John Akomfrah: Vertigo Sea :: Towner Eastbourne :: 18 May – 26 Sep 2021
18 May – 26 Sep 2021 FREE ENTRY Following a joint acquisition with the National Museum of Wales in 2021, John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea, will be exhibited at Towner in summer 2021. First … Continue reading
John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace :: Towner Eastbourne :: 18 May – 26 Sep 2021
Towner Eastbourne presents the most comprehensive major exhibition of work in over 50 years by John Nash, one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century. Nash … Continue reading
Lothar Götz: Dance Diagonal :: Towner Eastbourne :: 2019-2024
NOW EXTENDED UNTIL 2024! German artist Lothar Götz has transformed the exterior walls of the gallery with his new large-scale, colourful geometric artwork, Dance Diagonal (2019). Götz, who is based … Continue reading
Eastbourne’s Towner arts centre set to re-open Tuesday 18 May 2021 – with two major new exhibitions of work by John Nash and John Akomfrah
The Towner Eastbourne Contemporary Arts centre will re-open on 18 May 2021, including the shop, cafe and two major new exhibitions – John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace, … Continue reading
Brighton and Hove museums to re-open from 17 May 2021 – helped by £370k lockdown recovery cash
Brighton and Hove’s Royal Pavilion and four other museums will re-open from 17 May 2021, helped by £370,000 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The Royal … Continue reading
Hanover Creative Yard Sale :: 17 Apr 2021, 10am-2pm :: Various locations Brighton
Start of the Arts season in Brighton! Independent artists and craftspeople selling art from from their homes in Brighton. Local, socially distanced, Hanover Creative Yard Sale 17 Apr 2021, 10am-2pm. … Continue reading
Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me – Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76 :: Brighton and Hove Museum :: 18 May 2021 -23 January 2022
Tickets on sale for acclaimed Bowie show at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery – extended to January 2022 Fans of Bowie have been given extra time to catch up with … Continue reading
Two at 40 :: Richard Harris and Tracey Wadey :: Brighton Photo Fringe 2020 :: Gallery 40, Hove :: 20 October – 1 November 2020
Joint exhibition by award-winning fine art photographers/printers, Richard Harris and Tracy Wadey. Part of the 2020 Brighton Photo Fringe. Advance tickets are required. Tickets are free: see eventbrite link below. … Continue reading
Moncrieff-Bray Autumn Exhibition | Petworth | 30 October – 12 December 2020
Moncrieff-Bray Autumn Exhibition30th October – 12 December 2020Our Autumn exhibition will have a strong emphasis on sculpture with works by leading British Contemporary sculptors arranged in the sculpture garden creating … Continue reading
Locked Down, Locked in, Lucked Out | Sinna One @ Gallery Lock In | Hove | 2 – 4 October 2020
Tonight we visited the public opening of Sinna One’s studio at Gallery Lock In – before it has to close next week, and the walls, and the art on them, … Continue reading
The most glamorous, prestigious arts jobs in Sussex? Call for volunteer contributors to help the Artbeat revival
Loyal readers of Sussex Artbeat will have noticed a decline in our wonderful art news content over recent months. However, our devoted followers keep growing! So we know people want … Continue reading
Use our Virtual Art Gallery – free platform for Sussex Artists
Don’t know why we didn’t think of this before! Does it take a virus-crisis to show us the obvious? Sussex Artbeat would like to invite Sussex Artists to use our … Continue reading
Wanderlust: an exhibition of visionary art in the time of COVID|Marta Ptaszkiewicz on the WWW |1 May – 7 May 2020 (critical review)
Amazing stuff is emerging from this time of crisis. Artists in particular are finding their voice. Brighton artist, Marta Ptaszkiewicz, had announced the cancellation of her biggest solo show to … Continue reading
Riot! Celebrating Stonewall’s Anniversary. 2nd August – 31st August 2019.
