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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Sussex Artbeat sends email updates to our Followers when we post news. You can MANAGE this service to get instant updates or automatically compile a news digest email ONCE DAILY, or ONCE … Continue reading
Help us name the artist – Street Art at Gloucester Rd, Brighton, February 2014
This lovely piece of street art is enhanced by the surreal street lighting, which passes from shades of the underworld to neon technicolor. Plus the Brighton bicycle and one-way sign. … Continue reading
Gecko by Sinna One at Brighton Pier
One of Brighton’s prolific graffiti artists, Sinna One, has spray-painted a lovely gecko at the entrance of Brighton Pier. It’s dedicated to Dee, with love from Brighton. Sweet!
Visions of Xtabay – David Apps and Billy Chainsaw ** Gallery 40, Brighton ** 24 Nov – 30 Nov 2014
David Apps and Billy Chainssaw present a joint exhibition of photography, screen prints, canvases and ceramics. David spent many years making photographs in the East End of London, published in book … Continue reading
Champagne reception to honour Darvish Fakhr’s solo exhibit at EOA Gallery, Battersea, on Wednesday 15th Oct 2014
A champagne reception to honour Darvish Fakhr’s solo exhibit at EOA Gallery, Battersea will be held on Wednesday Oct 15th 11.30 to 13.00. The show, Palimpsest, runs from 4th September until 8th November … Continue reading
Palimpsest – paintings by Darvish Fakhr |4 Sept – 8 Nov 2014 | EOA Gallery London
Legendary Brighton-based artist Darvish Fakhr has been working in Iran, and is showing the resulting paintings in his first solo show in London, at EOA (Edge of Arabia) Gallery from 4 September to … Continue reading
The Drawing Circus: Picasso ** 22 Sep 2014 ** The Old Market, Hove
September’s Drawing Circus event is inspired by the artwork of Picasso. Four models will hold varied length poses throughout the night on three different sets reflecting different aspects of the … Continue reading
The Sum of Our Parts, a solo show by Jamie McCartney at Ground Coffee Cafe Hove : 4 Oct – 9 November 2014
Jamie McCartney, the artist behind the infamous Great Wall of Vagina, will launch a exhibition of his new experimental photographic work as part of the Brighton Photo Fringe, and hosted by Ground Coffee Hove … Continue reading
Random Reqage – Street art on show in Brighton and Hove – spray can art works in progress by Brighton street artist Req
A poor pun, I know, (random Reqage) since street artist Req’s work is far from wreckage, rather it is sublime. The pun is for one that got away just before … Continue reading
Art exhibition: Seas and Swimmers – paintings by Russell Honeyman ** 15 Aug – 3 Oct 2014 ** Ground Coffee, Hove
Ground Coffee, a popular cafe opposite Hove Town Hall, is showcasing paintings by Russell Honeyman from 15 August to 3 October 2014. “Painting in the open air led … Continue reading
Naked Eye’s “Great Art Sale” – scores of paintings at attractive prices – in aid of Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice
We visited Naked Eye’s Great Art Sale, and saw a feast of paintings, packed floor to ceiling, by well know and lesser known local artists. Established names such as Ian Hodgson, … Continue reading
Video review: Carne Griffiths at Ink’d – 5 Sept 2014
We thought it might be quicker to review by video than by words. This first time not, editing took forever! Let us know by your comments if … Continue reading
£20k prize for Sussex Artist? – Thomas Allen in “final shortlist” for Threadneedle Prize
28 August 2014. Sussex-based artist, Thomas Allen has been shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize, which carries a prize of £20,000 plus his own solo exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London. With over … Continue reading
Review: Ms Adventure’s post modern take on Beardsley’s elegant decadence – Judi Thomas at Ground Coffee House, Hove
Sussex Artbeat visited the private view of Ms Adventures show on Monday, and we loved the drawings. The viewer is first captured by design – light and dark, stillness and intensity, … Continue reading
Quartet – The Coach House Gallery, Alfriston – 18 July -18 August 2014
