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Rotten, My Cup Of Earl Grey
If you had asked for my thoughts ninety seconds into Rotten, I would have said, "Not my cup of Earl Grey." A young woman stands centre stage and apparently harangues the audience for being complacent bourgeoisie, replete with expletives. Later, we find out she has a different target. If you had asked me for my thoughts ninety minutes into Rotten, I would have said, ‘loved it’.
Rotten Photo: © Kieran Vyas
Visual arts
Emma Sparks Joy With New Art Exhibition
Emma Butler
Abstract impressionist painter Emma Butler is to bring her vibrant, colourful landscapes to Darlington with the opening of her first solo exhibition. Entitled Joy, Emma will showcase her beautifully bold work at Gallerina, in Darlington, which is home to some of the country’s best contemporary fine artists.
8:18 AM 16th April 2024
Visual arts
Street Art With The Power To Change Lives Comes To North-West Community
Street artists Christian Fenn (aka Seca) and Hayley Garner (Aylo) working on mural projects around the world.
Striking street art which has transformed communities around the world is coming to a North-West town to help turn its fortunes around. Street artists Christian Fenn (aka Seca) and Hayley Garner (Aylo) are bringing their eye-catching murals to Fleetwood in a community engagement project designed to help its people and the place.
1:12 PM 10th April 2024
Visual arts
Yorkshire Coast Walk Inspires Acclaimed Print Maker Jason Hicklin
Jason Hicklin
From the towering, seabird-shrouded cliffs at Bempton to the expansive sandy beach at Filey, artist Jason Hicklin’s walk has inspired a collection of etchings that provide a dramatic new vision of Yorkshire’s heritage coast. Seven prints created from the etchings, some 1 x1.5 metres in size, will get their premiere at an exhibition at Watermark Gallery in Harrogate between 12 and 27 April.
9:34 AM 4th April 2024
Visual arts
Skinningrove’s Bright New Welcome For Visitors
Andrew Liddle
Guest Writer
Andrew Liddle talks to two men who worked together on a very special local project
1:00 AM 30th March 2024
Visual arts
Painting The Town With David Robinson
Andrew Liddle talks to a local graphic artist about his posters of Preston
6:09 AM 23rd March 2024
Visual arts
Demystifying Curiosity: The Bowes Museum
There is a scene in Moonraker where James Bond has just landed in California, searching for the eponymous stolen space shuttle. He is helicoptered to the home of the evil Hugo Drax and is astonished to see the mansion that, although filmed at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, in France, for the purposes of the script, 007 has been told was recreated brick by brick on the Drax estate.
1:01 AM 23rd March 2024
Visual arts
Looking Forward To Looking Back At The Bingley Gallery
Andrew Liddle talks to David Starley about his latest exhibition of local artists from the past
1:00 AM 20th March 2024
Theatre
Home Office Funded Arts Project To Support Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse Is Running Creative Events In Leeds
UpFront Survivors, a Home Office funded, three-year programme of creative changemaking to support adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA), is presenting a free series of creative workshops and events for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, friends and allies from Wednesday, 20th to Sunday 24th March at East Street Arts in Leeds.
1:00 AM 15th March 2024
Visual arts
National Science And Media Museum Celebrates Photography Pioneers For Women’s History Month
Cystoseira Granulata by Anna Atkins, 1843. Science Museum Group Collection
To mark Women’s History Month, the National Science and Media is celebrating female photography pioneers, Anna Atkins and Julia Margaret Cameron who were both instrumental in the development of modern photography.
1:58 PM 13th March 2024
Visual arts
Lisa Zooms In On The Magnificent Bishops’ Palaces Of England
Durham Courtyard Photos: Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust
As part of a series of Zoom lectures, the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT) is delighted to be joined by Lisa McIntyre at 7pm on Thursday 21 March, who will be presenting on The Bishops’ Palaces of England. Lisa graduated with distinction from the Architectural Association in 2012.
4:11 PM 12th March 2024
Visual arts
Colours Uncovered
The Terrace at Harewood Photo credit Visit England and Thomas Heaton.
Colours Uncovered is a new exhibition tracing the history and science of colour, through selected objects and artworks from the Harewood House collection. Colours Uncovered examines what colour can tell us about the history of civilisation, scientific discovery and society from the 1500s to today.
1:00 AM 27th February 2024
Visual arts
National Science And Media Museum Reveals The Story Of Photography Through Historic Images Of Pets
Ahead of National Love Your Pet Day on 20 February, the National Science and Media Museum reveal how photography and photographic processes have changed over time through archive images of beloved animal companions. Mr Burbank’s favourite cat This might look like a drawing, but it is in fact a photographic print.
