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A Q&A with… Bridget Riley, painter

by Dany Louise

De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea is currently showing Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961-2014, featuring more than 30 paintings and studies. Dany Louise takes a tour of the show with Riley and finds out more about her approach to painting and abstraction.

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Day 12: Ready to roll!!

by Emma Thomas

It’s ready! And I am so glad.  Today I finished the last coat of undercoat then prepared and did 3 layers of top coat on the remaining four panels.  I’m not totally satisfied: the joints between plates of plywood are […]

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Ben Uri Gallery: “It’s about an artistic context not religious or ethnic”

by Dany Louise

In the lead up to its centenary celebrations, the Ben Uri Gallery – which presents work of Jewish interest or by Jewish artists – has curated No Set Rules, an exhibition of works on paper from its own collection and that of Philip Schlee. Dany Louise visits the small space and discovers more about its history and ambitions.

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A Q&A with… Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, painter

by Chris Sharratt

The Turner Prize nominated painter Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is the latest artist to select work from the V-A-C Collection, Moscow, as part of a series of shows at the Whitechapel Gallery. She talks about her choices – works inspired by nature and including paintings, photographs and a film.

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Untitled blog post from "Sky|Ground|Being"

by Josie Jenkins

I’m back to painting in my studio again. Painting is really difficult. I am of the mindset recently that I need to make work that is really good and if it’s not really good it’s not worth making. If the […]

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NOW SHOWING #48: The week’s top exhibitions

by a-n Editorial

This week is the final week of the Birmingham leg of Bill Drummond’s World Tour (2014-2025), London’s Foundling Museum celebrates the legacy of William Hogarth through the work of four contemporary artists, and Sheffield’s Site Gallery presents an exploration of the rave scene.

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Jessie Brennan, A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (The Enabling Power), graphite on paper, 50x64cm, 2
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A response to Hogarth: “I’m thinking about progress as a concept”

by Michaela Nettell

As part of an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth’s death and featuring work by David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare MBE and Grayson Perry, Jessie Brennan is exhibiting a series of newly commissioned drawings of the soon to be demolished Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar. She talks about the project.

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Untitled blog post from "Sky|Ground|Being"

by Josie Jenkins

Destination: Allenheads, Northumbria Days: 5 Activities: Drawing mainly, some painting, reading, blogging ;o) Weather forecast: Rain From Monday to Friday Next week I’ll be staying at Allenheads Contemporary Arts for a residency where I plan to focus intensively on drawing […]

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Untitled blog post from "Art by Design"

by Ian Kirkpatrick

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in terms of writing proposals and coordinating an upcoming exhibition. But amid it all I’ve finally finished my new piece ‘Oracular Spectacular’, a wall-based artwork that merges consumer packaging with traditional framing. Here […]

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Untitled blog post from "Whet Paint"

by Gillian Callaghan

The past few months have seen me relocate from rural Suffolk to city life in the north east. I am travelling a lot, returning to Suffolk as I complete my degree at UCS. I have been working on a couple […]

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NOW SHOWING #21: The week’s top exhibitions

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Our selection of not-to-be-missed shows this week includes a celebration of Dylan Thomas’ most enduring work by Sir Peter Blake in Cardiff, international artists examining the human form in London, and an exhibition of drawings and paintings in Bristol by an artist best known for his vividly-coloured sculptural installations.

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