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TWO KATS AND A COW
NEW PAINTINGS PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BY KATTY MCMURRAY, KATHRYN MATTHEWS AND JOHN MARSHALL IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL BEACHFRONT GALLERY.
Age Suitability: All ages
Plus every Weekend and Bank Holiday in April. (2-5, 10-11, 17-18 April)
Free
PART OF FRINGE CITY Fringe City
Start the festival with a bang with the Fringe Opening Night! With performances, previews and parties. Get a taste of what's on in the Fringe this May!
Friday 30th April
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE Fringe City
A free showcase of everything Fringe! Come down to our 'Opening Night' on Friday and then every Saturday to sample some of the great shows on offer, along with workshops, walkabouts and stalls. This year Brighton and Hove Food Festival will be offering even more on May 15th. Don't miss out on these free events - It's a fantastic way to get a real taste of the Fringe!
FREE
Redroaster Coffee House
'It is What it Was' brings together for the first time, images from photographic artist Anita Barratt. Intimacy flows through these images connecting landscapes, private moments and Brighton's frenetic night-life.
ANTON CATALDO Venue to be confirmed
Showcasing the work of artist Anton Cataldo, this exhibition brings together his finely painted bespoke pet portraiture with a surreal photographic documentary of an Israeli skin clinic located at the Dead Sea. PLEASE NOTE: The majority of work by this artist will no longer be appearing at Spinelli Coffee Cafe. Keep an eye on the Fringe website for details of a new venue and location.
Preview Night- 7.30pm 28th April 2010
TAG Spinelli Coffee
Artwork by people with rheumatic conditions who attend TAG, a Brighton-based art group funded by Awards for All.
SOUTHERN WATER Palace Pier (Brighton Pier) Main entrance
Guided tours of Brighton's Magnificent Victorian Sewers. For information and tickets contact Chris Hazell on 01903 272606 or visit www.southernwater.co.uk. Pre-booking required.
Age Suitability: 12+
Tours run until the end of September
£12.00, (£8.50 Concessions) Tickets must be booked in advance by calling 01903 272 606.
ARTREPUBLIC artrepublic
Hundreds of today’s most sought-after limited edition art prints all in one place, artists include Banksy, Sir Peter Blake and Mr Brainwash, plus Brighton artists developing an international reputation such as Graham Carter, Hutch, and Imbue.
CUPID STUNT LIMITED LUST!
‘Cupid Stunt’ is ‘Cupid the Match-makers’ dyslexic cousin. Kicked off cloud 9 for what is commonly known as ‘perving’ he landed in Brighton, England, and has been trying to paint his way back into the other cherub’s good books ever since… Despite his best efforts, misunderstood Stunt cannot shake his sex addiction! His artwork is blue and cheeky; ‘Amateur Perving’.
Age Suitability: 18+
JAG GALLERY / OPEN STUDIOS JAG Gallery / Open Studios
An exciting collaboration of artists exhibiting original artworks. See the artists at work and explore the studios showing an eclectic array of contempary artwork. Paintings, illustration, pottery, sculpture and poetry. Artists: Julie Anne Gilburt, John Hancock, Jan Irvine, Richard Newman, Lisa Nunn, John Ives, Barry Surtees, Sara Abbott, Aimee Parrott, Annie Hawkins, Frances Duncan, Myka Scott, Gill Banks and Chris Ellison.
ARTIST RESIDENCE Artist Residence
An interactive art hotel where the staff are live-in artists in residence, the rooms are designed by artists, the reception lounge is a gallery, and the basement is a contemporary art shop. Step inside to view the originally designed guest rooms, have tea and cake in our lounge gallery, and watch our artists at work while you browse the shop.
SIMON ROYER - GALLERY 94 Gallery 94
If you think 'blue' is just one colour, it's time you saw Simon Royer's work. Words like sapphire, indigo, cobalt, petrel, prussian, tourmaline... soon run out as your eyes glance over the multiple hues which wink at you. Categories of art work in mixed media are rapidly exhausted, as impressions ranging from concern to romance call out from the walls.
IMPURE ART @ TICKLED Tickled
Tickled, Brighton's favourite Women's adult shop, has teamed up with Impure Art Gallery showcasing some if its fabulous collection alongside exciting new work at the newly refurbished shop.
exhibition continues after the festival ends.
INK_ GALLERY & STUDIO Ink_d Gallery & Studio
Get in the festival mood as the gents from Modern Toss bring you an assorted family size bucket of art. Knitted soft porn, talking ‘Punctuation’ screenprints, metal Modern toss robots, classic character prints, original collages, a new selection of vintage cards and little letterpress pieces. Come and have a full scale gutbuster blow out at the ‘Modern Toss 2010 Artbucket’
Age Suitability: 15+
30 April