Quartet is a group exhibition by Maggie Edwards, Penelope Oakley, Amanda Lawrence and Pippa Burley – four local artists exhibiting together for the first time in the village of Alfriston in the heart … Continue reading
Judi Thomas’ Ms Adventures “parallels Brighton artist Aubrey Beardsley” – Ground Coffee House, Hove – 8 July -14 August 2014
Ms Adventures – Illustrations by Judi Thomas – 8 July – 7 August 2014 Ground Coffee House – Hove Judi Thomas’ illustration immediately presents a paradox of intricacy and simplicity. … Continue reading
Brighton student work selected for Royal Academy of Arts: Adam Britnell’s Functions of a Hand
10 June 2014. Two works of art by BHASVIC Visual Arts student Adam Britnell have been selected by the Royal Academy of Arts for their on-line A Level Summer Exhibition. Out … Continue reading
Please help test Sussex Artbeat’s new Diary – day-by-day listings of art events – Yes or No Poll vote button
Please help test Sussex Artbeat daily Dairy of Art Events. It’s a list without pictures or descriptions (you click through Google calendar to see the descriptions) – but the list … Continue reading
Open Call: Artist in Residence at Lighthouse Studio, Brighton
Lighthouse Studio – Open Call For Residents Apply here to take part in the May – July 2014 studio session Lighthouse Studio is an interdisciplinary space for a small group of … Continue reading
Review: Subversive Design at Brighton Museum – re-appropriation, satire and sexual taboo to inspire and entertain (warning – this show asks “who killed Bambi” and challenges gender stereotypes)
The Subversive Design exhibition at Brighton and Hove Museum is a stimulating sampling of design which challenges the status quo. The show spans the homo-eroticism of early punk T shirts, contemporary views … Continue reading
Jamie McCartney plans a breast cancer awareness project and issues a call for models
Brighton artist Jamie McCartney has issued a call for models willing to help him create a “wall of breasts” that he says will help raise awareness of breast cancer and … Continue reading
Lighthouse announces new Artistic Director, Juha Van ’t Zelfde, Dutch-Finnish curator and cultural innovator
Juha van ‘t Zelfde, Lighthouse’s new Artistic Director. Timo Arnall’s Robot Readable World at Dread Exhibition, curated by Juha van ‘t Zelfde at De Hallan Haarlem. Lighthouse announces new Artistic … Continue reading
Banksy’s ‘Kissing Coppers’ sells for $575,000 at Miami street art auction – from the Independent Newspaper 19 February 2014
Above: Banksy, a British graffiti artist, worked in Brighton where he painted the famous Kissing Coppers on the wall of Brighton’s Albert Pub. Pic from the Independent story, link below. … Continue reading
20 Painters art exhibition at Phoenix Brighton gallery review: fabulous figurative painting – 8 Feb to 30 Mar 2014
The 20 Painters exhibition at Brighton’s Phoenix gallery showcases the vigourous resurgence of figurative painting and the painterly style in contemporary art. Review by Russell Honeyman 8 February 2014. The works on … Continue reading
FANFARE ** Private View 6 Feb 2014 ** Ink_d
ink_d’s new show ‘Fanfare’ is a celebration of new work for this new year. The gallery has been given a overhaul and refreshed with wonderful new work covering the whole … Continue reading
Sussex Artist Thomas Allen’s Imagined Loss selected for this year’s Watercolours & Works on Paper Fair at the London Science Museum
The award winning painting “An imagined loss”, by Lindfield-based Thomas Allen has been selected for the Watercolours & Works on Paper Fair, Science Museum, London – Exhibition 6 – 9 February … Continue reading
Review: “Edition” exhibition at Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove, 25 Jan 2014
25 Jan 2014. Sussex Artbeat visited the private view at Cameron Contemporary Art in Hove. We review the new show of limited edition prints, set among sculpture and 3D work. … Continue reading
Review: Cave Painting at Fabrica with Tom Allen – Reflecting the collective unconsciousness of the local community
24-01-14. Pictured: artist Thomas Allen working on his ‘cave painting’ at Fabrica’s space in Brighton tonight, with two hours to go before he plans to finish the creation. Thomas has … Continue reading
