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VGM: Decorative Arts

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 06:27:59 -0600

27 December 2012 – 11 October 2013

The Decorative Art Gallery displays some of the Sir Charles Sydney Jones collection of 18th and early 19th centry British ceramics and Chinese export ceramics, enhanced with silver and drinking ware. Themes explored in the gallery include the Chinese export trade of dinner services decorated with British family coats of arms.

The People’s Photographic Exhibition 2013

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:21:54 -0500

30 September – 11 October 2013 (closed weekends)

10.00 – 17.00

‘The People’s Photographic Exhibition’ for the Heswall Arts Festival

Cetra Studio, 50 Pensby Rd, Heswall, Wirral CH60 7RE

FREE event (donations welcome)

‘The People’s Photographic Exhibition’ is an exhibition displaying local photographers images, professional and non-professional. We want everyone to get involved to show off their talent! Pop in during the Heswall Arts Festival and vote for your favourite image. There will be four categories this year: People, Nature, Places and a new category – The Number 2, e.g the shape of a tree, pebbles on a beach, cloud forms, etc.)

The Exhibition runs in conjunction with The Heswall Arts Festival

Tate Liverpool: Chagall, Modern Master

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 05:55:27 -0500

8 June -6 October 2013

£10 entry (concessions and family tickets available)

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) is one of the great artists of the last century. Bringing together more than sixty paintings and a selection of works on paper from across the world, Chagall: Modern Master takes a fresh look at this compelling artist who created some of the most poetic and enduring images of the twentieth century. This exhibition will be the first major presentation of the Russian painter’s work in the UK for more than fifteen years.

The exhibition will explore Chagall’s development from the ‘naïve’ folkloristic narratives in his early work, towards his unique style combining fauve, cubist, expressionist and suprematist influences while reflecting his native Jewish Russian culture.

Chagall: Modern Master will focus on the artist’s time in Paris before the First world War, his visit to Berlin and his exhibition there in 1914, and the years he spent in his native Russia around the time of the Revolution in 1917. Chagall’s experiences during this period reinforced his highly personal visual language. The universal, timeless themes of these early works – including love, suffering and death – alongside self-portraits and depictions of the circus, music and peasants, recurred and formed the core of his art for the remainder of his long career.

Lowering the Legal Alcohol Limit for Austin Drivers Would Backfire

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:33:33 -0500

Recently, The National Transportation Safety Board released an official recommendation for all states to lower the legal alcohol driving limit... (via Chris Perri Law Blog)

Bronko Box

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:33:33 -0500

Check out this guest post from Lani Rosales, Chief Operating Officer of AGBeat, renowned business and tech writer, and queen... (via Mad Betty)