Art

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Three young females against a bright pink backdrop

Youth culture and identity celebrated in exhibition

The Saturday Town project by photographer Casey Orr depicts youth culture across the UK.

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Black-and-white photograph of a woman standing outdoors beside an easel, wearing a paint-splattered smock and looking at the camera with a slight smile.
A wooden shed and foliage sit behind her, with wind-tousled hair suggesting an exposed, coastal setting.

Lost Joan Eardley painting found in charity shop sells for £29,500

Staff at the shop in the East Midlands found a faded and worn label on the back of the painting, which linked it to The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.

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A picture from the exhibition with Alice holding an flamingo-like bird.

New display takes visitors 'down the rabbit hole'

Sir John Tenniel illustrations for Lewis Carroll's story will tour the borough until December.

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2 days ago

Juliet is wearing a cap and a dark coat.
She is standing next to a shop with a white, floral window mural that she painted on it.
The shop is on the High Street and there are flowers next to it.

Artist rejuvenates High Street with murals

Floral murals painted on shop windows in Earls Colne have rejuvenated the High Street, locals say.

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Jesus is depicted with a golden halo with his arms stretched and pinned to the cross with Mary and St John - also with golden halos - praying on both sides. The cross is surrounded by a dazzling golden oval.

'Restoring Jesus mosaic could put Oldham on map'

The church art by a Jewish refugee was partly painted over by "a well-meaning priest" in the 1980s.

4 days ago

A young girl in a dark blue jacket smiling standing next to a child's painting of a group of people.

Girl, 6, chosen by artist as national event winner

Margot Lord, from Haslemere, will be able to choose an art piece worth £2,500 as part of her win.

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The back of a woman with dark hair wearing a white shirt who is looking at the John Constable oil study of The Cornfield, which is hung on a wall in a golden frame

Constable's oil study a major find, says historian

John-Paul Stonard says the discovery of the artist's practice work for The Cornfield is "significant".

4 days ago

Scott Duffin is wearing a dark grey coat, with collar turned up. He is standing in front of prints which ar part of the Coventry Market exhibition

'My city collection got so big, I opened a museum'

Scott Duffin puts his Coventry memorabilia trove on public display, after five years of collecting.

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Three women and one man stand in a row behind a yellow ribbon and balloon tower with gold stars on top. The woman in the middle is dressed all in black and holding a large scissors

New performing arts studio opens in former library

New life has been breathed into Madeley Library as it reopens as a studio for performing arts.

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