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1:40pm Friday 19th February 2010
The Richmond Borough Art Collection is a little-known jewel in the borough’s cultural crown and Orleans House Gallery, where the collection is stored, is now aiming to bring the collection to wider public attention with a new exhibition, writes Will Gore.
2:36pm Thursday 18th February 2010
Author David Waller’s latest book The Magnificent Mrs Tennant, a biography of Victorian hostess Gertrude Tennant, was the runner-up in the Biographers' Club Prize last year, and he will be discussing how he pieced together his account of a remarkable life at the Richmond Lending Library on February 23. He spoke to Will Gore ahead of the event.
11:42am Wednesday 17th February 2010
When artist Antonia Rolls lost her partner Steve Shaw to liver cancer just over two years ago, she couldn't bare the thought of him simply fading out of existence.
6:40am Friday 12th February 2010
Last week two new exhibitions, Take Me to London! and London to Delhi 2010 - 2012, that feature films and photographs, inspired by the upcoming Olympics and created by young people from local schools and youth groups in Richmond, Acton, Hounslow, and beyond, have opened at the Waterman's Arts Centre.
9:50am Saturday 30th January 2010
In 1882, artist Marianne North donated her collection of 833 vibrant botanical and landscape paintings, that she created during her travels to 17 far-flung countries, including Sri Lanka, Jamaica and South Africa, to Kew Gardens.
1:28pm Thursday 28th January 2010
For jewellery designer Alexandra Simpson, 2009 proved to be a year to remember as she picked up the coveted Coutts New Jeweller Award, and she is hoping 2010 will be just as successful.
5:14pm Thursday 21st January 2010
Craftsman Silas Birtwistle has set up a temporary workshop at Orleans House's Stables Gallery where he is building 12 chairs from driftwood, gathered from the coastlines of British Columbia, Belize, Tanzania and Indonesia, as part of his ambitious A Table from the Sea's Edge project - part of the United Nations’ Year of Biodiversity.
12:12pm Wednesday 13th January 2010
With Holocaust Memorial Day taking place across the country on January 27, two artists have come together to present a new exhibition at Croydon Clocktower this month.
10:15am Monday 11th January 2010
If you are experiencing a touch of the January blues, then head to cornerHOUSE arts centre where artist Jenny Meehan is brightening up the new year with her latest exhibition, Colour-Full-House.
9:50am Saturday 19th December 2009
If you are tired of battling the crowds on the high street in your last-minute search for the perfect present, then why not swap the noisy malls for the tranquility of a gallery, with artwork for sale in three local venues.
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