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Drawing has it all. It is the root of an artist's creative process and however frustrating it can be and ...
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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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My first visit to the relatively recently renovated Old Parcels Office gallery and studio space in Scarborough was for the ...
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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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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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Another wonderful set of documentary photographs from Chris Killip in Skinningrove and on Tyneside. When he first arrived in the ...
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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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A contemporary art gallery in Eastbourne you say? Oh yes. The Towner is an example of bold intervention in a ...
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Pallant house in Chichester is described as having the finest permanent collection of art outside Tate in London. it was ...
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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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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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The Crossley Gallery sits within the iconic Dean Clough complex in Halifax. Visiting is an unusual experience as the gallery ...
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This was an overdue visit to the Graves Gallery in Sheffield which had been closed due to COVID and other ...
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In my mind, the New Art Exchange is the coolest art venue in Nottingham, situated as it is in the ...
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This was our first trip to see the Wireworks Project on the edge of Shining Cliff woods in Ambergate, a ...
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