10:46 AM 20th February 2024
Visual arts
Thackray Museum Unveils Ground-Breaking Exhibition: Fragile Microbiomes
Thackray Museum of Medicine has announced the launch of its newest and most innovative exhibition, 'Fragile Microbiomes,' featuring the captivating works of internationally renowned artist Anna Dumitriu.
1:00 AM 9th February 2024
Music
Epic Installation ‘Soundscapes’ Premieres In Skipton
Soundscapes - an immersive audio-visual installation that invites audiences on a sensory journey through the Yorkshire Dales - premieres in Skipton on 14 March, 2024. Created by the immersive media artist Michaela French and composer Ben Crick, Soundscapes will showcase the diverse scenery of the Yorkshire Dales.
1:00 AM 30th January 2024
Visual arts
The Magic Of Glassblowing Inspired By Rockpools
A new exhibition of Joanne Kenny’s glass work opens at York’s Pyramid Gallery today, inspired by her trips along the beach at Whitby, peering into rockpools. But it has not been all plain sailing, as she tells Group Editor Andrew Palmer about her inspirational story.
1:01 AM 27th January 2024
Visual arts
Still Lives Exhibition Opens This Spring At The Hepworth Wakefield
Opening on 1 March, The Hepworth Wakefield will present a new exhibition focusing on the theme of still life. Still Lives will display more than 70 works by over 50 artists across two galleries, illustrating the enduring nature of the still life genre throughout different epochs in art history, including post-impressionism, British modernism, surrealism and contemporary art.
8:22 AM 23rd January 2024
Visual arts
Bespoke Elephant Memorial Preserved For Generations
North Yorkshire-based artist blacksmith has partnered with a galvanizing firm to preserve a memorial sculpture, ensuring it remains a fitting tribute for the community to visit for many years to come. James Wilkinson was commissioned to create an elephant sculpture by Guildford High School to remember a past pupil, Emily Oliver, that recently passed away.
1:00 AM 8th January 2024
Visual arts
Artist's Tribute To Derek Draper
Jan Harris
Deputy Group Editor
Derek and Kate
Shany Hagan is a single mum from Yorkshire who spends her time painting and donating her art to different charities. After spending a lifetime with defective eyesight, she finally had eye surgery at the age of 51, and for the first time in her life, she wasn’t struggling to see.
6:00 PM 5th January 2024
Visual arts
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) Presents A New Collection By Japanese Woodcarver Yukihiro Akama
Yukihiro Akama. Photo © Red Photography, courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
A display of 55 works, Basho no Kankaku – A Sense of Place will be Akama’s largest exhibition to date. It will showcase a new collection of beautiful, intricately carved wooden houses of various sizes – from just 4cm (slightly bigger than a 50p piece) up to 106cm – alongside a series of architectural technical drawings and mini prints.
2:39 PM 4th January 2024
Visual arts
Vital Spark Commissioned Work To Showcase At Sydney Opera House
©Pamela Raith Photography.
A landmark piece of work, commissioned as part of Vital Spark by The Spark Arts for Children, is to be presented at the Sydney Opera House as part of an international tour. Aakash Odedra’s Company’s Little Murmur, a dance theatre performance for schools, originally premiered at Belgrave Library in the artistic director’s hometown of Leicester as part of The Spark Festival.
9:39 AM 23rd November 2023
Visual arts
Inspirational Gallery Director Bows Out With Personal Exhibition At Sunny Bank Mills
Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley, near Leeds, celebrates 10 years of arts and culture at the award-winning mills complex with an exhibition that showcases a curated selection of some of the artists and makers who have contributed to the Gallery’s success in that time.
1:00 AM 7th November 2023
Visual arts
The Auckland Project Welcomes Art Experts For One-Off Event
As part of its mission to improve access to art galleries in the North-East, The Auckland Project is hosting a one-off event with high-profile industry experts in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery.
12:00 AM 6th November 2023
Visual arts
An Artistic Jewel In The Heart Of Madrid - The Museo Nacional Del Prado
Group Editor Andrew Palmer, took a long-awaited trip to Madrid's Museo Nacional del Prado to wonder at the artistic gems that make up its superb collection.
1:05 AM 4th November 2023
Visual arts
The Gallery, Slaithwaite: ‘Ten’ - A Birthday Exhibition
Slaithwaite, nestled amongst the dramatic moorland beauty of the Colne Valley, has undergone a profound transformation over the course of the last decade or two.
