hasson on Burton’s mysterious wall painting

Art and about

The 13th century mural at St. Peter ad Vincula in Wisborough Green

Richard Mason
meet your maker

Richard Mason, mobile sculptor

Headless Statue
Art Detective

The mystery of the headless statue

Sussex Modernism
Reviews

Books by Dr Hope Wolf, Ruby Taylor, Olivia Sprinkel and film by Margy Kinmouth.

Julian Page
ASK THE EXPERT

Art dealer Julian Page

McCully and Crane
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Oastbrook
Sussex Wine

Dominic Buckwell on the Sussex vineyards offering the best hospitality, and English Wine Week.

Under the Hammer
under the hammer

Silke Lohman on a historic lime wood carving.

Ditchling
Days out in sussex

A weekend in Ditchling