Turner Contemporary longlisted
Turner Contemporary has been longlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s annual ‘museum of the year’ award, and the biggest prize for arts and cultural organisations in the country. Ten museums in total across the country are in with the chance to win £100,000 and the prestigious award, which will be announced on 19 June 2012. Turner Contemporary opened on 16 April 2011 designed by acclaimed architect David Chipperfield, the...
I-Ching At The Opposite House
The Opposite House in collaboration with PZcontemporary is pleased to present an interactive performance art and installation of sculptures by Huang Rui, curated by Martina Ziesse. The exhibition will be held for three months in the atrium of The Opposite House. Huang Rui is one of the founders of the short lived but revolutionary nonconformist avant-garde group Xing Xing (The Stars) in 1978. The Stars were the first in China after...
Talented artist to be showcased at Fig Tree
The Fig Tree restaurant in Penarth has selected the work of Therese James, a full-time artist of the ‘Naive School’ to be exhibited at the restaurant. South Wales-born Therese has been painting since 1993, and her work can be seen in galleries throughout the UK, and her work is also in collections as far afield as America, New Zealand and Hong Kong. “The Fig Tree is a lovely light space, and will suit Therese’s appealing, colourful...
Bristol Street Art Project
Bristol To Host UK’s Largest Street Art Project Ever BRISTOL – This summer Bristol will play host to the most ambitious permanent street art project ever to take place in the UK. The world’s leading street artists from numerous countries will paint the facades of ten multi-storey Bristol buildings along Nelson Street as part of ‘See No Evil’. The event will result in Nelson Street becoming one of the world’s largest...
Art tour North Zealand
The beautiful sceneries of North Zealand are a landscape painter’s dream. Maybe that’s why there’s a plentifullness of local artists. Now 87 of these professional local artists are collaborating in a regional art tour. Ceramic and textile art, painters and sculptures – all kinds of art are represented in the Art Tour of North Zealand. The art tour launches at an joint exhibition in Frederiksværk from August 27th to September 4th ....
Lucy Phelan
‘Stories, fables and tails’ at The Tipperary Excel Centre in August is my first solo show and I am very excited at the prospect of seeing ALL the pieces hang together for the very first time. It has been an exciting journey, sometimes peppered with panic and the odd low moment of frustration and doubt. My work deals with story telling. I make big storybook pages, often involving text. I am influenced by icons and altar-panels. I work...