An effigy of an art gallery has been burnt in Hastings in protest against plans for the multi-million pound Jerwood project in the town.
Under the plans, the Jerwood Foundation would build a gallery on the East Sussex seafront and invest up to £4m.
But in a protest over local democracy, Hastings Bonfire Society said people would not be driven into accepting it.
Hastings Borough Council has approved the plans. The Jerwood Foundation said it had "consulted widely".
Bonfire societies across Sussex stage processions and fireworks in the autumn and traditionally burn effigies.
Keith Leech, from Hastings Bonfire Society, said members were "not against this particular project as such".
He said: "This is just another one in a long string of things that people are trying to foist upon us."
But Hastings Borough Council spokesman Kevin Boorman said: "Hastings Old Town is unique in lots and lots of ways and I think it's good that people have strong local opinions.
"I absolutely believe that this is right for Hastings Old Town.
"Clearly, not everyone agrees with me, but let's have a proper debate."
Alan Grieve, chairman of the Jerwood Foundation, said the plans had been "welcomed and supported" by the majority of Hastings residents and the council.
He said the project would "make a major and unique contribution to regenerating an historic and important site close to the Old Town and the Fishermen's Heritage site".
He added: "We have consulted widely and continue to meet representatives of local groups and the community. A public exhibition was held in May which was widely publicised.
"We can listen but cannot please everybody."
He said the gallery would offer an "outstanding collection" and the town would "benefit enormously". read more »
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Under the plans, the Jerwood Foundation would build a gallery on the East Sussex seafront and invest up to £4m.
But in a protest over local democracy, Hastings Bonfire Society said people would not be driven into accepting it.
Hastings Borough Council has approved the plans. The Jerwood Foundation said it had "consulted widely".
Bonfire societies across Sussex stage processions and fireworks in the autumn and traditionally burn effigies.
Keith Leech, from Hastings Bonfire Society, said members were "not against this particular project as such".
He said: "This is just another one in a long string of things that people are trying to foist upon us."
But Hastings Borough Council spokesman Kevin Boorman said: "Hastings Old Town is unique in lots and lots of ways and I think it's good that people have strong local opinions.
"I absolutely believe that this is right for Hastings Old Town.
"Clearly, not everyone agrees with me, but let's have a proper debate."
Alan Grieve, chairman of the Jerwood Foundation, said the plans had been "welcomed and supported" by the majority of Hastings residents and the council.
He said the project would "make a major and unique contribution to regenerating an historic and important site close to the Old Town and the Fishermen's Heritage site".
He added: "We have consulted widely and continue to meet representatives of local groups and the community. A public exhibition was held in May which was widely publicised.
"We can listen but cannot please everybody."
He said the gallery would offer an "outstanding collection" and the town would "benefit enormously". read more »
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The Yale Center for British Art will integrate performance art into its galleries this week with the a new work by the British playwright Tim Crouch. England, the first show in the World Performance Project fall season, explores themes of art, medicine and wealth in an unconventional two-man show, the first half of which invites audience members to stand in the YCBA’s famous J.M.W. Turner collection as the actors respond to the art on the walls.
The play’s first act features the actors as docents, guiding the audience through the museum space while discussing the art on view and an upcoming heart transplant. The second act restores the traditional actor-audience relationship as the viewers watch the story unfold from the comfort of their seats in the gallery theater.
One of the unique aspects of the show is the intimacy afforded by the unconventional location. In the Turner Bay gallery, the first act will form a conversation with the artistic masterpieces, said Jane Nowosadko, YCBA program director.
“The Turners are signature pieces here at the center, so it’s really fabulous to highlight those as well as the space itself,” said Nowosadko. Curator Angus Trumbull had several conversations with the playwright about how best to incorporate the galleries unique art and architecture into the script, she said.
Crouch, who re-writes portions of the show to correspond to each new venue, said he was captivated by the location and the history of its architect, Louis Kahn. He said the designer’s immigrant past and personal philosophy resonated strongly with England’s themes of transplantation and implantation. These ideas, he said, have been particularly relevant in the past months as the show toured across America, a country famous for its immigrants.
One down side to the intimate venue is decreased ticket availability — the four Tuesday and Thursday night shows were sold out weeks in advance, with audiences capped at 30 to abide by gallery regulations. Rehearsal time was also a challenge. The cast and crew had only one marathon day of rehearsal to adjust to the new space when the gallery was closed on Monday.
