The restorer turns broken vintage figurines into subversive works of art – and you probably won’t find them on great-granny’s mantelpiece An expert restorer by trade, Amy Douglas started creating anarchic new objects from broken Staffordshire pottery purely for her own amusement – now her surreal creations are taking the ceramics world by storm. As
Read MoreCollage collaborators | Q&A with Maria Rivans & Bonnie and Clyde
They share a Brighton studio and a love of the stunning and surreal art of collage. We speak to Maria Rivans and Bonnie and Clyde – aka the artist Steph Burnley – about their work and new joint show Glitter Bunnies Basics first – where do you live?Maria: Hove, 100 yards from the seafront. I love
Read MoreExhibition I ‘Glitter Bunnies’
The queens of contemporary British collage combine for a glittering new show at For Arts Sake this spring We are delighted to present a blockbuster three-hander from the queens of contemporary British collage this May – printmakers Maria Rivans and Bonnie and Clyde alongside ceramics artist Amy Douglas. From the dreamscape glamour of Rivans’ vintage
Read MoreWhat’s New | Spring & Summer Exhibition Highlights
From the queens of contemporary collage to the delicate aquatint etchings of Emiko Aida, here’s what to expect in the gallery as the weather warms up ‘Glitter Bunnies’ We are thrilled to unveil a blockbuster exhibition this May – a hugely exciting joint show, ‘Glitter Bunnies’, featuring British queens of collage Maria Rivans and Bonnie
Read MoreWonder in the world I Q&A with Michèle Jaffé-Pearce
A sense of joy in the natural world inspires the vibrant abstract oil paintings of Michèle Jaffé-Pearce London-based artist Michèle Jaffé-Pearce’s abstract oils sing with the energy of place and space. As her new show, ‘Rocks & Stars (and Everything Between)’, opens at For Arts Sake, she talks Japanese philosophy, Jewish mysticism, Boy George –
Read MoreExhibition I ‘Rocks & Stars (and Everything Between)’
Inspired by the natural world and the hidden forces that shape it, painter Michèle Jaffé-Pearce unveils a stunning new collection of abstract oils Fresh for spring, we are delighted to welcome London-based artist Michèle Jaffé-Pearce into the gallery for the first time. Celebrating the energy and beauty of nature, her multi-layered oils burst with colour
Read MoreMother’s Day Gift Guide I Our Top 12
Flowers are so 2018. Browse our round-up of the perfect prints instead for the mama in your life 1. ‘The Yellow Cup’ by Angie Lewin A hand-gathered posy to last forever, for lovers of printmaker Angie Lewin’s glorious nostalgic style. Screenprint, edition of 85, £335, find it here. 2. ‘Baby’ by Frans Wesselman Capturing those
Read More5 Minute Interview | Bruce McLean
As his new solo exhibition Gardenworks opens, legendary British artist Bruce McLean talks Fred Astaire, John Coltrane and ‘making it look easy’ “I have a studio and a house in Menorca, Spain, where we spend three or four months of the year. My wife has a garden there that’s like a moving sculpture. I sit
Read MoreValentine’s Day | Top 10 Prints for Lovers
From starstruck galactic passion to love outside Tesco, we have a print for every kind of romance 1. ‘Antares & Love IV’ by Joe Webb What bigger and better declaration of eternal love than a print devoted to the vastness of space, the universe and our place in it? This limited edition silkscreen (£795/edition of
Read MoreExhibition | Sir Peter Blake – Rare Silkscreen Prints
A unique exhibition of highly sought-after, limited edition screenprints by the British Pop Art master Join us for the exciting chance to see and snap up the final remaining editions in a series of iconic prints from the legendary Sir Peter Blake. This unique selling exhibition of screenprints hails from the private collection of For
Read MoreWhat’s New | Exhibitions in 2019
Rare silkscreens by Peter Blake, a collective London spectacular and fresh prints from the queens of contemporary collage line up for the year ahead Iona Stern, ‘A Place in Time’ Described by artist Iona Stern as a “collection of memories” of time and place, this is a captivating exhibition of abstract monotype silkscreen prints, acrylic
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