Originally posted on SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon:
It’s going to be a Riot! At SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon, Brighton & Hove Pride exhibition.??Yes, there is partying,…
MA Fine Art Brighton 6-13 July 2019
Brighton University MA show 2019. Last weekend Sat 13 July https://www.facebook.com/mafineartbrighton
Europa withy lantern installed at St Bartholomew’s Church, central Brighton 4 July – 18 July 2019
Europa withy (willow) lantern installed at St Bartholomew’s Church, central Brighton 4 July – 18 July 2019. Please come visit us. https://www.stbartholomewsbrighton.org.uk/findus.htm#Map Europa is the founding myth of the European … Continue reading
DANCE, MOVEMENT, POWER: Dynamite Gallery, Brighton: 3 -25 May 2019
DANCE, MOVEMENT, POWER by Henry Gomez April 24, 2019 This group exhibition is celebrating the beauty in many forms of our show title. Opening 3rd May – 25th May … Continue reading
Limbo: show of social art at SEAS Brighton, 4 May – 2 June 2019
The Limbo exhibition will take place 4 May – 2 June 2019 at SEAS (Socially Engaged Art Salon). The show will include series of workshops, film screenings and artist talks … Continue reading
Spectre of the Real: preview, opening talk and artist talks, SEAS Brighton, 13 April 2019
Originally posted on SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon:
The Spectre of the Real is an exhibition of Social Art by a group of 23 artists, held in Brighton 13-21…
Social Art Assembly at Tate Exchange 25 April 2019
Originally posted on Raphael by the Sea:
For practitioners of Social Art there is an important assembly happening later in April, at Tate Exchange. It’s sold out, but I’m intending…
Eade’s Die Liste comes home: HIX Award winning artwork about migrant deaths on show in Brighton at SEA’s Spectre of the Real exhibition of social art on 13th April 2019
Originally posted on Raphael by the Sea:
Elizabeth Eade’s artwork Die Liste in 2018 Award winning Brighton social artist Elizabeth Eade will give a talk, and show her prize winning…
The Spectre of the Real: social art at SEAS Brighton :: 13-21 April 2019
Originally posted on SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon:
The Spectre of the Real exhibition will take place 13-21 April 2019 at SEAS (Socially Engaged Art Salon), at the BMECP…
Hove Plinth’s ‘Constellation’: sorry, it’s kitsch, and not in a nice way
November 2018. The first time I saw the long awaited sculpture on Hove Plinth was at night, in April this year, soon after it was installed. Floodlighting lent the assemblage … Continue reading
Bad Boys :: Kevin Hendley :: Cameron Fine Art, Hove :: 27 October – 19 November 2018
Bad Boys is Kevin Hendley’s first solo show in the UK. One of the gallery’s most collected artists, his work is rich, layered, diverse and supremely painterly. His obsession with … Continue reading
Comfort Zone – Art about drones, bombing and the war on terror – socially engaged art showcased at Brighton’s MA Fine Art show July 7-14 2018
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Raqqa after the liberation 3 25 June 2018. At first glance, the paintings look like attractive impressions of desert lands. Closer examination reveals…
Omer Fast: 5000 Feet is the Best (a film about drone warefare) plus At Altitude :: Towner :: 2 Jun – 30 Sep 2018
A film about drone warfare (5,000 Feet), will be accompanied by an exhibition of visual art (At Altitude) related events, at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne 2 June – … Continue reading
Inward Sky :: Sam Hewitt :: Dynamite Gallery :: 28 April – 13 May 2018
Following a sell-out solo show at Dynamite Gallery in 2017, Brighton artist Sam Hewitt returns with a new body of work titled Inward Sky. Featuring ten new paintings in Hewitt’s … Continue reading
Gilbert & George :: Brighton Museum :: 28 April to 2 September 2018
Gilbert & George are a Turner Prize-winning artist partnership who have created art and shared their lives together for fifty years. By presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures’ they challenge the … Continue reading
illumination Exhibition|30th Sept to 16th Oct 2017| Kellie Miller Arts, Brighton
Four women, four unique ways of creating and using light, reflecting and absorbing. Illumination Exhibition is about the interpretation of light in an artist’s work and the revealing of the … Continue reading
Is this art? Help needed at Sussex Art newsletter – volunteers and maybe more
Dear valued Readers and Followers of Sussex Artbeat, You may have noticed that the frequency of posts at Sussex Artbeat has dropped over recent months. The volunteers that provide you … Continue reading
Brunswick Art Fair: Sunday 9 July 2017
Showcase for Sussex artists exhibiting paintings, prints, photographs, cards, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery in Brunswick Square on Sunday 9 July – free entry. https://www.facebook.com/BrunswickTownArtFair/
Before words: latest contemporary art at the MA Fine Art show, Brighton University, 7- 15 July 2017
An inspiring exhibition of the latest in fine art will open on Friday 7 July 2017: the MA Fine Art Year End Show at Brighton University. The art is diverse, … Continue reading
