Kevin Weaver display Lowes Court Gallery
The latest exhibition of art at Lowes Court Gallery features Kevin Weaver’s impressionist views of West Cumbria. Kevin joined Lowes Court last year and his unique style of capturing the mood and emotion of always familiar views of the local area, has brought visitors back to the gallery time and again. Kevin stated out with just a few pieces of work on our popular “New member of the Month” slot in November last year and has...
Te Puia – Maori arts and crafts
New Zealand’s Maori people traditionally retain their links to their tupuna (ancestors) through storytelling – an art form expressed through carving and weaving, as well as spoken word. Stories passed down through generations explain cultural traditions and tribal history. Te Puia – the Māori Arts & Crafts Institute in Rotorua – was created in 1963 by the New Zealand Government to maintain and preserve Māori art...
Exhibition of Textile Art by Sue Cosham
The latest exhibition of art at Lowes Court Gallery features textile artist Sue Cosham. Sue’s unique style of “painting” with fabrics showcases her delicate talent of piecing together landscapes using colour and texture to create movement and depth in unexpected materials. “Living in a Material World” is an exhibition of framed fabric art on show at Lowes Court from 1-29 November reflecting local and imagined scenes in fabric. Sue...
Chris Robson for Lowes Court Exhibition
Where are they going? What are they looking at? Are some of the questions that you will be asking yourself when you view Chris Robson’s latest exhibition “Looking Forward”, featuring on the Member’s Wall at Lowes Court Gallery Egremont. Member’s Wall at Lowes Court Gallery You will also be saying I recognise that scene, or that landscape! When you realise how familiar and locally inspired his work is. Chris Robson has been painting...
Gauguin Punch Up at Bonhams
Works by some of the greatest names of Modern British and Irish art will be sold as Bonhams offer works from The Barbara & Arnold Burton Collection in the evening sale on November 17 at 101 New Bond Street. The objects being sold are some of the finest examples of the genre. A sculpture titled Cantate Domino by Dame Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903-1975) leads the group. Estimated to sell for £500,000 to £700,000 this bronze with a...
Sandy Nairne resigns from National Portrait Gallery
Sandy Nairne has decided to step down in February 2015 as director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, after 12 years, to pursue his writing and advisory work, it was announced this week, Thursday 12 June 2014. National Portrait Gallery Sandy Nairne says: ‘It has been a great privilege to lead such a special institution as the National Portrait Gallery, and I am very proud of what we have achieved over the past decade. The...