The first in a series of short film presentations submitted by Fine Art students from University of Sunderland. Each Deep Breath video consists of 1,225 frames of Risograph digital print overlaid into ...

Lindsey Mendick challenges traditional ceramics with her darkly comic and confessional art. For the Sainsbury Centre, as part of the ‘Why Do We Take Drugs?’ season, Mendick presents highly personal ...

Luke Jerram’s astonishing installation Mars is coming to the Painted Hall this winter. Following the sell-out success of Gaia Measuring seven metres in diameter, this spellbinding artwork features ...

Step back in time with Regency Christmas at Dove Cottage. The mantlepieces are garlanded with holly and ivy, clove-studded pomanders fill the air with the scent of oranges and spices, and a warm fire ...

This exhibition brings together four films by artists whose works recently joined the LUX Collection. As we became immersed in these artists' practices, we were drawn to the ways each grapples with ...

Then a tour around the roof restoration project may be the perfect reason to visit Cannon Hall this Christmas! On Thursday 12th December at 15:00 we will be hosting a tour of the works taking place on ...

Join us on Thursday 28th November for our museum Christmas shopping evening. Get away from the crowds and browse our range of festive decorations and unusual gifts in the relaxed surroundings of the ...

Kidney form mirror, engraved on the back with scroll-pattern and basket-pattern. The excellent condition suggests it was buried with the owner and not thrown away.

The five works are: Frog and Ox; Hare and Tortoise; Gnat and Lion; Frog, Mouse and Kite; Peacock and Magpie (main illustration). One of the prime objectives of the Fry Art Gallery is to collect and ...

At the end of the Napoleonic wars, Edridge was one of the first British artists to cross the Channel for sketching tours. He made an excursion to Paris and Normandy in 1817 and again two years later.

The money to buy The Luttrell Psalter came from the prominent American banker John Pierpont Morgan who gave an interest free loan to the British Museum for a year. If the Museum failed to repay the ...

Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753) was a celebrated virtuoso and amateur architect, knighted by Willliam III in 1699. Roubiliac derived his portraits of Fountaine from the medallic portrait by Jacques ...