British Art News

The latest news in Modern and Contemporary British Art.

by Alex Leith

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HOCKNEY: INSIDE THE CASTLE

In 1969, David Hockney was commissioned to produce 39 etchings for the series ‘Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm’; he worked on them from May to November of that year. They were published by the Petersburg Press, in association with the Kasmin Gallery, New York, in 1970.

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DRAWN TO WAR

The first week's bookings for Margy Kinmonth's new feature-length documentary about Eric Ravilious have way exceeded expectations and this carefully crafted, poignant movie will be showing in cinemas around the country, throughout the summer.

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ADVENTURE IN ART

In 1930 Lucy Wertheim was showing a French friend around London, and she felt ashamed that no art gallery was dedicated to representing contemporary British artists painting in the ‘Modern’ style.

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