A long-established staple of the Sussex calendar, Brighton Festival returns this May with guest director and writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce at its helm. As the South East’s biggest and boldest arts festival, this year’s event is sure to bring with it a cascade of brilliantly entertaining and accessible arts and culture. With its versatile programme of […]
Spend a weekend soaking up both the sunshine and some incredible local art this May, as the Artists Open Houses festival returns once more to Brighton, Hove and the surrounding area. Last year’s festival saw almost 200 artists’ homes and studios open up for public viewing and this year promises to be just as extensive. […]
A multi-channel video, plus glass and 2D works, by Dr Libby Heaney, the first artist to work within quantum computing as a functioning artist medium. Her practice explores 'non-local and hybrid concepts from quantum science' to challenge scientific assumptions about the binary nature of the world around us. It's all about slime, basically.
This hip young gallery, supported by De La Warr Pavilion, showcase emerging artists in their spacious exhibition space on the outskirts of Bexhill. Currently on show is Royal Academy Schools graduate Lucy Evetts, whose figurative paintings reflect on agency and the semantics of self-promotion, and who is currently making waves in cutting-edge galleries in London […]
Drawing on formats including exhibition, concert and talk-show, SOME TIMES takes us on a sensory journey through different ways of experiencing time, and witnessing changing patterns and relationships.
This charming ink-on-paper drawing, 'Mother and Child', is by Duncan Grant. We've used it to illustrate a wonderful opportunity for those of you interested in life drawing. Silvia MacRae Brown will be leading an informal day of life drawing at Charleston in Firle on Tuesday May 7, offering the chance to sketch life model Francesca […]
Hot on the heels of its tremendous star-turn as host of the 2023 Turner Prize, Towner Eastbourne will host the denouement of this interdisciplinary installation by Florence Peake. Having been on tour in Edinburgh and performed in London, FACTUAL ACTUAL: Ensemble will occupy Towner's ground floor spaces for the duration, with a weekend of special […]
Returning to Glynde Place for a third time this May is Potfest: the UK’s largest ceramics and pottery festival. Amidst the beautiful green fields that surround the Elizabethan country house will be a dynamic showcase of over 90 makers’ work. Wander amongst pottery both functional and decorative, from intricately decorated plates to masterfully created sculptures, […]
Petworth gallery Kevis House will host a show of work by artist and printmaker Chris Orr. Here, Orr's work takes inspiration from traditional Japanese woodblock printing. Some of the work is very new, having been made in the spring of 2024. This show is a great chance to enjoy a close look at the high-quality […]
Remarkably, Pallant House’s publicity department declare this to be the ‘first major exhibition to explore British still life’. Artists exhibited include (draw a deep breath): Hurvin Anderson, Vanessa Bell, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Gluck, Duncan Grant, Richard Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, William Nicholson, Eric Ravilious, Anwar Jalal Shemza, William Scott, Walter Sickert, Stanley […]
Join ROSA for an afternoon of sculpture, talks, tea & cake, and wine tasting. Gallery director Elspeth Bray will be leading a tour of the stunning landscaped sculpture gardens. ROSA editor Alex Leith is hosting a short Q&A with author Peter Beckingham on his new book: Sussex Showcase: 2000 Years of Great Art from Bignor […]
From May through July, Eastbourne's Devonshire Collective will host the first solo exhibition of work by Sean Steadman. Foremostly a painter, Steadman's work is interested in the intersections between painting and other mediums. In these works, Steadman follows the throughlines that connect painting with printmaking. These pieces are fascinated with form itself; it is never […]
