Born Marjorie Watson-Williams, Vézelay was a British abstract artist who cut her artistic teeth in Paris among Modernist avant-garde greats such as Alexander Calder and Wassily Kandinsky, before experimenting with Surrealism and Constructivism. This exhibition, which debuted at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, offers insight into Vézelay’s seven decade career, featuring paintings, […]
The 10th edition of the annual fair, held in a spacious marquee within the picturesque grounds of Petworth House. Expect fine period furniture, clocks, oil and watercolour paintings, maps, glass, sculpture, lighting, vintage watches, silver, jewellery, ceramics, and many other decorative works of art spanning various periods.
This year’s summer festival at the historic opera house opens with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Sevilla (May 16-July 3) followed by the first-ever Glyndebourne staging of Wagner’s psychological drama Parsifal (May 17- June 24). Later on in the summer we can look forward to Handel’s Saul, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Verdi’s Falstaff and Janáček’s […]
This event has grown year on year since its inauguration in 2001 and the 2025 edition sees 147 artists and makers opening their studios in 112 different venues in and around Chichester, in six distinct areas both in the city and the surrounding villages.
Featuring over 130 works by 80 plus artists, and spanning 125 years of British art, this major exhibition explores identity, artistic relationships and mutual influence through painting, print, photography, sculpture and installation. Gazing at each other and paying homage are the likes of Lucian Freud, Lubaina Himid, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Eric Ravilious, Paula Rego, […]
One of the best-loved artists of his generation, and most influential to the next, conceptual/pop art guru Michael Craig-Martin depicts everyday objects with precise graphic outlines in vivid, psychedelic colours. Expect Nokia phones, swivel chairs, Italian coffee pots and kitchen utensils. You can enjoy a tour of the show, featuring a variety of his prints, […]
Sara is a Saltdean-based painter who started painting portraits during the first lockdown in March 2020. She mainly paints people and was a semi-finalist on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year series 10, and has since presented two episodes of Artist of the Year Masterclass for Sky which aired in December 2024. Sara’s work […]
"Form, Frame & Fire" Crypt Gallery, Seaford, 21st - 25th May An exhibition of 4 Sussex artists working in 4 different mediums - ceramics, jewellery, painting & photography. @jan.beesley is.a photographer who embraces both traditional and experimental techniques to oreate abstracted images inspired by the Sussex landscape from the Ashdown Forest to the sea. @jayne_luscombe […]
A real treat for Sussex art-lovers, this exhibition takes in work from the late nineteenth century all the way through to the present day and showcases those not normally included in discussions about modernism. These artists include those who opposed modernism, those who came before or after it, and artists from the 1960s and 1980s […]
A new look at the influences/influencers of modernism Curator Dr Hope Wolf’s show, drawing on work from the late 19th century to the present day, examines a recent history of complex and compelling art created in Sussex, rejecting lazy assumptions about provincialism, and introducing the concept of ‘new regionalism’. There will be works by names […]
You’re invited to our Summer 2025 launch. Join us on the first night of Hastings Craft Weekend to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 edition. RSVP below.
Thirty-five heritage craft and contemporary makers selected by renowned curator James Thomas showcase their work at the inaugural edition of Hastings Craft Weekend. Demonstrations, workshops and a first-rate selection of handmade Sussex craft for sale, Read the ROSA interview with organiser James Thomas on page 103 of the spring issue. For updates on Insta follow […]