7:09 AM 3rd November 2023
Visual arts
Yorkshire Artist Kitty North – Her Exhibition At Salts Mill
Andy Harris
Motoring and Property Editor
Paintings by Kitty North, 20 years in the making, have gone on show in Gallery 2. Twenty years ago, Kitty North began to paint the sixteen 6ft x 5ft oil paintings at the heart of her new exhibition. This summer she felt they were finally finished. Powerful and imposing yet intimate and inviting too, these canvasses are inspired by the rural Yorkshire landscape in which North lives and works.
1:00 AM 30th September 2023
Visual arts
Talented Artists Rewarded With Festival Prizes
Molly Matcham
A photographer whose pictures record life at Carlisle’s historic Turkish Baths has won a prize in the Historic Quarter Arts Festival. Molly Matcham was awarded the photography prize, sponsored by Hayward Tod and Digital Express and was delighted with her win.
4:13 PM 28th September 2023
Visual arts
New Public Art Sculpture Commissioned For Sheffield’s Pennine Five Development
Plaza view
A stunning new six-metre-high art sculpture has been designed to sit at the heart of the Pennine Five refurbishment in Sheffield city centre. Owner RBH Properties has commissioned local artist Coralie Turpin, who is based at Yorkshire Artspace on Brown Street in Sheffield city centre, to design and fabricate a landmark new sculpture for Pennine Five’s new £1.5 million central outdoor plaza.
5:00 PM 25th September 2023
Visual arts
Final Paintings Signed By The Red Arrows At RAF Scampton
Jan Harris
Deputy Group Editor
Shany Hagan is an artist from York but originally from Lincolnshire, who paints raising thousands of pounds for various charities. She started painting in 2020 after having eye surgery and wanted to give something back after the NHS restored her vision through a miracle operation.
1:00 AM 9th September 2023
Visual arts
Words Taking Wing - A Life In Letters: Art And The Poetry of Jean Harrison At Settle
Peripatetic by vocation but rooted by emotional inclination, the poet Jean Harrison, who died in 2020, enjoyed a relationship with Settle and the North Craven landscape that goes beyond a sense of complacent affiliation.
6:40 AM 8th September 2023
Visual arts
Inspirational Creative Director To Leave Sunny Bank Mills
Jane Kay, the "inspirational creative director" at Sunny Bank Mills’ acclaimed Art Gallery in Farsley is leaving after 10 years at the forefront of the Mills’ creative regeneration. Jane, in conjunction with Sunny Bank’s co-managing directors William and John Gaunt, has established the Gallery as one of the finest independent art and making spaces in Yorkshire.
1:00 AM 15th August 2023
Visual arts
East Coast Open II
When I was told that 25% of the paintings on display in the Scarborough Art Gallery’s East Coast Open had sold, I was astonished. I don’t know why, since I had nothing to compare it with. Is that a percentage that could normally be expected? Did exhibitions elsewhere have similar success rates? Was there something exceptional about this set of paintings or art works?
1:00 AM 14th August 2023
Visual arts
From Rags To Riches - The Rug-maker’s Art
Louisa Creed, one of the finest exponents of the art of rag-rug hooking, talks to Andrew Liddle about her work and her recent book. There is a soulful enigma in the eyes of the Hunting Cat. They are watchful, fearless yet wary, bright enough to illumine the feline face in the darkest night. It’s hard to believe that such a powerful image could be made from old rags and tatters.
1:00 AM 29th July 2023
Visual arts
Breakfasting With Beverley On The Scarborough Sunrise
Andrew Liddle
Guest Writer
Andrew Liddle joins a popular local photographer for an early morning shoot
11:55 AM 26th July 2023
Books
Goodbye The Moulders Arms : Ian Beesley - Life, A Retrospective
Steve Whitaker
Literary Editor
'Gray's Fisheries' by Ian Beesley
Ian Beesley has been well served by decline. As a documenter of lives and times in transition, this photographer of fifty years standing was fortunate, or possibly unfortunate, to be present at moments of irrevocable change.
7:35 PM 17th July 2023
Visual arts
Winners Of ‘UK’s Beautiful Places’ Photography Competition Announced
The winning image: Sand Timer – a beautifully taken photo of a lighthouse on the beach watching the sunset, taken by Ian Pinn in Spurn. CEWE Photo Award 2023 sub contest ‘UK’s Beautiful Places’
Photo printing company, CEWE, and The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB), recently partnered to launch the ‘UK’s Beautiful Places’ photography competition. The competition aimed to celebrate all types of photography that capture the wonder of the UK including people, places, nature and animals.