WPP artistic director Emily Coates invited the show to Yale after seeing it premier at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. After reading about the must-see show in local papers and hearing rave reviews, Coates said she waited outside for an hour hoping to get into the sold-ou read more »
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The play’s first act features the actors as docents, guiding the audience through the museum space while discussing the art on view and an upcoming heart transplant. The second act restores the traditional actor-audience relationship as the viewers watch the story unfold from the comfort of their seats in the gallery theater.
One of the unique aspects of the show is the intimacy afforded by the unconventional location. In the Turner Bay gallery, the first act will form a conversation with the artistic masterpieces, said Jane Nowosadko, YCBA program director.
“The Turners are signature pieces here at the center, so it’s really fabulous to highlight those as well as the space itself,” said Nowosadko. Curator Angus Trumbull had several conversations with the playwright about how best to incorporate the galleries unique art and architecture into the script, she said.
Crouch, who re-writes portions of the show to correspond to each new venue, said he was captivated by the location and the history of its architect, Louis Kahn. He said the designer’s immigrant past and personal philosophy resonated strongly with England’s themes of transplantation and implantation. These ideas, he said, have been particularly relevant in the past months as the show toured across America, a country famous for its immigrants.
One down side to the intimate venue is decreased ticket availability — the four Tuesday and Thursday night shows were sold out weeks in advance, with audiences capped at 30 to abide by gallery regulations. Rehearsal time was also a challenge. The cast and crew had only one marathon day of rehearsal to adjust to the new space when the gallery was closed on Monday.
WPP artistic director Emily Coates invited the show to Yale after seeing it premier at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. After reading about the must-see show in local papers and hearing rave reviews, Coates said she waited outside for an hour hoping to get into the sold-ou read more »
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As many anxiously eye the daily rise and fall of stock markets around the world, some experts are advising their clients to look into alternative investments like fine art.
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The years-long frenzy to buy contemporary art appears to be coming to an end as the crunch bites, but the market held steady in Paris last week when top gallery owners gathered for the FIAC art fair.
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The monthly performance galleries at Broadfording Christian Academy have become a tradition for BCA students.
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On October 30, 2008, ART FORUM BERLIN - the international fair for contemporary art presents for the 13th time a magnificent selection of galleries from Berlin, as well as national and international galleries, and opens its doors to collectors and lovers of contemporary art. In recent years, the constant growth of the fair's profile, and the focus on contemporary art, has enabled ART FORUM ...
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"If the art economy is as bad as it looks--if worse comes to worst--40 to 50 New York galleries will close. Around the same number of European galleries will, too. An art magazine will cease publishing.
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LONDON –The mood was frosty at London's Frieze Art Fair last week. Bidders were sparse at Christie's and Sotheby's. Even Andy Warhol's multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world's gloom.
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DOVER and#8212; The Galleries at One Washington Center welcome Caryn Duncan, owner of Creative Spirit Art Studio. To celebrate her recent move to the mill, Duncan's colorful and whimsical artwork will be featured through the month of October. At Creative...
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LONDON – The mood was frosty at London's Frieze Art Fair. Bidders were sparse at Christie's and Sotheby's. Even Andy Warhol's multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world's gloom.
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Lovers of photography have always known that behind the doors of Bank of America's downtown office building is housed one of the great collections of modern images. The photographs in the Bank of America LaSalle Collection are hung in offices and common areas, as well as two internal galleries, none of them readily accessible to the general public. But a portion of the collection is now on ...
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Art takes up all the air in Herb and Dorothy Vogel's cramped one-bedroom on the Upper East Side. Minimalist and conceptual works cover every inch of wall and dangle from the ceiling. Because there is no other place for it, a Richard Tuttle painting clings to the inside of a louvered door that leads to the tiny kitchen Other pieces crowd shelves and table tops.
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There's rising awareness around the country that accessibility to the arts elevates a community's quality of life. That's accomplished by developing strong arts organizations and an arts infrastructure, said John Villani, author of "The 100 Best Art Towns in America" and "Art Towns California," books that examine what turns small to mid-sized towns into arts destination communities.
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October is arts month in Northbrook, and it will kick off Friday with the Northbrook Public Library's sixth annual international juried art exhibition, "Caught in the Act: Art and the Written Word," which runs throughout the month. A gala opening reception will be held Friday at the library. It is open to the public, and will feature live entertainment, refreshments and viewer's choice voting on ...
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