Disregard George V’s last words, and head down to Bognor for a weekend of folk music, much of it for free, centred round the Waterloo Square area of town. There’s a ukelele festival, a ‘Shanty Showdown’, a dance festival and music sessions from the likes of Celtic/Klezmer/you-name-it band The Jigantics, Cornish folk rockers 3 Daft […]
A fast-evolving short film festival that sets about redressing the underrepresentation in cinema of women over 50 years old. By turns funny, informative and alternative, this BFI-accredited one-day event also includes a glamorous awards ceremony.
The first major presentation of the influential Brazilian artist’s work in the UK for 15 years, this show constitutes a real coup for the Bexhill gallery, to help light up East Sussex’s ‘Turner season’. This exhibition will concentrate on the late sculptor, installation artist and filmmaker’s experimental and seminal work in the late 60s and […]
Experience rarely-seen early drawings by one of the most popular and recognisable artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937). From a box of matches on a table to bunches of spring onions and leeks, David Hockney’s works exemplify his ability to find beauty in the more intimate and seemingly ordinary aspects of life, encapsulating Hockney’s […]
Britain's annual contemporary art extravaganza opened with a huge party that filled the whole building on Wednesday 27 September. The great and the good of the London and Sussex art worlds were there to get a first glimpse of installations by the four shortlisted artists: Barbara Walker, Jesse Darling, Rory Pilgrim and Ghislaine Leung. Popular […]
Shoreham Wordfest makes its return this autumn with a wonderful programme featuring high profile writers and performers alongside showcases of local creativity. Appearing this year will be Lemn Sissay, who will be giving a talk on his new poetry collection Let the Light Pour In. There are also theatre productions, including a version of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives […]
Broken Grey Wires presents an exhibition of work by artists who explore empowerment, gender and community. Looking at the rhetoric behind mental illness, class struggles, race, queerness and feminist discourse through photography, interactive installation, video and painting, it brings together work by both established and emerging artists. Look out for the inimitable Bobby Baker, plus Martha Rosler, Zanele Muholi, […]
The show features photographs by Linda Burris Webster, depicting her sculptures made with torn maps in an exploration of social and political dilemmas; Sally Ellis creates vibrant paintings of still life through the lens of abstraction, and ceramicist Emma Fenelon presents a series of new sculptures inspired by the relics at Ness, the secret military […]
Now firmly established in the Sussex arts calendar, this popular Open Call event (this year attracting over 1000 entries!) showcases some of the best artists and makers in the county. Everything's for sale, and there is something for every budget. Pictured is a gorgeous painting by Thomas Treherne that won first prize.
The Printmaker’s Council was set up in the 60s to support the new wave of artists exploring screen-printing as an exciting new art medium. Emma Mason regularly exhibits the work of many of the early members of the PMC, such as Alistair Grant, Helena Markson and Tadek Beutlich; this show explores how current members of […]
Champs Hill – hosting an exclusive art lecture with Alison Beven, RWA Director Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 7pm (doors open 6.15pm) Placing the West: Newlyn School and Lamorna Colony, painters of Cornwall is the Champs Hill autumn exhibition featuring the highlights of our Newlyn and Lamorna Colony collections (Lamorna Birch, Elizabeth Forbes, Stanhope Forbes, William Banks […]
What was Brighton Digital Festival has now become Dreamy Place and it launches its seven-day programme of art, creative tech and digital culture this October. There’ll be world-renowned films and installations by top artists shown alongside local talent, plus interactive events taking place across two sites over two weekends: Crawley Oct 12-14 and Brighton Oct 19-22. […]
