Two of this summer’s operas have been retained for Glyndebourne’s Autumn Festival (replacing their cancelled annual Tour): Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Donizetti’s L’elesire d’amore. Early-bird ROSA readers, please note there will be two family open days, offering the chance to participate in the construction of an outdoor theatre installation with ROSA’s Leap then Look, among […]
One of the recurring motifs in Birmingham-born painter Hurvin Anderson’s work is a hometown barber shop, a subject he first depicted in 2006, and has returned to regularly since, exploring different styles and techniques, drifting from figuration to abstraction and raising questions about memory, identity and nationhood. That series forms the mainstay of this show. […]
Chris Daunt - Othello This excellent little gallery is run in a former Victorian photographic studio in Petworth by Richard Spellman and Lucy Hodgson, who used to run the annual Works on Paper Art Fair. They have asked Anne Desmet RA to curate a show celebrating the country’s top contemporary practitioners of this intricate art […]
From 15 November, Long and Ryle present the extraordinary work of East Sussex-based painter Nick Archer. Archer is fascinated here with the passage of time, which is rendered visible in his works through the use of blemishes and soft distortions. There is in his paintings a fusion of a realistic mode with more abstract, perhaps […]
Fans of Matthew Bourne’s camp, kitschy ballet-romp Nutcracker! will relish the chance to see costumes from the hit show (mostly in different shades of pink) on display in the Gallery, and there’s the chance to follow a themed family trail in the garden, with the manor house interior all dressed up for a Nutcracker-inspired ‘Land […]
Collaborative duo John Evans and Janet Branscombe present a selection of work including drawings, paintings and ceramics made using ancient low-fired techniques. For the full winter programme, including exhibitions from Owen Davey (Dec 5 – 10) and Walter Wall (Dec 19 – Jan 7), check out colonnadehouse.co.uk. Images courtesy of Colonnade House.
However old you are, walking the lantern-lit Glow Wild trail will bring out the child in you. The term ‘magical’ is often bandied about, but here it’s appropriate, as you witness a string of gasp-inspiring light installations interspersed amid the globally sourced flora of Kew Gardens’ Sussex satellite. Finish with a mulled cuppa underneath the […]
MADE BRIGHTON is returning in November 2023 to the Brighton Dome – Corn Exchange which has just opened after a spectacular refurbishment. ROSA Members are invited on the evening Thursday November 23 for the following: Launch of the ROSA Winter Issue Private View of MADE Brighton View of the newly refurbished Corn Exchange MADE BRIGHTON […]
Over a hundred stands showing the UK's top contemporary crafts and printmakers. MADE is back in the newly refurbished Corn Exchange after a seven year gap, and welcomely so. Make a date for your diary at MADE Brighton to find the latest designs in ceramics, jewellery, furniture, textiles, metalwork, leather and all kinds of homeware. […]
The grandaddy of all open house festivals, now in its 41st year, opens its many, many doors to the public for its latest winter edition. You know the deal: download or pick up a brochure, and follow those trails that take your fancy, checking out all the crafts and the art (plus the interior decor […]
Leading Sussex curator's Christmas Show features work by Julian Bell, Nick Bodimeade, Philippa Cannan, Linda Felcey, Julian Le Bas, Jo Lamb, Kate Montgomery, Julian Sutherland-Beatson, The Baron Gilvan, Nick Bush, Jonathan Smith and Charlotte Snook. Sculpture by Keith A Pettit.
The final leg of a national tour that started at Sotheby’s in London in January, and spent the summer on display at Project Ability in Glasgow. This is the eighth National Open Exhibition, organised by the charity Outside In, who assist artists who encounter significant barriers due to health, disability, social circumstance or isolation. 80 […]
