There’s a storm in a teacup, at Midlands Arts Centre, as part of the group exhibition ‘Worlds Away: Art, Nature and Wellbeing’. Birmingham-based artist Paul […]
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Peter Doig: Illusions of Paradise
Since the 19th century, artists have mythologised the tropics, presenting them as sun-drenched sites of paradise onto which their own fantasies could be cast. All […]
Exhibition review | James Byrne: ‘Between The Islands’
I always look forward to exhibitions at Reuben Colley Fine Art, a gallery that celebrates local artists, and particularly painters. Last night I battled through […]
Artist in focus | Jeremy Bournon: Journeys Into the Derbyshire Landscape
The Derbyshire landscape has long inspired artists and writers: there is ‘no finer county in England than Derbyshire’ declared Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. […]
Artist in focus | Chen Li: ‘Paintings from the Heart’
East meets West in the first UK solo show of Chen Li (b.1971), who is being shown by Katrine Levin Galleries at the Coningsby Gallery in […]
Artist in focus | Kate Robotham talks travel painting
Kate Robotham is an award-winning contemporary landscape painter, based in the Midlands. Since graduating from Loughborough University with a degree in Fine Art, she has […]
Artist in focus | Roberto Pagliarulo: classical allusion & colour
Roberto Pagliarulo’s paintings – featured in a solo show from 22 March to 13 April at Highgate Contemporary Art Gallery in London – balance allusion […]
Exhibition review | Annette Pugh: ‘Somewhere Never Travelled’ | RCFA
“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone” – Daphne Du Maurier, ‘Rebecca’ Annette Pugh paints the […]