Clare Leighton – Working Life :: 10 Dec – 24 Feb 2014 :: Pallant House, Chichester
Clare Leighton: Working Life 10th December 2013 – 24th February 2014 Best known for her wood engravings illustrating rural agriculture in England, Europe and the American South, Clare Leighton (1898-1989) … Continue reading
Pallant House Gallery
Pallant House Gallery opened in its present incarnation to national critical acclaim in July 2006. The remarkable £8.6 million build project, which took nearly three years to complete, seamlessly married … Continue reading
Plans for i360 tower on Brighton’s beach front “back on track” with funding help from City Council (From The Argus)
18 Jan 2014. Brighton’s city council will help fund the i360 – a £38 million, high tech, 139-metre tower on the city’s beachfront – after the developers’ own funding fell … Continue reading
Constable at Petworth exhibition :: Petworth House :: 11 January – 14 March 2014
Constable at Petworth exhibition at Petworth House, 11 January – 14 March 2014. Over 40 outstanding watercolours and drawings created in and around Petworth by the great British landscape artist, John Constable. … Continue reading
Plans to “transform” Worthing’s historic art deco Lido swimming pool with £2 million hi-tech retractable roof (From The Argus)
Saturday 18th January 2014. A modern retractable roof will be added to the classic art deco Lido swimming pool, according to reports of plans for a £2m makeover published today … Continue reading
UK art student numbers fall by 17% amid calls to resist ‘deprioritisation’ of art in UK education – theguardian.com
Funding cuts and a move to banish art lessons from schools made 2013 a sad year for creative education. But art students and their staff are regrouping for a fight … Continue reading
“In Glorious Colour” art competition – £1,500 and London show in prizes – 3 Feb deadline – by Saatchi Online Gallery
January 12, 2014 · Saatchi Online issued a call for entries to a free-to-enter art competition “In Glorious Colour” with deadline 3 February 2013. Submit work in any medium painting, … Continue reading
Towner Contemporary Art Museum :: Eastbourne
Towner styles itself “the contemporary art museum for South East England.” Towner is free to enter, and presents major exhibitions of UK and international contemporary art, and has a renowned collection of … Continue reading
East Sussex Open | 4 July – 14 September 2014| Towner Contemporary Art – Eastbourne
East Sussex Open 2014 Now in its fifth year and with growing popularity, the 2014 exhibition moves to the summer and has been extended from a 7 to a 10 … Continue reading
Call for ‘eclectic art’ open exhibition :: 9-11 Jan 2013 :: Brighton Arts Club
Brighton Arts Club has issued a call for entries of “eclectic art” to an exhibition open weekend on 9-11 January 2013. Closing date for entries 8 January. Brighton Arts Club … Continue reading
The Drawing Circus – Norse Mythology ** 17 Dec 2013 ** The Old Market, Brighton
As winter envelopes the land the Drawing Circus bring tales of heroism and betrayal to the Old Market with a themed life drawing session depicting scenes from Norse Mythology. Break … Continue reading
Lino Cut Christmas Card Workshop ** 10 Dec 2013 ** Draw Studios
Lino Cut Christmas Cards Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 18:30–21:30 This class is an opportunity to concuss two robins with the same snowball: you can learn simple lino cut printing … Continue reading
Burning the Clocks ** 21 Dec 2013 ** Madeira Drive Brighton
Taking place on the winter solstice, this fantastical procession brings magic to the streets, with a stream of luminous lanterns and a spectacular 2,000-strong parade. When the winter carnival has wound … Continue reading
Public sculpture revival plans for Hove seafront – Hove Plinth has been licensed by Brighton and Hove City Council
Plans make Hove into a centre of revival of public sculpture are closer to reality, now that licence to install a plinth for a changing exhibition of statues on the … Continue reading
Pop-Up Brighton
Pop-Up Brighton Brighton UK http://popupbrighton.wix.com/popup An organisation that organises pop-up exhibitions in vacant shops around Brighton and Hove.
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