Curated by Nick Hand and The Letterpress Collective, this exhibition brings together photography, film, letterpress prints, and the words of makers who dedicate their life to an unusual or rare craft or passion. Nick gathered these stories on epic cycle rides: from Land’s End to John O’ Groats, round the coast of Britain and Ireland and up the Hudson River - with a printing press on the back of his bike.
The success of the Brook Gallery in Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, has led to this acclaimed gallery opening a new location in Exeter.
Renowned for working with some of the world’s best known artists, the Brook Gallery Exeter will bring original works from some of the country’s major artists to the city, with challenging and thought provoking exhibitions from past masters to contemporary artists.
Brook Gallery Exeter will open at 1 Barnfield Crescent on 28 March 2015 - a unique setting within a Georgian crescent providing the perfect backdrop for a trailblazing gallery...
A German artist who has been visiting Torquay with his English wife quite regularly over the past thirty years has joined forces with three experienced Devon artists. They would like to invite art students from Germany and the UK to attend courses at the English Riviera. A website has been set up to explain the benefits to interested parties. Back in Germany the painter who is also a member of the Devon Art Society has distributed posters and leaflets to a fair number of organisations near his home town and beyond. So the team are hoping to get people to spend a painting holiday in Devon...
Outrageous Fortune is a Hayward Touring exhibition set to open at Exeter Phoenix on Friday 24th January. The show is curated by Andrew Hunt the new Spacex director, and showcases contemporary artists’ interpretations of the classic Tarot de Marseille deck of cards. Tarot playing cards originated in Italy in the 15th century. Used in most of Europe to play games, in the English-speaking world the tarot is generally associated with divination and fortune telling. A rich source of imagery, it includes such archetypes as The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Lovers, The Wheel of...
