Arts City to honour Brighton and Hove’s Jewish heritage The unveiling of a blue plaque to mark the home of Israel Samuel, the first recorded Jewish resident of Brighton, will form the centre piece of six-month of celebrations marking the 250 year anniversary of a Jewish presence in Brighton. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Japanese gay art comes to London For the first time in London, JapaneseGayArt.com will present a vivid exploration of erotic fetishism from the masters of Japanese gay art. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Still celebrating the new and the avant-garde: 50th Brighton Festival launches with Laurie Anderson as Guest Director The full programme for the 50th Brighton Festival (May 7-29, 2016) – the largest and most established curated annual multi-arts festival in England – has been unveiled with experimental artist and musician Laurie Anderson as Guest Director. By Paul Gustafson • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Real Eyes : Realise In March pop artist, Lez Ingham will be showcasing her new collection of paintings at Taylor-West & Sloan, the new optometrists in Hove. By Contributor • 1 min read
Towner Art Gallery Arts Towner receives Arts Council England funding Towner Art Gallery receives major funding for a new cinema and auditorium for artists’ moving image, film, talks and live performances. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Walking the Line: Annual Schools Exhibition 2016 Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne launches its 2016 programme for Annual Schools Exhibition, the South East’s biggest and most popular annual exhibition of art work created by schoolchildren. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Winter Pride Exhibition: ‘Layers’ Layers is a collection of 20 photographic portraits celebrating the stages of a woman’s life. Women from various backgrounds – aged between 19 and 90 years – were photographed in front of an evolving flower wall during a three-week period. Layers of freshly picked British flowers were added to the w By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Festival: major new outdoor event will bring fascinating story from Brighton’s wartime history back to life. Brighton Festival announces major new work inspired by the story of hundreds of thousands of men who travelled from India to fight for the Allies in the First World War. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts Famous artworks get non-heteronormative makeover in new exhibition Famous artworks will be given a graphic twist as part of a new exhibition exploring relationships, gender and sex. Birmingham School of Art, part of Birmingham City University (UK), will be hosting the ‘Obscene and Pornographic Art’ show, which will see an erotic makeover handed to a series of 18th By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Towner Art Gallery: ‘Recording Britain’ Towner presents Recording Britain, an exhibition of nearly fifty watercolour paintings of the changing landscape of Britain during the Second World War. Set up by Sir Kenneth Clark at the outbreak of war in 1939, Recording Britain was a scheme intended to boost national morale by celebrating the cou By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts LGBT History Month events at local libraries Brighton Libraries events to mark LGBT History Month during February. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Arts National Festival of LGBT History The National Festival of LGBT History takes place this year in London from February 5-7. The festival is jointly organised by Schools Out UK, Wise Thoughts (organisers of GFEST – Gaywise FESTival ®), V&A and Museum of London, along with other partner agencies. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
