Arts BOURNEMOUTH PREVIEW: Refracted: Collection Highlights To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England, Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum is launching a major new exhibition, Refracted: Collection Highlights. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Heroes Exhibition Before being admitted into the Fine Arts of Monaco in 2013, Charly N’doumbe, studied at the Beaux-Arts Biarritz, graduating with a DNAP (National Diploma of Visual Arts) with special congratulations and accreditation of the awarding body. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Queer British Art 1861-1967 @ The Tate Tate Britain present Queer British Art 1861 – 1967, the first exhibition dedicated to queer British art. Featuring works from 1861–1967 relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) identities, the show marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Resists: snapshots of LGBTQ+ activism in our city Join Queer in Brighton for an evening of LGBTQ+ history, food, and art. A chance to peer into archival material and learn about some of the pivotal moments of political activism of our community. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Art auction to benefit Sussex Beacon From May 1-14, established Brighton artist Ben Fearnside will be previewing his vibrant new work in a solo exhibition at Gallery 40, using real metals on canvas. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Sir Ian McKellen opens Manchester Exhibition Sir Ian McKellen opens NEVER GOING UNDERGROUND: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. Sir Ian McKellen opened Never Going Underground at the People’s History Museum in Manchester yesterday (March 2); a ground-breaking exhibition that explores the movement and stori By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Applications open for Towner’s annual Open exhibition Sussex Open 2017 Towner Art Gallery’s annual Open exhibition is to be re-launched in 2017 as Sussex Open with artists from both East and West Sussex invited to participate. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: NOVA POP! The art of Billy Chainsaw BILLY CHAINSAW’s first solo art show in Brighton – at the BRUSH gallery – sees him take his mixed-media ‘cut up pop art’ to another dimension, in which the dystopian reality of human existence attempts release via flashbacks to the psychedelic ’60s. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Over 1,500 artists to exhibit at Artists Open Houses Festival 2017 The Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival 2017, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place in Brighton, Hove and beyond over four weekends in May, starting Saturday 6th May 6 to May 28. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Pride Arts & Film Festival: Summer Of Love Exhibition 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality for men in England and Wales. For more than eighty years this Victorian piece of legislation forced gay men to live their lives closeted and in the shadows. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: The Drawing Circus: After-hours life drawing in the Royal Pavilion’s sumptuous Music Room The Royal Pavilion’s sumptuous Music Room plays host to the Drawing Circus’s unique brand of theatrical life drawing at this unique, after-hours event. Having won Best Museum Drawing Event for its night-time event at the Booth Museum in October 2015, the Drawing Circus is returning to Royal Pavilion By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Pride call for ideas to celebrate 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Young people’s charity The Budding Foundation, have been donated a bag of 580 mint uncirculated old pennies from 1967, the year the sexual offences law changed. By Besi • 1 min read