1:00 AM 15th July 2023
Books
North York Moors National Park’s Gallery Devotes Summer Exhibition To The Lost Spells
Owl The Lost Spells ©Jackie Morris
This summer the North York Moors National Park’s gallery will be hosting a beautiful new exhibition inspired by the acclaimed nature book The Lost Spells and running a series of complementary events that deepen people’s connections with the natural world.
7:40 AM 29th June 2023
Visual arts
East Coast Open Matt Wade – Judith and Holofernes
How do we extract beauty from the shocking? Matt Wade’s controversial painting comes with a health warning. As you enter the room where it is hung, a sign warns that there is a painting in the room that may cause offence. But why? The painting depicts a well known, Old Testament, story, versions of which have featured in the catalogues of Old Masters such as Caravaggio and Donatello.
1:00 AM 12th June 2023
Visual arts
East Coast Open Melville Whittaker
For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.
10:01 AM 9th June 2023
Visual arts
Local Artists Take Part In Biggest Open Studio Event In The UK
Fiona Armer from Airton in Malhamdale is joining over 100 artists across North Yorkshire who are inviting the public to take a peek into their art studios across the first two weekends in June. North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) is an initiative by the artist-run collective.
9:29 AM 9th June 2023
Review
East Coast Open Dorothea Newman - Spread Your Wings
For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.
7:39 AM 8th June 2023
Visual arts
East Coast Open Wendy Tate - Receding Tide
Mike Tilling
Arts Correspondent
Wendy Tate - Receding Tide
For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, paintings, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.
1:30 AM 6th June 2023
Visual arts
York Textile Artist Is Perfectly Suited To Sunny Bank Mills
York-based textile artist Ealish Wilson is currently exhibiting her work at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley, near Leeds. Ealish is a member of the renowned textile artist collective, the 62 Group, whose new exhibition Tailored runs at Sunny Bank Mills until July 2.
7:48 AM 2nd June 2023
Visual arts
Lynne Arnison – Uphill Struggle
Mike Tilling
Arts Correspondent
For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.
1:15 PM 29th May 2023
Festivals
Swaledale Festival 27 May - 10 June 2023
Over the next fortnight 50+ music, arts and walking events will ripple across Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale. Coming up in week one: a classical 'collective', rousing brass, top-notch puppetry, free astronomy, poetry walks, music inspired by climate change, a world-class cellist, meltingly beautiful jazz and a 23-stringed harped guitar... Under 25s tickets are available to nearly all events for just £3!
9:00 AM 27th May 2023
Visual arts
East Coast Open Scarborough Art Gallery
I always find it difficult to deal with an exhibition that has rooms-full of items. My technique is to walk through purposefully, skim everything, note three to five examples that jump off the walls at me and then return later for a more detailed viewing. Sorry, but I just can’t manage too much input at one go.
1:00 AM 17th May 2023
Visual arts
The Yorkshire Fossil Festival Heads To Whitby – 2023 Highlights!
Highlights of this year’s Yorkshire Fossil Festival, which takes place in Whitby for the first time on 10 and 11 June, have been announced. The festival will celebrate the 200th birthday of Whitby Museum, and the historic venue will invite festival-goers behind the scenes for a special after-hours ‘Night at the Museum’.
5:02 PM 16th May 2023
Visual arts
The Art Tunnel In Barcelona: Discover 1327 Artworks By 837 Artists From Around The World
After Paris, London, Berlin, Monaco, New York City, Los Angeles and Miami Beach, Expometro is launching a new Billboard Art Show called The Art Tunnel at the heart of Barcelona at Passeig de Gràcia metro station.
1:00 AM 10th May 2023
Visual arts
National Science And Media Museum Unveils Photo Display To Mark King’s Coronation
To mark the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May, the National Science and Media Museum has unveiled a new photo display of moments from the King’s life from the Daily Herald Archive, with their original newspaper captions.
1:00 AM 5th May 2023
Film
National Science And Media Museum Makes Two Senior Appointments
The National Science and Media Museum has appointed Charlotte Connelly as Head Curator and Sally Folkard as Head of Screen and Cultural Engagement. Charlotte Connelly, a historian of science and technology has been appointed as the museum’s Head Curator, bringing over a decade of experience working with science and technology collections.
12:03 PM 3rd May 2023
Visual arts
WHO Am I?
Mike Tilling
Arts Correspondent
SMG Ayckbourn Portrait © Tony Bartholomew
Until I found myself near the National Portrait Gallery in London, with an hour to kill, I had never really liked portraiture: all those entitled aristocrats looking down their noses. However, after that unexpected sixty minutes, I was a convert. I even ended up buying a print. The paintings in the Who am I?
1:00 AM 28th April 2023
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