‘How many greens can you count?’ This is the question posed in a description to be found below a painting currently on exhibition in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. The picture is by the local Hove-born artist, Robert Polhill Bevan … Continued
On the occasion of this year’s Harvest Moon (20/21 September) and the Autumn equinox (22 September) we hung this atmospheric landscape painting in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Curator Alexandra Loske takes a closer look at the painting and its … Continued
Summer has almost arrived, and June is the peak time for the blooming of roses. Curator Alexandra Loske takes a look at Venus and Tannhäuser by the Brighton painter Laurence Koe, in which flora and rose blossoms are symbolic features. … Continued
Hove Museum offers adult art groups on Tuesdays afternoon. Would you like to pick up some tips on drawing and painting in a relaxed, friendly and informal way? Let you be guided by our talented painter Dave Cronin… There are … Continued
During routine conservation work on Elizabeth Blackadder’s painting Two Cats on a Kelim an offending hair was seen under the glass. After its removal it was identified as a cat’s whisker! The whisker has been wrapped and labelled, and is now … Continued
This painting shows a young girl dressed in the height of fashion for 1898. The painting was given in 1929 to Brighton Museum by the sitter. In 2004 a group of paintings from the Fine Art collection was chosen to … Continued
Royal Pavilion guide and researcher Alexandra Loske has recently curated an exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Frederick Delius. The centrepiece of the display is a rarely seen portrait of Delius … Continued
In 2008 the original x ray film of Jan Lieven’s painting The Raising of Lazarus was scanned so that a digital image could be made. Software was used to remove confusing elements in the radiograph such as the wooden stretcher. This … Continued
The drawing of the Prince as Grand Master of the Freemasons, which we some time ago mentioned to be in a state of forwardness, has lately been finished, and does great credit to the artist, Mr Scott, of Brighton. This … Continued
Our new Dreams of Here exhibition opens in Brighton Museum this Saturday. As part of the preparation for the exhibition, all three of the featured artists were filmed in their studios. Fiona Redford, Exhibitions Support Officer, gives a behind the … Continued
Update 28 October 2020: this article was originally written in 2011 and is now out of date. The Image Store is now known as our Digital Media Bank and we have a more open licensing policy than that described below. … Continued
Earlier this year Htein Lin, one of Burma’s leading contemporary artists, visited Brighton Museum & Art Gallery to demonstrate his printmaking techniques. The event – Freedom from Within – was organised by the Pansodan Gallery (Yangon) in partnership with the … Continued
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