• Religion, Rebellion & Reformation

    Chichester Cathedral Chichester, United Kingdom

    Chichester Cathedral was founded in 1075, which makes 2025 its 950th anniversary, for which the diocese has organised an exhibition celebrating the Christian faith in Sussex since the Norman Conquest. […]

  • It Takes a Village

    Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Ditchling Museum was set up with the remit of celebrating the artistic legacy of the Sussex village it’s situated in. And it’s undoubtedly true that Eric Gill played an important […]

  • From Our Own Correspondence

    Atelier Beside the Sea 164 - 166 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    21 jewellers were invited to respond to a brief by curator-jeweller Kathie Murphy. She paired off the participants (plus herself) and asked them to commission each other to make a […]

  • The Dark Town Film Club

    Atelier Beside the Sea 164 - 166 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    A return exhibition by artist-illustrator Jonny Hannah (see ROSA #7) inspired by a lifelong love of cinema. Hannah, in his inimitable blocky, colourful style, presents an immersive experience, featuring movie-related […]

  • Commons – A Film by David Blandy

    The Amelia Scott Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom

    Commons is a new film by award-winning artist David Blandy, commissioned by The Amelia Scott and Film and Video Umbrella as part of the programme for The Open Road. The […]

  • The Ravilious Collection

    Towner Eastbourne Devonshire Park, College Rd, Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Towner is celebrating Eric Ravilious’s Eastbourne roots with a permanent gallery dedicated to his work. Over 100 works will be on view, including the recently discovered Mackerel Sky (1938) and […]

  • Sophie Barber: mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry

    Hastings Contemporary Rock-a-Nore, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Sophie Barber’s ‘cushion’ canvases don’t just hang – they slouch, bulge, and whisper secrets from the Sussex countryside. Barber, a native of Hastings, enjoys her first major exhibition in this […]

  • Isabel Rock – Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold

    Hastings Contemporary Rock-a-Nore, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Isabel Rock's Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannnot Hold, one of three brilliant shows running concurrently at Hastings Contemporary, can perhaps best be described as an exuberantly psychedelic doomsday cult. […]

  • Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2025/26 Season

    Brighton Dome Church Street, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    There are three concerts this autumn to kick-start the BPO’s new season, opening with A New World, featuring rising star Junyan Chen on piano, playing Rachmaninoff’s ‘Everest of piano concertos’ […]

  • Collections

    Gallery57 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    Spanning the autumn months, this group exhibition at the fabulous Gallery57 in Arundel features work made from ceramics, wood, textile, works on paper, bronze, fibre and found materials assembled to […]

  • Betty Parsons: Sheer Energy

    De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Betty Parsons is best known as an influential New York gallerist who championed the work of Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still, long […]

  • Glyndebourne Autumn Season

    Glyndebourne Glyndebourne United Kingdom, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    The most intriguing of the three operas staged this autumn is a world premiere adaptation, by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Rachael Hewer, of Edith Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children, […]