A showcase of contemporary craft by the twelve finalists of the Sussex Craft Awards 2025. These are the leading designer-makers in the region, nominated by the public and then selected by a panel representing West Dean College, Newlands House Gallery, Tutton & Young and The Makers Directory. Vote for a winner yourself. Newlands House, Pound […]
Ever wanted to get beyond the blond fright wig, dark sunglasses and enigmatic statements of Andy Warhol, and find out the true personality of one of the 20th century’s most influential artists? Professor Jean Wainwright did, and spent 30 years interviewing his friends, family and entourage, listening to his private tape recordings, and studying his […]
Adam Dant has been dubbed a ‘modern-day Hogarth’ for his hyper-detailed drawings which, according to Newlands House, ‘chronicle life in their densely wrought depictions of public spaces, where historical motifs mingle with present-day observations to create wryly humorous views of contemporary culture’. Readers of The Critic will be highly familiar with his work (recent examples […]
The elegant Petworth gallery launches Chapter Three of photographer Brandt’s The Day May Break series, exploring environmental degradation. This latest work focuses on South Pacific Islanders impacted by rising seas, following Chapter One, which was photographed in Zimbabwe and Kenya (2020), and Chapter Two in Bolivia (2022). For SINK / RISE, local people were shot […]
To Know About Women: The Photography of Eve Arnold, until Jan 7 Eve Arnold was a Magnum documentary photographer, best known for the many photographs she took of Marilyn Monroe, over a ten-year period in the 50s and early 60s. If the two parts of that sentence don’t seem to go together, it should be […]
