Art Exhibition Review: SUSSEX – Land, City and Sea ** 8 Mar 2014 ** Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove
My creative instincts were stimulated by today’s exhibition opening at Cameron Contemporary Art in Hove, entitled “Sussex – Land, City and Sea”. The work on show conveys a sense of … Continue reading
WhaleFest Exhibition at ONCA – photo review
We were delighted with ONCA’s exhibition in support of the Whalefest convention being held in Brighton later this month. We expected paintings of sea creatures, but were surprised with the … Continue reading
Artists welcome: First Fridays ** 7 Mar 2014 ** Brighton Dome
On the first Friday of each month Brighton Dome welcomes artists in all disciplines to our Studio Bar to meet and share ideas. Each event features a special guest from … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Jacob Dahlgren – On Balance ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Fabrica, Brighton
Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren has created two interactive works that celebrate the aesthetic of the mass-produced object. Heaven is a Place on Earth and The Wonderful World of Abstraction use … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Asylum in the City ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Regency Town House, Hove
A local community of people share their experiences of displacement through photographs and personal stories. This project has been developed in partnership with Sussex Interpreting Services who work with refugees, … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: The Monopoly of Legitimate Use ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Lighthouse
This unique new project making a point of connection with the subject explored in Yinka Shonibare MBE’s The British Library. Notions of migration, cultural identity, displacement and their relevance to … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Ester Svensson & Rosanna Martin – No One Owns The Land ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Regency Town House, Hove
This unique new project making a point of connection with the subject explored in Yinka Shonibare MBE’s The British Library. Notions of migration, cultural identity, displacement and their relevance to … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: William Forsythe – Nowhere and Everywhere At the Same Time No. 2 ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Old Municipal Market, Circus Street, Brighton
William Forsythe’s choreographic object populates the Old Municipal Market space with hundreds of delicate pendulums, swinging in timed sequences. As you move around without touching the pendulums, your strides and … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Yinka Shonibare MBE – The British Library ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Brighton Museum
As the lead artist for this year’s HOUSE, Yinka Shonibare MBE’s new sculptural installation explores the impact of immigration on all aspects of British culture and considers notions of territory … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Zimoun – Sound in Motion ** 3-25 May 2014 ** University of Brighton Gallery
Harnessing sound and space in works of minimalist power, the Swiss artist Zimoun explores the rhythm, flow and interaction between architectural spaces, commonplace objects and mechanical systems. In this major … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Kathy Hinde – Tipping Point Live ** 20 May 2014 ** Brighton Dome
Sound and water form the focus of this unique audio-visual installation, in which the composer and visual artist Kathy Hinde explores how sound behaves in conjunction with vessels of water. … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Phillip Hall-Patch – Salt Field ** 3-25 May 2014 ** The Brighton Waste House, University of Brighton
This unique new project making a point of connection with the subject explored in Yinka Shonibare MBE’s The British Library. Notions of migration, cultural identity, displacement and their relevance to … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: Leah Gordon – Caste/Cast ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Regency Town House, Hove
This unique new project making a point of connection with the subject explored in Yinka Shonibare MBE’s The British Library. Notions of migration, cultural identity, displacement and their relevance to … Continue reading
Art at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL: While You Wait ** 3-25 May 2014 ** Brighton
While You Wait is a series of podcasts, each of which is a different meditation on the idea of waiting, created by artists Stefan Kaegi, Toby Jones and Malika Booker … Continue reading
