Sketching at the Ashmolean
Every time I summon the courage to sketch in public I kick myself that I don't do it often enough ...
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Old Parcels Office Open, Scarborough – Feb 2023
My first visit to the relatively recently renovated Old Parcels Office gallery and studio space in Scarborough was for the ...
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Left Lion Magazine – January 2023
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to write an article for the Nottingham-based Left Lion cultural magazine. The ...
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Henry Moore, Museum of Making – January 2023
This was a small but very well-curated exhibition of Henry Moore's drawings and early works at the Museum of Making ...
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Chris Killip, Photographer’s Gallery – Nov 2022
Another wonderful set of documentary photographs from Chris Killip in Skinningrove and on Tyneside. When he first arrived in the ...
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Guggenheim & other galleries, Bilbao – October 2022
A first visit to Bilbao was an exciting prospect with October chosen to hopefully be a little quieter. Spain’s economy ...
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Towner, Eastbourne – September 2022
A contemporary art gallery in Eastbourne you say? Oh yes. The Towner is an example of bold intervention in a ...
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Glyn Philpot & permanent collection, Pallant House, Chichester – September 2022
Pallant house in Chichester is described as having the finest permanent collection of art outside Tate in London. it was ...
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Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & watercolours, Ashmolean (Oxford) – August 2022
I'm fascinated by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (or more trendily the PRB) in how they rebelled against a stuffy and resistant ...
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Photographer’s Gallery, Mall Galleries & Photofusion Photography Centre – August 2022
How to win at photography was the current show at the Photographer's Gallery. In our age of ubiquitous imagery, this ...
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Crossley Gallery, Halifax – July 2022
The Crossley Gallery sits within the iconic Dean Clough complex in Halifax. Visiting is an unusual experience as the gallery ...
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Graves Gallery, Sheffield – June 2022
This was an overdue visit to the Graves Gallery in Sheffield which had been closed due to COVID and other ...
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New Art Exchange Open, Hyson Green – June 2022
In my mind, the New Art Exchange is the coolest art venue in Nottingham, situated as it is in the ...
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The Wireworks Project, Ambergate – May 2022
This was our first trip to see the Wireworks Project on the edge of Shining Cliff woods in Ambergate, a ...
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