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A right Royal High to Perry!

Decided to re-visit a story – in today’s look back – about one of Bath’s most talented of artistic characters. … More

art, Bath, caricature, Education, Perry Harris, The Royal High School

Too good Toulouse.

Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery in Bath is seeking public support for a crowdfunding campaign for its next blockbuster exhibition. Starting … More

art, Art Fund, Bath, French, Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria Art Gallery

An artful way of telling Bath’s history.

  We’re just weeks away from the official unveiling – in Bath – of a new piece of public sculpture … More

Anna Gillespie, architecture, art, Bath, BRLSI, Crest Nicholson, Herschel, Ironart, Leonard Jenyns, Maid of the Bridge, Patrick Haines, Peter Dickinson, River Avon, Riverside, Sculpture, Victoria Bridge

Those wartime years remembered.

Sixty outstanding artworks from the 1940s – including some wartime images of Bath –  will be showcased in a new … More

art, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, war

Sunday in the park

I had a brief moment of being proud to be born in this country last night. I wasn’t dancing to … More

art, artisan, bandstand, Bath, blacksmith, Fire Folk, folk, folk music, forging, iron workers, Ironart, Music, Parade Gardens

Subtle – it isn’t!

If you haven’t visited Bath’s Holburne Museum for some time – the new coat of paint in the entrance corridor … More

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A sneak look at Bath’s big art show!

It’s the biggest event of the year for members of the Bath Society of Artists whose members and their family … More

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New ‘hangings’ at No 1

A private collector has generously loaned two large portraits to No. 1 Royal Crescent. They are of Peter and Amy … More

Allan Ramsay, art, Bath, bath preservation trust, Georgian

History – in the round.

There have been many artists  – over the years – who have been inspired  by ‘The Circus’ here in Bath. … More

architecture, art, Bath, Georgian, Helen Stanfield, history, John Wood the Elder, The Circus

Gallery programme for 2019 is published.

Here’s a complete list of exhibitions coming to Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery between now and the end of 2019. The … More

art, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery

Talent for sale.

Students from Bath Spa University’s BA (Hons) Textiles for Fashion and Interiors course have swapped seminars for a stall this … More

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Wrapping up a great year with On Paper.

You could say Jon Bennington – Manager of Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery – has already ‘opened’ his best Christmas present. … More

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B&NES on the racks

Come off it B&NES. This is deprivation by stealth. Every time the bike rack hoops are removed for the annual … More

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Bath’s iron maiden is unveiled.

Residents of Bath’s newest residential quarter – the Crest Nicholson Riverside development – seem to have given a ‘thumbs up’ … More

Anna Gillespie, architecture, art, Bath, Bath Riverside, Buro Happold, Crest Nicholson, Ironart, Peter Dickinson, redevlopment, River Avon, Sculpture

Poussin masterpiece coming to Bath.

Nicolas Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan, a much-loved work from the National Gallery’s Collection, is coming to Bath next spring … More

art, Bath, National Gallery, Puisson, Victoria Art Gallery

The art of paper.

An exhibition which explores how artists have used paper as the focus of their work is coming to Bath in … More

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A brush with 18th Century entertainment.

One of Bath’s former resident artists comes under the spotlight at the Holburne Museum in an exhibition that features Thomas … More

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Let’s see Santa get this down the chimney!

This has to be one of the most expensive ‘stocking-fillers’ available in Bath for this Christmas – and you’re going … More

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Members Exhibition

The Bath Society of Artists is holding its Members Exhibition in the city next month. Maxine Foster has sent me … More

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A brush with Ken Loach

A portrait of filmmaker Ken Loach by Richard Twose, an artist based near Bath, will go on show at the … More

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Holburne returns to charging.

Bath’s Holburne Museum has decided to re-introduce admission charges to all its galleries to help balance the books. You’ll be … More

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Maid in Bath.

Later next month a new piece of artwork is set to be installed at Crest Nicholson’s Bath Riverside development and … More

Anna Gillespie, art, Bath, Bruro Happold, Crrest Nicholson, Ironart, Larkhall, Maid of the Bridge, River Avon, Riverside, Sculpture, Victoria Bridge

You’ve been framed

When you acquire a family archive – full of artistic gems – and find the majority are unframed – it … More

art, Bath, Bath Academy of Art, Bath Newseum, clifford and rosemary ellis, gallery, Making Art Matter, Painting, printing, Victoria Art Gallery

We’ve got ourselves a Grayson Perry!

The Victoria Art Gallery has secured grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), Art Fund and Friends of the Victoria … More

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Making Art Matter

The work of Bath-based artists Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, whose artistic partnership spanned more than five decades, will be celebrated … More

art, Bath, Bath Academy of Art, Clifford Ellis, Corsham Court, Rosemary Ellis, Victoria Art Gallery

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