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
Brighton and Hove Artists Open Houses ** 21 Nov – 31 Dec 2020
Online:21 November – 31 December Visit in person:5 – 13 December* The Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival will be a little different this year. Due to the new national lockdown, … 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
ART SHOW: Michelle Cobbin – Transitions ** 24 Sep – 10 Oct 2020 ** 35 North, Brighton
35 North are delighted to welcome back painter Michelle Cobbin with a new exhibition of work created almost entirely during lockdown. Here Michelle explains her inspiration for this beautiful collection … Continue reading
ART SHOW: LUKE HANNAM – ESCAPISM ** 10 Oct – 9 Nov 2020 ** Cameron Contemporary, Hove
Bold, painterly and never ever tentative; Luke Hannam’s work excites, often challenges and certainly does not disappoint. ESCAPISM is a glorious exhibition by an artist full of confidence. With exhibitions … 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
ART SHOW: BRINK: Caroline Lucas curates the Towner Collection ** until 10 May 2020 ** Towner, Eastbourne
Caroline Lucas – politician, cultural advocate and environmental campaigner – has taken on a new challenge this autumn: curating her first ever exhibition for a major UK gallery. Caroline is an active … 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
Art Show: Flanker ** 20-23 Apr 2019 ** Fishermans Quarter Gallery
… Artists Jake Francis, Joe Ainsworth, Claire Barrett, Billie Laidlaw, Elizabeth Eade, Matt Redman Exhibition opening times: 20-23 April 2019, 10am – 5pm Fishermans Quarter Gallery, 201 … 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…
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…
Call for Entries: “The Spectre of the Real” at SEAS (Socially Engaged Art Salon) Brighton ** deadline 20 Mar 2019
“The Spectre of the Real”: an exhibition of social art at SEAS Brighton April 2019 – call for entries – deadline 20/03 Call for entries to “The Spectre of the … 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
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/
Artists Open Studios at Phoenix Brighton – photoreview
Twice a year artists at Phoenix Brighton open their studio doors to the public, giving us a chance to see their works and have a chat. Phoenix Brighton Open Studios … 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
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
Art Show: STRONG ** 1-28 May 2017 ** Naked Eye Gallery
Naked Eye Gallery are pleased to announce that there will be brand new work from local and international artists Christine Kowal Post, Gill del Mace and Ian Hodgson in our … 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
Art events and Talks ** Oct-Nov 2016 ** Fabrica
Film Extra: Both Sides Now 3 Thursday 6 October, doors & bar 7pm, event starts 7.30pm Presented in partnership with videoclub Both Sides Now 3 – Final Frontiers brings together … 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
Art Show: Tina Allonby – Blue By You ** 30 Apr – 22 May 2016 ** Open House Pub, Brighton
An art show by Tina Allonby ‘Blue By You’ is opening this Saturday 30th April from 7pm upstairs function room at the Open House pub, Springfield Rd. The exhibition is … Continue reading
Cass Art opens shop in Brighton, promises to help develop local art community and announces art materials give-aways and discounts
26 February 2016. Cass Art, a major national supplier of artist’s materials, opened a new shop in Brighton yesterday, and said they would help develop the local art community by … Continue reading
Art Show: “Flayed!” – Alex Binnie ** 2-27 Mar 2016 ** Corridor Gallery
Corridor Gallery will celebrate the arrival of the immensely talented Alex Binnie; a sought-after Tattoo Artist, Fine Art Printmaker and Brighton Institution – presenting “Flayed!” a curious, beautiful and macabre … 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
New Art Shop opening soon in Brighton ** Cass Art, Brighton
Cass Art Brighton will be OPEN FOR ART soon! Cass Art are thrilled to be opening their first shop by the seaside, in a city with a brilliant and … Continue reading
OPEN STUDIOS 2016 ** 6-8 May 2016 ** Phoenix Brighton
1 WEEKEND, 1 LOCATION, 120 ARTISTS! Phoenix Brighton Open Studios is a unique opportunity to see what goes on behind the public face of one of the largest artists’ groups … Continue reading
Art Show: ‘Seven Monsters’ -Roland Scriver ** 3-28 Feb 2016 ** Corridor Gallery, Brighton
Corridor Gallery welcomes the unique vision of Artist & Illustrator Roland Scriver and his “Seven Monsters”. Inspired by Folklore from around the world, spanning centuries of storytelling “Seven Monsters” features … Continue reading
Art Show: Ian Hodgson – Refrain ** 12-28 Feb 2016 ** Naked Eye Gallery
Ian’s work engages with identity and place exploring the transformative process of journey filtered through memory. The depiction of light in space and on surface plays with the divisions between … Continue reading
Call for Artists: ‘Untangled’ Art Project ** 7-8 Dec 2015 ** Brighton
Due to the astounding success of the Whale Tail project (March 2015), The World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) would like to ask you to take part in their next project and … 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
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
