Current Events #35. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 35 of 2017.
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Shuttered
1 – 30 September 2017
Gillian Swan solo show with mixed media construction of the urban environment.
Pictorem Gallery
383 Hoe Street
Walthamstow, London
E17 9AP
2017 Contemporary British Painting Prize
24 August – 22 October 2017
The 12 shortlisted artists for the exhibition are: Michael Ajerman, Jake Clark, Jadé Fadojutimi, Louise Giovanelli, Juliette Losq, Cara Nahaul, Simon Parish, Narbi Price, Alli Sharma, Joan Sugrue, Molly Thomson, Helen Turner.
Stables Gallery
Riverside
Twickenham, London
TW1 3DY
Sargent: The Watercolours
21 June – 8 October 2017
The first UK show in nearly 100 years devoted to watercolours by the Anglo-American artist, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Eighty works from 30 lenders are coming together.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
London
SE21 7AD
Ding
24 – 28 August 2017
The first exhibition to be presented by STASH, a Reading-based art collective, bringing together local artists to exhibit a wide range of work in new and established spaces. Facebook event page.
Blake’s Lock Turbine House
Reading Museum, Kenavon Drive
Reading
RG1 3GH
Gillian Ayres
8 April – 3 September 2017
This major exhibition celebrates the bold and colourful work of one of Britain’s most important and internationally renowned abstract artists. Featuring major paintings from across the artist’s career, this is the largest exhibition of Ayres’s work ever seen in the UK.
National Museum Cardiff
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
The Norwich Print Fair
4 – 16 September 2017
An exhibition of artists’ original prints by: Rob Barnes, Sarah Bays, Louise Bird, Paul Bommer, Amelia Bowman, Vanessa Burroughes, Bev Coraldean, Chris Evans, Sally Freer, Sally Hirst, Richard Horne, Leanda Jaine Hughes, David Jones, Colin Johnson, Vicki Johnson, Jane Kemp, Annette Kreiser, Vanessa Lubach, Paul McNeill, Jayne McConnell, Martin Mitchell, Elaine Nason, Tricia Newell, Chrissy Norman, Toby Rampton, Reece Reilly, Jo Stafford, Clarissa Upchurch, Laura White.
St. Margarets Church Gallery
St. Benedict’s Street
Norwich
NR2 4AQ
People, Figures and Faces
8 August – 23 September 2017
Small paintings and drawings by members of the North of England Art Club, painted specially for the Bondgate Gallery.
The works are all 20x20cm. The North of England Art Club incorporates the Newcastle Society of Artists and has a history that goes back to 1835. The Club has studios at the Newcastle Arts Centre and around sixty members.
Alnwick Playhouse
Bondgate Without
Alnwick, Northumberland
NE66 1PQ
By The Sea
6 September 2017
The exhibition is curated by Harry Pye and will feature paintings, prints, photographs, collages and drawings by: Harry Adams, Martin Brown, Gordon Beswick, Billy Childish, Jackie Clark, Emma Coleman, Beverley Daniels, Charlie Day, Peter Doig, August Kunnapu, Lee Maelzer, Joanna McCormick, Mark McGowan, Paul Sakoilsky, Sarah Sparkes, Tom Shedden, Geraldine Swayne, Sandra Turnbull, Julian Wakeling, and Agnieszka Zapala.
64A Gallery
Oxford Street
Whitstable
CT5 1DB
There & Back Again
29 August – 3 September 2017
The Drawn Chorus Collective embark on an illustrative voyage of exploration and discovery with 30 artists working in range of mediums including print, collage and virtual reality.
Private View: Thursday 31 August 6:30-10pm
Themed creative workshops with all tools and materials provided: Lino printed tote bags on 30 August 6:30-9pm and Bookbinding with Maps on 1 September 6:30-9pm.
Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)
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The image at the top is:
A detail from John Singer Sargent’s 1911 watercolour painting ‘The Lady With the Umbrella’.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is having a large exhibition of his watercolours.