The Life Rooms: Cathie Pilkington’s show at Brighton University
Cathie Pilkington sculpts children’s dolls, traumatised by life’s experience. The dolls are staged in archetypal situations, fairy stories from the dark side. Some of the tableaux deal refer to gender … Continue reading
Warning: we have met the enemy and he is us: political street art in Brighton
Socially engaged art. OK, call it political art. Actually, all art is political. If it ignores social problems, then it supports the status quo by default. If we paint pretty … Continue reading
Jake Wood Evans – baroque postmodern
Originally posted on Raphael by the Sea:
4 May 2017. Painter Jake Wood Evans is exhibiting at the YMCA HQ in Hove as part of Open House this month, and…
Young people and local artists showcased at YMCA’s Hove HQ : Open Houses 2017
4 May 2017. YMCA DLG’s Hove head office is participating in Brighton Artists Open Houses Festival, showcasing creative works by local artists as well as our young people and staff. This … Continue reading
Nova Pop – Billy Chainsaw :: Brush, Brighton :: 25 March – 07 April 2017
Billy Chainsaw brings a brand new solo art show to Brush Hair Salon and Gallery: NOVA POP! At Brush Hair Salon, Brighton 25 MARCH – 7 APRIL PRIVATE VIEW: 25 … Continue reading
Blood and bones (and being a woman): Meet the artist – Eve Shepherd
On Saturday 26th of August, from 2-4pm Corridor Gallery will be hosting an “#AskTheArtist” Q& A session, with Eve Shepherd creator of the Blood and Bones exhibition. “Corridor Gallery are … Continue reading
Transcending boundaries through painting: Rendlesham by Kate Sherman at Onca, Brighton, November 2016
Originally posted on Raphael by the Sea:
This beautiful exhibition of oil paintings shows us a wonderful capability of painting: reflection of the transcendant. The gallery setting (a white box…
Gender politics and classical beauty – Eve Shepherd at Corridor Gallery, Brighton
Eve Shepherd’s show challenges notions of gender and the body in ways that are not always new, but beautifully done. The medium is porcelain (which is apparently made using bone) and rough-hewn … Continue reading
Dixon’s Gavel Bash raised £14k
1 October 2016. Naked Eye Gallery in Hove announced that Dixon’s Gavel Bash art auction raised £14,420. The event was a fundraiser for artist Simon Dixon. Details of the items … Continue reading
Silver Portraits by Sean Hawkey | 8 Sept-15 Nov 2016 | Hove Museum
Silver Portraits Photojournalist Sean Hawkey uses wetplate collodion techniques to make photographic portraits with silver, a method invented in 1851 and already obsolete by the 1870s. This display of his … Continue reading
Art about life – by young people in supported housing: “Belonging” exhibition at YMCA DLG, Reed House, Hove.
1 May 2016. An inspiring exhibition of art by young people in supported housing, staff and community, at YMCA DLG was opened in Brighton and Hove on Thursday night, as … Continue reading
Photoreview – ‘Improvisations – Painting to Music’ by Marta Ptaszkiewicz Private View at Naked Eye Gallery 2 April 2016
Abstract impressionist art is atmospheric, rather than narrative. With no definable forms, there is no single story, so there’s always a fresh interpretation and the art is timeless. Sussex Artbeat … Continue reading
Call for volunteers to help engage children with art in Brighton and Hove
Maxine Allan sent us this request for volunteers to help engage children with art in Brighton and Hove…. Artyfacts delivers unique art classes to primary school children in Brighton and … Continue reading
Video: Ian Hodgson talks about technique (and Blackstar) at Naked Eye 13 February 2016
Brighton artist Ian Hodgson speaks about techniques he uses to create amazing graphite drawings of people, things and spirit – and Bowie’s Blackstar. Russell Honeyman made this interview at the … Continue reading
Local lad makes good: Dion Salvador Lloyd’s painting Chalkland wins Chairman’s Purchase prize at ING Discerning Eye exhibition at Mall Galleries, London
23 November 2015. Dion Salvador Lloyd announced today his painting Chalkland has been awarded the Chairman’s Purchase prize at the ING Discerning Eye exhibition at Mall Galleries, London. Dion said: … Continue reading
Review: contemporary art from across Sussex – SUSS6, Layers of Contemporary Art |Worthing Museum & Art Gallery |10 October – 30 January 2016.
Friday evening, 9th October 2015. A vibrant exhibition of diverse contemporary art from across Sussex has opened at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery. Sussex Artbeat’s Worthing Correspondent wrote this review. … Continue reading
If this is Street Art, what is Grafitti – video interview with Brighton graffiti artist Aroe
A well made, interesting and informative video interview with graffiti artist Areo, by Chris spring of Art in Brighton
Photo Review: Aroe and Meros at Dynamite | 2-28 October | 2015
Can you spot the stencil art from Prince and the Revolution’s Album Cover? Can you spot the Street Artist from Brighton? The paint spatters are real splatters. The reversals are … Continue reading
