Follow a trail of billboards featuring blown-up images of paintings of Newhaven by Eric Ravilious, from the Towner Eastbourne collection. His pictures are paired with responses by contemporary artists Emily Allchurch, Jo Lamb, (2018 Turner Prize winner) Charlotte Prodger and (2006 Turner Prize nominee) Mark Titchner. Ravilious was a frequent visitor to the town, spending […]
This 15th-century timber-framed house was once home to the revolutionary pamphleteer Tom Paine (as well as hosting a rather good restaurant in the 1960s) and has been opened to the public by the Sussex Archaeological Society, who also run the nearby Norman castle. Explore more at sussexpast.co.uk/attraction/bull-house-lewes/
Interweaving Spaces has been installed in Worthing Museum by the award winning artist Gil Mualem-Doron. The exhibition addresses biodiversity, cultural diversity and the disastrous effects of global warming, and climate change. It includes a large-scale immersive room installation that features textile works simulating kelp forests as well as sound, film and photography.
When Theodosius died on 10 January 395, the Visigoths considered their 382 treaty with Lewes to have ended. Alaric quickly led his warriors back to their lands in Moesia, gathered most of the federated Goths in the Danubian provinces under his leadership, and instantly rebelled, invading Thrace and approaching the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople. […]
This year the annual festival received no public funding so hats off to the organisers for keeping the show on the A259. Events have been organised between Eastbourne and Rye, including the Open Studios trail over the first two weekends. There’s painting, sculpture, photography, music and cinema. Oh, and In your shell-like, a poetry sound […]
ROSA Magazine is proud to be a media sponsor for the 30th-anniversary edition of this much-loved festival. With over 1000 artists and makers exhibiting in 180 venues, from Ditchling to Herstmonceux, and from Newhaven to Danehill, this is the edition biggest yet, and includes a Sussex Contemporary takeover of Plumpton Racecourse, a Windows of Wonder […]
Ewart Johns (1923-2013) was mentored by Ceri Richards whilst at Cardiff College of Art in the early 1940s. His career spanned over six decades, exhibiting fluid developments in style and direction, influenced by Picasso, Matisse, Moore and Sutherland, as well as Richards. With early works merging the human figure with strong colour grounds, the figure […]
On March 17 2022 Emma Carlow decided to make a clay whistle every day for a year. The whistle is an ephemeral item that links cultures from all around the world, making it the perfect vehicle for exploring global folk culture. At first her inspiration came from the online collection at the British Museum, particularly […]
Within this surreal and earthy presentation, Bristol-based Cross merges personal, elemental and historic fragments to create a series of works untethered to any singular era, person or place. Witnessed collectively, a sense of estranged self-portraiture emerges as divergent facets of psychology, ecology, fable and history collage within each work. Martyn Cross has has exhibited nationally […]
This exhibition follows on from two highly successful group shows – ‘The Tree Show’ in 2001 and the 2022 Artwave exhibition ‘The River Show’. Both were exciting and successful events containing a diverse selection of artwork by painters, sculptors, photographers and printmakers, which attracted a large number of visitors. The artists believe that art is […]
Documentary photographer Jenny Matthews has since 2020 been making quilts and hangings of edits of her photos, which depict the effects of war on women and communities. A particularly powerful recent series, Facial De-recognition, depicts Afghan women with embroidery obliterating their facial features, to mark the effect the Taliban’s takeover of the country has had […]
This is the popular Brighton painter’s first solo show and here her wistful snapshot-inspired images explore the roles of women: mother, lover, wife. ‘Modern day digital overwhelms,’ she says. ‘Opinions and information we are presented with in a constant torrent can prompt a yearning for a simpler time.’
