Art Exhibition
Paula Rego paintings replace royal portrait at No.10 Downing Street
Two works by the late Portuguese artist Paula Rego have gone on show at No.10 Downing Street, the home of the UK prime minister, as part of a major re-hang. According to The Telegraph, Rego’s works— two scenes from her mural Crivelli’s Garden (1990-91)—are displayed in a room used for prime ministerial meetings with world leaders.
The paintings have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. The portrait of the late Tudor monarch, painted around 1592 by the Flemish artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, is known as the Ditchley Portrait. According to the Government Art Collection (GAC) website, this work was “painted after a larger, more elaborate portrait, once in the collection at Ditchley House in Oxfordshire”. The portrait of Raleigh is by an unknown artist
Fundraiser for Animals 26th March – 6th April 2025 Helping Paws presents DOWN TO THE BONE 2, a collective art exhibition to raise funds for animals in the UK and overseas. 26 March – 6th April. Wed – Sat 10am – 4pm: Sun 1pm – 4pm (Closed Mon & Tues). The Grange Gallery, The Green Rottingdean, BN2 7HA.
54 artists from around the country have contributed paintings and sculptures. Artists include Dr Marc Abrahams OBE, or ‘Marc the Vet’, author, broadcaster, TV personality and animal welfare campaigner based at The Mewes Vets in Rottingdean, Romany Mark Bruce, painter and creator of the Brighton AIDS Memorial, and Sarah Sellers a Rottingdean resident who is the daughter of the late Peter Sellers.
The Art Fringe is proudly presenting “Through the Eyes of Women”, its biennial exhibition marking International Women’s Day (IWD). Through art, the exhibition aims to amplify and celebrate the voices of creative women. Female artists practising in a variety of mediums and approaches will be displaying their work in response to this year’s brief: “What does faith mean to you as a woman?”.
A Scottish folk singer’s mining heritage struck a chord with a University of Dundee student who has created artwork for a new exhibition.
Culann Mackay, a third-year Illustration student at the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), has created a new print based on a recorded conversation from Fife musician Barbara Dymock.
