ARTISTS
2025
What first struck me in 鈥淧aule V茅zelay: Living Lines鈥� was the salmon-apricot Construction.
This jewel-like exhibition showcases the work of the pioneering Bristol-born artist, who moved to Paris, changed her name, mixed with the likes of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Wassily Kandinsky and Alexander Calder, and became a key figure in abstract art.
A new exhibition celebrates the life and work of the maverick British artist beloved by Miro, Hemingway and Mondrian, who had to flee to Paris to realise her true artistic vision.
The woman born Marjorie Watson-Williams in Bristol is honoured in her home city with a powerful show that captures her packed life, dramatic work 鈥� and even her faded curtains
The show at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol will explore the little-known artist鈥檚 remarkable life and career.
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2024
Exhibition in Bristol, the city of her birth, celebrates Paule V茅zelay whose ascent was stymied by sexism and war
In this joyous and eccentric show, Hoyland鈥檚 jaunty ceramic sculptures are shown alongside equally playful sculptures from contemporary artists including Hew Locke and Phyllida Barlow
A new exhibition opening at the Royal West of England Academy presents an extremely rare and largely unknown aspect of the late artist John Hoyland鈥檚 (1934-2011) career 鈥� ceramic sculptures.
2021
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Bristol's oldest public art gallery is set to undergo a 拢3.8m restoration.
A Bristol art gallery has been running virtual tours for people who are blind or have a visual impairment.
2018
The Royal West of England Academy is presenting the first major retrospective of British artist Albert Irvin, alongside a 60th anniversary celebration of the seminal exhibition, The New American Painting.
In celebration of what is increasingly feeling like 鈥榯he year of the woman鈥�, Bristol鈥檚 RWA gallery hosted a special exhibition in conjunction with the centenary of women鈥檚 suffrage.
2011
A 22ft (6.7m) high statue by Damien Hirst being displayed on a balcony in Bristol has been vandalised.