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Locked down with an exhilaratingly beautiful view of the Somerset countryside, Sandra Higgins had the idea to invite different artists...
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Words by Duncan Campbell If you have stolen billions of pounds of your country’s resources and you want to get...
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Anshinabe artist Celeste Pedri-Spade is bringing her vision of strong women in community to The American Museum & Gardens, using fashion to explore how stories and experiences of Indigenous and European women both connect and disconnect, and using her work to remedy the past. Dress to Redress is an exhibition...
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From Orpington to Bath and from scientific illustration to surreal homages to the English countryside, artist David Lawrence has made...
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Words by Duncan Campbell Anyone might be forgiven for assuming that, as the price of an ounce of silver rises,...
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An exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA) shows the winning entries from an international photographic competition celebrating Chinese culture. We have chosen some of our favourites to include here – and you can head to the museum in Bennet Street to see the full selection of winners....
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Words by Duncan Campbell Offering a valuation on someone’s family heirloom might sound like a plain vanilla type of task...
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A walk in the park, a moment of repose in a tea shop, a lady feeding the pigeons – does...
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Want to meet Mary Shelley’s monster without having to a) travel back to 1800s Geneva or b) make a trip to the Arctic in a ship full of grumpy sailors? Well, you’re in luck! Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein (MSHOF) is Bath’s newest museum attraction. With each room in the...
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A new exhibition at the Holburne Museum, The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, features 25 famous Tudor portraits, bringing visitors face...
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Words by Richard Kay One of the very first pieces of advice that I ever received when I started working...
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Louise Campion, Learning and Engagement Lead at the Holburne, reflects on how museums have a part to play in the promotion and management of health and mental wellbeing, and introduces the ideas behind a new show, called People Make Museums, that opens there in January. What are museums for? Places...