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Painting the French Riviera, Royal Academy

We hurtled down to this exhibition at the RA and met our good London friend and fellow artist, Stuart. The ...
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Sarah Cunningham & Julia Isídrez, Nottingham Contemporary

Visiting Nottingham Contemporary to see Sarah Cunningham and Julia Isídrez’s exhibitions gave me a chance to reflect on my own ...
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Ai Weiwei, Factory International

It was a struggle to fit this trip in, but we just had to go to Manchester for Ai Weiwei's ...
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General Strike 1926 Centenary, Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough

The exhibition provided an opportunity to reflect on the history of collective action, working-class solidarity and resistance. Marking one hundred ...
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Chico Da Silva, Nottingham Contemporary

A bit of Latin America came to Nottingham Contemporary in the form of Chico Da Silva (1910-1985), who was a ...
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Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell & Emma Kay, Djanogly Gallery

Yet another splendid exhibition at Djanogly gallery showing the work of Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell and Emma Kay in an ...
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Alicante art gallery

A visit to the strangely quiet Alicante gallery in the back streets of the town, away from the hordes of ...
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Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop

For a second year, I entered the Dark Peak Photography festival, based in the lovely Glossop, on the western slopes ...
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London gallery trip

A long overdue trip to London and a whirlwind tour around some of the best current exhibitions on offer. Firstly, ...
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Megalopolis, Wireworks Project

Ivan Smith and his colleague Anthony Shepherd are behind the wonderful and local Wireworks Project, which is one of my ...
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Berlin & Dresden galleries

A trip to Germany to support my athletic partner at the World Transplant Games meant we had the opportunity to ...
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Sujata Setia & Joseph Wright, QUAD & Derby Museum

Sujata Setia is of South Asian origin and is a survivor of domestic abuse. The QUAD in Derby had an ...
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Harland Miller XXX, York Art Gallery

Harland Miller is another artist I had never heard of, but that has now been rectified. An exhibition by this ...
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Alison Lambert, Derby Museum

Alison Lambert has a unique drawing style that gives her human figures a fractured and ghostly appearance. I really enjoy ...
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Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery

Another powerfully moving exhibition at the Photographer's Gallery. This time it was Letizia Battaglia, who put herself in the firing line ...
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