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Looking afresh at Chatsworth

Rating: 0

February 2nd 2012

Mike Smith meets artist Julian Bray

Handstitched with love

Rating: 3

January 26th 2012

Julia Miles-Anderson from Sawbridgeworth shows her collection of hand-stitched collectible cards and pictures to Caroline Foster...

Remembering the High Town Odeon

Rating: 3

January 24th 2012

2012 marks the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Odeon cinema in Hereford. Mike Charity recalls his time of movie magic from the days of the 1940s to the 1960s

Exeter Phoenix in search of Superheroes!

Rating: 3

January 24th 2012

Exeter Phoenix is running a competition to find the most imaginative portrait of a superhero. If you were a superhero, what special powers would you have? What would you look like? What costume would you wear?

Sarah Baird is an artist from Essex

Rating: 3

January 20th 2012

Langham-based mixed media artist, Sarah Baird, has loved art from an early age. Jonathan King tells her story which has taken her from the Welsh hills to the wild coast of Essex

Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry opens collage exhibition at The Lightbox

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January 19th 2012

Last night, leading artist and winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, Grayson Perry, officially opened the Art’s Council Collection’s touring exhibition Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage at The Lightbox gallery and museum, Woking

'CREATED' Exhibition kicks off 2012 at Lancaster’s Arteria with Gallery 23

Rating: 2

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January 18th 2012

“CREATED” is a collection of works combining the artistic talents of the Art and Craft Guild of Lancashire plus other selected independent artists and makers.

Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry opens collage exhibition at The Lightbox

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January 18th 2012

Last night, leading artist and winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, Grayson Perry, officially opened the Art’s Council Collection’s touring exhibition Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage at The Lightbox gallery and museum, Woking.

The National Media Museum's Life Online exhibition to chronicle impact of the internet

Rating: 3

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January 17th 2012

The National Media Museum in Bradford has started work on the world's first gallery to explore the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet and the web

Sculptor Nick Elphick's royal appointment for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Rating: 2

January 16th 2012

A ‘royal appointment’ means that sculptor Nick Elphick is sure to be carving out a big reputation for himself in 2012 WORDS BY EMMA MAYOH MAIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN COCKS

Spotlight on Sandwich artist Cheryl Culver

Rating: 3

January 16th 2012

Cheryl Culver talks of her love of pastels, the joys of solitude, landscapes and literature

Divine jewellery by Syann van Niftrik at New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

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January 15th 2012

Experimental jewellery artist Syann van Niftrik's work draws freely on her environment, whether from the natural world or that of human endeavour

Nicholas Arroyave-Portela at Crafts Study Centre, Farnham

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January 10th 2012

British artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela explores his Colombian heritage through a ceramic work titled Todo Sobre Mi Padre (Everything to do with my father), which will exhibit in Farnham over the coming months.

Rare showing of private art collection donated to the University of Surrey

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January 10th 2012

Works by Picasso, Chagall, Cocteau and Klee form part of a new art exhibition at The Lightbox gallery and museum, Woking.

Art in Surrey: in the frame 2011

January 9th 2012

In the frame is a monthly Surrey Life magazine feature uncovering Surrey's most interesting, important and simply unique publicly displayed artworks.

Jesmond artist Alexandar Millar talks about his career

Rating: 2

January 9th 2012

His father’s death was the catalyst for Alexander Millar to launch his incredibly successful new career Interview by Paul Mackenzie

Flux, Flow, Flight: Art in Motion exhibition in Twickenham

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January 9th 2012

With works spanning four centuries, Flux, Flow, Flight: Art in Motion explores the theme of physical movement in the visual arts, dance and performance.

Surrey artist of the year 2011, Stuart Stanley

January 9th 2012

Leatherhead painter Stuart Stanley has been named winner of the third Baines Surrey Artist of the Year at the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham.

Derbyshire in the life of L.S. Lowry

Rating: 3

January 4th 2012

Peter Seddon reveals some county connections to the ‘People’s Painter’

Philip Snow - the artist inspired by Cheshire's birds and terrain

Rating: 3

January 3rd 2012

HRH Prince Charles is just one of the many fans of the artist and writer Philip Snow who is inspired by Cheshire’s birds and terrain WORDS AND PAINTINGS BY PHILIP SNOW