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
Originally posted on Raphael by the Sea:
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
Review – local, romantic and painterly influences in SHADOWS AND ECHOES – photography by Justyna Neryng | Corridor Gallery | from 7 October 2015
Russell Honeyman is delighted by painterly influences and local artists’ models at Justyna Neryng’s show of photography at Corridor Gallery in the London Road area of central Brighton, which opened yesterday … Continue reading
SUSS6, Layers of contemporary art |Worthing Museum and Art Gallery | 10 October 2015 – 30 January 2016
Six Sussex-based contemporary artists will open a show of paintings and mixed media art work at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery this Friday 9 October 2015. The six artists exhibiting … Continue reading
Stink like Dog – Street Art on Trafalgar Street, Brighton
1 Oct 2015. OK, this post is a year late! I took the photo in this liminal time – last year! Street Artist, Stink like Dog, was doing this amazing … Continue reading
Sinna and Req stand side by side
1 October 2015 Not exactly new, as it’s dated 2011, but I only just got round to making a photo. Two pieces of spray-can art by local heavies Sinna One … Continue reading
Sussex illustrator Victoria Brook shortlisted for Women of the Future Awards
24 September 2015, London: Sussex-based illustrator Victoria Brook has been short-listed for the Women of the Future (“WOF”) Awards, the movement recognising and nurturing young female talent in the UK. … Continue reading
Rugby sponsors art: world’s longest lino cut print is being created by Brighton Print Makers (and others) to celebrate Rugby World Cupld Cup
Originally posted on Art+ Brighton:
BIP members making the lino cut for the rugby world cup 25 September 2015. At Brighton Art Fair today, Helen Brown, workshop leader at Brighton’s…
Art and Money editorial for Art+ magazine
Art and Money Opinion by Sussex Artbeat publisher, Russell Honeyman – published yesterday in ArtPLUS Brighton magazine (link below) Brighton Art Fair is about more than money Brighton Art Fair … Continue reading
Elaine Bolt Best In Show 2015
Originally posted on Art+ Brighton:
By Christopher Spring Elaine Bolt won Oh Comely magazine’s Best In Show award last night at Brighton Art Fair’s Private View, so it seems like…
Call Centre Creatives show their Inner Visions – NINE Exhibition ** 16-30 September 2015 ** Naked Eye Gallery, Hove
“Nine Exhibition” is an intriguing show that reveals the inner world of nine part-time artists whose shared experience is their work at a trendy call centre in Brighton. Russell Honeyman … Continue reading
ABC Art Exhibition offers “a visual remedy to the mundanity of modern life” :: Gallery 40, Brighton :: 8 June -14 June 2015
Declaring their vision “to provide a visual remedy to the mundanity of modern life”, Hove residents David Apps & Billy Chainsaw have teamed up with Gaye Black (formerly of punk … Continue reading
Interview: Lesley Jones – abstract landscapes express real places
“I take plenty of photographs when I travel,” says Lesley Jones, as we look at the paintings she has on show at Naked Eye for the Brighton Festival, “but I … Continue reading
Interview: Patsy McArthur – wonderful studies of the figure in colour, with a strong tonal foundation
Interview: Sussex Artbeat spoke with Patsy McArthur at the opening of her group exhibition at Hove’s Naked Eye Gallery on 1 May 2015. Classic artist’s skills underpin the lovely show … Continue reading
Video report on visitor charges being introduced at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Video report on visitor charges being introduced at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery https://youtu.be/qDH0qESTSXg
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery to introduce entry charges for non-residents from May 2015
By Rebecca Atkinson. In a move that will offset a third of council funding cuts, Brighton and Hove Council has voted in favour of introducing entry charges to Brighton Museum … Continue reading
Hove Plinth Sculpture Proposals: Call to Artists ** Deadline: 04 May 2015
Hove Plinth Sculpture Proposals: Call to Artists – Deadline: 04 May 2015 Hove Civic Society, supported by the Arts Council/National Lottery, is now issuing a call to artists for sculpture … Continue reading
Spring Forward Open Day with live street art | Art Schism Brighton | Saturday 4 April 2015
Saturday April 4th will be Art Schism’s Spring Forward Open Day at the gallery. There will be arty antics happening all day long including spray painting and screen printing. This … Continue reading
Ten of Swords street art outside Art Schism – lovely
26 March 2015. Wonderful Street Art is being painted on the wall of the Art Schism Gallery in Brighton’s North Laine. Artist known as “Ten of Swords” . The resolution … Continue reading
Kill it with Love – Petrusco on Tralfalgar Street in Brighton’s North Laine is defaced
3 March 2015. An new piece of Street Art in central Brighton has been partially defaced. Petrusco’s image of a naked hippy woman, glowing with light, offering a flower to … Continue reading
Tonight – Jamie McCartney’s gallery opening in Hove Friday 14 Nov 2014
Controversial Sussex Artist Jamie McCartney opened his new gallery and framing shop to the public, in Hove today Friday 14 Nov 2014. The gallery is open all day with a … Continue reading
Req’s Wreck – an allegorical tale on the walls of the loos on Brighton seafront
Finally… I got to take a picture of the street art on the west side of the shipping container which serves as a temporary public toilet on Brighton beach front, … Continue reading
Halloween Horns by We Creatures in the North Laine
We came across these marvellous antlers outside Revamp on in Brighton’s North Laine. Fantastic handmade things cost £40 but totally unique and very halloweeny.
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