Art for HIP’s Sake
By Nick Pelling Sometimes artists get a bad press. They are occasionally depicted as narcissistic types obsessed with their own ideas and neurotic about reviews and, of course, sales. But theArt Auction held by HIP in December proved all that…
Arts Diary
Hastings Contemporary has re-opened after Lockdown2 with two hugely anticipatedexhibitions – Lakwena Maciver’s Homeplace and Stephen Chambers’ The Court of Redonda. Lakwena Maciver, one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary black artists, creates painted prayers and meditations which respond to…
RX19 Art Exhibition
Merlin Betts reviews work inspired by the Fishermen’s Museum and Hastings Fishing Community I happened to have had a long day. Cycling along the seafront on that dark and stormy night, clutching my old naval coat close to fend off…
The Imaginary becomes Real – In the Light of Surrealism #2 and Inverse Reflection A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed
Hair Receiver by Jane Hoodless In the Light of Surrealism #2 and Inverse Reflection, the two exhibitions opening at the Arts Forum this week, draw, consciously or unconsciously, on tenets of surrealism. One of the most influential cultural movements of…