Call for applications: Guiding Lights ** deadline 31 Mar 2014 ** Lighthouse, Brighton
First launched in 2006, Guiding Lights is the UK film industry’s leading mentoring programme. We are now accepting applications for Guiding Lights 2014, and will select a group of talented … Continue reading
Art exhibition: Dan Johnson Collagist ** 5-21 Apr 2014 ** Art Schism, Brighton
Dan Johnson Collagist 5-21 April 2014 Private View: Saturday 5 April 2014, 5-10pm Art Schism 87 Gloucester Road Brighton UK BN1 4AP +44-786-3364314 Mon-Fri 12-7pm, Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 12-5pm Via … Continue reading
Art exhibition: Ghislaine Davis – Light and Colour, Oils and Watercolours ** 4-16 Mar 2014 ** Oxmarket, Chichester
Ghislaine Davis is an artist who grew up in Boulogne-sur-Mer in France and has lived for 30 years in Norway and now settled in Chichester. She studied at the Ecole … Continue reading
Art exhibition: Catherine Barnes – Prints, Drawings, Posters ** 4-16 Mar 2014 ** Oxmarket, Chichester|
Monoprints, drypoints, and charcoal drawings, mainly figurative but with some smaller landscapes. On show for two weeks in the Foyer and Lobby as a prelude to the solo exhibition of … Continue reading
Art exhibition: On Balance ** 5 Apr – 26 May 2014 ** Fabrica, Brighton
On Balance is a co-commission with Brighton Festival 2014. The exhibition brings together two works by Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren, which have been completely re-configured for Fabrica’s unique space. Heaven … Continue reading
Call for artists: Two new opportunities at Fabrica ** Fabrica, Brighton
FABRICA NEWS: 2 March 2014, Laurence Hill Fabrica is looking for a writer and an artist-in-residence to explore different themes that form part of our European-funded project Time and Place. … Continue reading
OBJECT OR INDIVIDUAL (Linked to exhibition Local Name: Unknown…Gypsies?) ** 24 May 2014 ** Phoenix Brighton
OBJECT OR INDIVIDUAL: A symposium on the representation of minority groups The title of the exhibition — ‘Local Name Unknown…Gypsies? — was taken from a label accompanying Romany artifacts in … Continue reading
Art event: BE YOURSELF (Linked to exhibition Local Name: Unknown…Gypsies?) ** 15 May 2014 ** Phoenix Brighton
A fun and celebratory evening of performance and discussion centering around the significance of outward appearance to our perception of ourselves and others. Drawing upon themes within the exhibition, Delaine … Continue reading
Open Forum ** 12 Apr 2014 ** Phoenix Brighton & Fabrica
The aim of Open Forum 2014 is to allow Matt Roberts Arts to use our experience to provide advice to artists in regions where the commercial sector is developing and … Continue reading
Art exhibition: Depth Wish ** 25 Oct – 14 Dec 2014 (tbc) ** Phoenix Brighton
In this newly commissioned exhibition curator and artist Kim L Pace will explore our relationship with the sea from a fantastical perspective. Replete with anecdote and speculation, stories around the … Continue reading
Sell your art at Art Junky 13 ** Phoenix Brighton
An indoor market famed for its combination of quirky jumble sale culture and local artistic talent, Art Junky showcases over 50 stalls of unique and affordable art, beautiful crafts, fashion, … Continue reading
Open Call for Artists: Future Evolutionary Arts Turbine at Rottingdean Windmill ** deadline 16 Mar 2014
Future Evolutionary Arts Turbine (F.E.A.T) ‘Rottingdean Windmill 2014 Open Exhibition’ F.E.A.T invites artists to submit art work at all stages of their career. This years ‘Open Call’ will focus … 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
Art exhibitions: LAST CHANCE TO SEE ** Feb – Mar 2014 ** Oxmarket, Chichester
Open Exhibition 17 February – 3 March Open exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewellery and crafts. Featuring work by: Daphne Bessford Georgia Butlin Brian Castle Gaye Clear Jenny Davis … Continue reading
The Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester
The Oxmarket Centre of Arts provides exhibition space for hire by local artists and arts organisations. The Centre has a policy of accessibility and inclusivity, and hosts over 100 exhibitions … Continue reading
NEW LOCATION: Cloud Gallery Brighton ** 1 Mar 2014
Cloud Gallery is moving to much larger premises on Saturday 1st March, so please come and join us for a glass of wine at our new location opposite the Town … Continue reading
Art exhibition: INorganic – Group Exhibition ** 21-30 Mar 2014 ** ONCA, Brighton
Plastic is a part of our culture. We use it and we throw it away. And then it comes back. It is in the flow of the rivers, the swells … Continue reading
