THE 700-year old Tisbury tithe barn, with its massive thatched roof and oak beams, a working farm building until its restoration and reinvention as home to Messums’ Wiltshire gallery, hosts an ethereal exhibition by the Japanese textile artist, Kaori Kato, who is artist-in-residence at the venue this summer. Unfolding, Unfurling, on until 18th September, is…
THE Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, 100 outstanding images by photographers from around the world, is on show at the Dorset Museum in Dorchester until 29th October. This internationally renowned exhibition is on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, features exceptional images, which capture fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking…
THE summer exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral, on until 17th September, is To Be Free. It brings together some of the world’s leading contemporary artists, exploring what freedom is, what it means to be free, how it feels to be free and the plight of those who are not free. With conflicts in Sudan, the…
THE summer exhibition at Messums Wiltshire, in and around the ancient Tisbury tithe barn, features sculpture by gallery regular and invited artists, including Laurence Edwards and Sophie Ryder. Larger than Life runs to 30th September, and draws inspiration from the venue’s summer Festival of Dance. The challenge of this exhibition – particularly in the context…
THE summer exhibition at Somerset Rural Life Museum, in the tithe barn and other buildings at Glastonbury, features five extraordinary women artists, creating artwork across a range of media, celebrating Somerset’s diverse coast and waterways. Flow, running to 3rd September, features embroidery, painting, printmaking and sculpture by artists from across the county: Sara Dudman, Jane…
THE New Art Centre, the sculpture park and gallery at Roche Court near Salisbury, is currently exhibiting this powerful carving by Sebastian Brooke, a letter-cutter and stone-carver based in Wales. The inscription reads “Accipiat aquam vitae, gratis.” It is a quotation from the Book of Revelations, Chapter 22 Verse 17: “And let the one who…
DORSET Visual Arts, which produces the biennial Dorset Art Weeks visual arts festival, has announced the relaunch of a revised, expanded and inclusive standard membership, open to all artists living or working in Dorset. The new membership offer will provide a greater range of benefits to visual artists who live and work in the county….
SOMERSET sculptor Fiona Campbell has two installations on show, one indoors and one outside, in Wander_Land, at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in Penzance, at a dramatic site with St Michael’s Mount in the background. Inspired by walks in woodlands, Flags of the Forest was developed from an indoor piece to a large outdoor installation. The flags…
THE new exhibition at Sladers Yard, West Bay, is Hope, featuring paintings by Rachel Fenner and Frances Hatch, pottery by the late Adela Powell and Yo Thom, sculptural baskets by Caroline Sharp, and furniture by the gallery’s resident designer-maker Petter Southall. The theme of the exhibition, which runs to 2nd September, is “Ways forward into…
THE summer exhibition at the Museum of Somerset at Taunton Castle until 28th August celebratess the work of Axel Scheffler, the UK’s number one illustrator, best known for his long partnership with children’s writer Julia Donaldson. With more than 150 books featuring his work, Axel has created some of the most instantly recognisable characters in…