Comedian and double British Comedy Award winner Dave Spikey returns to the live stage in 2013 with the fourth incarnation of his critically acclaimed Words Don’t Come Easy tour. By its conclusion, the continually-evolving tour will have seen the hugely popular Lancashire based comic and TV favourite perform more than 100 dates around the UK. […]
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Dave Spikey Tour 2013
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Manford Back In Aberdeen
September 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Northern stand-up, television presenter and actor Jason Manford, who was inspired by Billy Connolly to take to the stage, is to appear in Aberdeen’s Music Hall next summer as part of an 80-date UK tour for his new show First World Problems. He will perform gigs on Wednesday and Thursday, August 28 and 29 and […]
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Rosa Barba Exhibition
August 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
Rosa Barba
In a unique collaboration with Cornerhouse, Turner Contemporary is pleased to announce the most comprehensive solo presentation to date by celebrated Italian-German visual artist Rosa Barba, Subject to Constant Change. Both exhibition spaces will, during similar time periods, each present a distinct part of a newly commissioned film work, designed to be exhibited in different cinematic and sculptural formats in each of the two galleries. Also featuring other recent film-sculpture works in both venues, the show will provide audiences with a multi-sensory, spatial experience, showing the many dimensions of Barba’s practice. [Read more…]
Nathan Bowen Solo Show
August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Premiere Art’s Nathan Bowen will be hosting his first solo show Nathan Bowen and Friends at the Curious Duke Gallery from the 16th August. Nathan Bowen has been known for his kinetic graffiti style and his ability to create animated characters with a mischievous and boisterous personality. Nathan is most well-known for his industrious daring… Read More
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Alex Katz at Turner Contemporary
August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Alex Katz: Give Me Tomorrow 6 October 2012 – 13 January 2013 This autumn, the remarkable work of one of America’s most important and respected living artists comes to Margate. Alex Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927 and his prolific career spans an incredible six decades. This major exhibition at Turner Contemporary… Read More
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40th Olympia Fine Art And Antiques Fair
July 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 40th Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair started on the morning of June 7th with queues that went along the side of the impressive exhibition hall up to the Hammersmith Road. The fair, which is London’s most established fair, featured more than 200 exhibitors and saw 6,768 visitors through the doors on the… Read More
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Munch Paintings To Exhibit At Tate Modern
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With the sale of The Scream in New York earlier this year, the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch has received an immense amount of press in the UK. On Thursday, Tate Modern in London opens a major exhibition – Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye – featuring over sixty carefully-selected paintings and fifty photographs, alongside his lesser-known… Read More
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Turner Contemporary postive for Kent economy
June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Turner Contemporary reaches its first birthday today 16 April 2012, 496,554 visitors have passed through the doors, more than treble what was predicted for the first year of operation. Now a new report shows that Turner Contemporary has generated an additional £13.8m of value for the Kent economy and supports an estimated 130 (FTE) jobs… Read More
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Victoria Pomery awarded OBE
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It was announced this morning that Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary has been awarded an OBE for services to the arts. The award recognises her outstanding contribution over the past 10 years to Turner Contemporary and the wider arts in East Kent. Since 2002, Victoria has overseen the extraordinary development of Turner Contemporary culminating… Read More
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The Artist Iain Gardiner
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Artist Iain Gardiner Iain was born in England on the 14th February 1969 but educated in South Africa, where he gained a Diploma in graphic design from the University of Cape Town. He initially worked at Saatchi & Saatchi advertising before moving on to other high profile agencies as an Art Director. After working… Read More
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