You could say Jon Bennington – Manager of Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery – has already ‘opened’ his best Christmas present. Speaking to Bath Newseum – at a private preview for a new Arts Council produced […]
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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 Remembrance Day Parade a couple less are returned to their rightful place outside the Guildhall. […]
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’ to their latest incomer. It’s the Maid of the Bridge – a 4 metre high […]
A right Royal High to Perry!
It’s not every day a school lets its caretaker lead an important anniversary celebration but, for The Royal High in Bath, modest and self-effacing Perry Harris was just the man to help the institution celebrate […]
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 – as part of a UK tour that will also take in York and County […]
The art of paper.
An exhibition which explores how artists have used paper as the focus of their work is coming to Bath in December. The exhibition On Paper from the Arts Council Collection opens at the Victoria Art […]
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 Gainsborough’s personal and artistic links with the 18th century world of entertainment. Gainsborough and the […]
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 to have to knit a very big – and strong – stocking to put it […]
Members Exhibition
The Bath Society of Artists is holding its Members Exhibition in the city next month. Maxine Foster has sent me the following details: Bath Society of Artists’ Members Exhibition44AD, 4 Abbey St, Bath BA1 1NNwww.bsartists.co.uk […]
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 city’s Victoria Art Gallery from 2 October. On loan from the artist, the large (200 […]