Art Exhibition: WhaleFest – MORE INFO ** 1-16 Mar 2014 ** ONCA, Brighton
WhaleFest is a not-for-profit event, which raises funds for the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA), the only global partnership of organisations working for whales and dolphins. With Jean-Michel Cousteau as Honorary … Continue reading
Art and Craft Market booking now for 8th March ** Bright ‘n’ Crafty ** Dyke Road, Brighton
Fabulous Brighton Art & Craft Market, currently taking bookings for March 8th. Pre-Mother’s Day event. Bright’n’Crafty holds markets on the 2nd Saturday of every month at Church of the Good … 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
Art exhibition: Group Show – Signs of Light ** 20 Mar – 20 Apr 2014 ** Ink_d, Brighton
Signs of Light brings together a dazzling collection of artists working in neon and light. Andy Doig, Carne Griffiths, Dan Baldwin, Grande Dame, Mike Ballard, Magnus Gjoen and Tina Keane. … Continue reading
Art Exhibition: SUSSEX – Land, City and Sea ** 8-31 Mar 2014 ** Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove
Artists exhibiting include: Judith Bridgland Mark Johnston Maria Kuipers Solange Leon Natalie Martin Viv Richards and Nick Schlee Private View: Saturday 8th March 2014 from 2-5pm Exhibition continues until the … Continue reading
Photography Exhibition – Brighton & Hove Camera Club ** 24 Mar – 3 Apr 2014 ** Brighton Dome
We all remember and we all love remembering. The school trip, holidays with Gran, seeing the best band in the universe. In the year when remembrance has a special significance … 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
Art Event: Going Out – Sharon Haward ** 20 Feb 2014 ** Fabrica, Brighton
Sharon Haward will present work in progress made during her short residency at Fabrica and the evening will provide an opportunity to talk about the challenges and opportunities for artists … Continue reading
New Street Art – Albert Pub Brighton – ICONS art exhibition of dead Rock Stars ** 22 Feb – 5 mar 2014 ** Art Schism, Brighton
Last summer, Sinna One and REQ repainted the whole side of The Prince Albert pub in Brighton with 30 portraits of dead rock stars. This is a celebration of the … Continue reading
Mobility of Line/Utility of Line – Exhibition and book launch ** 8 Mar – 9 Apr 2014 ** University of Brighton – Faculty of Arts
John Andrews, Duncan Bullen, Nat Chard, George Hardie, Antoni Malinowski, Jeffrey P. Turko, Ivana Wingham and The Drawing Research Interest Group (DRIG). Line is the constitutive moment of every drawing … Continue reading
Art Exhibition: Chris and Steve Rocks ** 13 Mar 2014 ** Artique Gallery, Brighton
Come and meet a phenomenal artistic partnership. These twin brothers create their monumental works together on a single canvas, so every composition represents a full and equal collaboration between them. … Continue reading
Art Exhibition: Yvonne Coomber Solo Show ** 8-16 Mar 2014 ** Art5 Gallery, Brighton
Art5 Gallery announces Yvonne Coomber’s first ever solo show in Sussex, exhibiting a brand new collection of her vibrant signature florals, as well as exclusively unveiling an exciting new style. … Continue reading
The Drawing Circus: BODY PROJECT ** 25 Feb 2014 ** The Old Market, Brighton
This month The Drawing Circus takes an unusual tack, exploring the distortions of the human body in our themed life drawing event ‘The Drawing circa: Body Project’. Four nude and … Continue reading
Brighton Tattoo Convention ** 15-16 Feb 2014 ** Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel
The 7th Brighton Tattoo Convention will be running 15th/16th February 2014, at Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel the south of England’s largest residential conference centre right in the heart of the … Continue reading
The Naked and The Nude exhibition at The Warehouse Gallery – 14 Feb 2014 opening review
A frank exhibition of paintings, photography and sculpture opened tonight at Brighton’s Warehouse Gallery. Art on show included work by George Keetley, Stan Keetley, Jamie McCartney, Req, Ruhan van Vuuren, … Continue reading
Valentine’s Party at Art Schism 14 February 2014
Art Schism, Brighton’s cooperative gallery with strong roots in street art, hosted a Valentine’s party last night that gave Sussex Artbeat a chance to catch up with the latest art … Continue reading
New Street Art at Brighton’s Albert Pub – ICONS art exhibition ** 22 Feb – 5 mar 2014 ** Art Schism, Brighton
An art exhibition by Req and Sinna One Exhibition: 22 February – 5 March 2014 Private view and mural launch party 21 February 5-8pm at Art Schism, 8pm-close at Prince … Continue reading
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