Author: Besi

Robyn Rainbow is holding an Open House in May as part of the Brighton Artist’s Open House Festival.

As well as painting local scenes of Brighton and nature, Robyn paints art with a gay/lesbian content. 10% of art sales made during the Open House in May will be donated to The Rainbow Fund who make grants to LGBT organisations providing front line services to the LGBT community in Brighton & Hove.

You can view the exhibition every weekend in May, and on Thursday May 22 from 10am – 5pm.

What: Robyn Rainbow House (No.32 of the Independent Artists Open Houses listing)

Where: 116 Ladysmith Road., Brighton BN2 4EG, free on street parking, refreshments, garden

When: May  3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 24 & 25, 2014

Time: From 10am – 5pm.

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Nicole Roumelioti, a young artist from Greece, showcases life on canvas through the purity and beauty of the male and female body.

Her work Temptation was awarded first prize out of 3,500 entries at the Saatchi Online Showdown Scope International Competition in 2011. 

Her exhibition Body Langauage II will show in the breakfast room at the Ambassador Hotel, as part of the Kemptown Trail, Artists Open Houses from May 3-25.

Nicole was born in Athens, Greece in 1979. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts and Technology from the Middlesex University, London. She exhibited both solo and in group at the Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, Greece in 2010 and has undertaken several private commissions. She lives and works in Athens, Greece.

Nicole said: “Since my first art quests, black and white mastered my paintings for their relationship of intense contrast. The coexistence of the abstractive classical form with the plain sensual vision of the body is fulfilled from the emotions that emanate from them. Passion, hope, flirtation, narcissism, lust, are some of the elements that are imported in this theme. Amongst the light and the shadow, the intensity and the tranquility, the red colour stands out to mark the free interpretation of the observer.”

What:Body Languge II an exhibition by Nicole Roumelioti

Where: The Ambassador Hotel, 22-23 New Steine, Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1PD

When: can be visited noon-6pm, May 3-11 – 17/18 – 24/25, or by appointment

There are a variety of events exploring the work of Keith Vaughan at Brighton Museum this summer.

What: Keith Vaughan – A Volatile Medium

When: June 10 – November 9 2014,

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Prints & Drawings Gallery

Cost: Free admission

This display explores the British artist Keith Vaughan’s final fifteen years of creativity, focusing on his work in gouache, a technique he described as “a volatile medium”. This was a period of pictorial experiment for Vaughan, when gouaches were an important part of his creative output. The gouaches of male figures will be displayed together with his drawings, photographs and extras from his diaries.

The display has been curated by Dr. Darren Clarke and Jenny Lund.

Keith Vaughan, Two Interlinked Figures, 1965. Gifted to the Royal Pavilion & Museums through the Contemporary Art Society, as a bequest from Dr. Ronald Lande, in memory of his life partner Walter Urech, 2012. ©The Estate of Keith Vaughan

Events:

What: Keith Vaughan Gallery Tour

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Prints & Drawings Gallery

When: Saturday, June 14, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: Free admission

Join the curator Jenny Lund for a tour of the exhibition

Images of the nude male are, even today, subject to censorship by galleries, auction houses and museums. Gerard Hastings, author of Keith Vaughan: The Photographs, will be giving an illustrated talk on recently discovered photographs of the male nude by the British artist Keith Vaughan. These will be placed into the context of his work as a painter and discussed alongside his erotic paintings, deemed unexhibitable by the art world.

What: Keith Vaughan: The Male Nude, Censorship and the Camera

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Education Pavilion

When: Saturday, July 26, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: £5, members £4, book in advance

What: Hello Sailor!

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, the Fine Art Galleries, the South Balcony & the Education Rooms

When: Saturday July 26: 11.30am-3.30pm

Cost: Free, drop-in. Over 16s only

Start your Pride week by exploring the male figure in Keith Vaughan’s work through tantalising activities including life drawing and collage making.

Keith Vaughan, Back View of a Sailor, c1950s. Bequeathed to the Royal Pavilion & Museums by Graham Loder in November 2008

Co-author of Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils, 1946-1977, Ian Massey will explore the technical and stylistic development of Keith Vaughan’s work, with particular reference to the subject of the male nude in landscape and his use of gouache.

What: Keith Vaughan: The Spontaneous Image

Where: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Education Pavilion

When: Sunday, August 3, 2.30-3.30pm

Cost: £5, members £4, book in advance

2014 marks the 60th anniversary of Alan Turing’s mysterious death.

During his short life, Turing pioneered thought in a wide variety of fields including computing, artificial intelligence and morphogenesis, as well as making a major contribution to the breaking of German codes at Bletchley Park.

Sir Dermot Turing presents an overview of the family background, life and achievements of his famous ancestor, discusses Turing’s design of the Bombe which was used to find the settings of the Enigma machine, and gives a family perspective on the controversial circumstances surrounding his death.

Dermot is the nephew of Alan Turing (1912-1954), who is well known to have been one of Bletchley Park’s leading cryptanalysts as well as a founder of the science of artificial intelligence.

Naturally enough, Dermot has followed closely the gradual revelation of the achievements of the Bletchley Codebreakers from the first release of materials in 1975 and the re-opening of Bletchley Park to the public in the early 1990s. He feels it is a privilege and a pleasure to provide a more direct contribution as a Trustee.

Dermot was educated at Sherborne and King’s College, Cambridge. After completing his DPhil in Genetics at New College, Oxford, Dermot moved into the legal profession working first for HM Treasury Solicitor’s Department and then for Clifford Chance where he has remained (as a partner since 1999).

He is currently based in London in Clifford Chance’s Financial Services and Markets Group and his professional focus is on regulation, insolvency and risk management for financial institutions.

What: Bletchley Park presents Sir John Dermot Turing

Where: Bletchley Park, The Mansion, Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EB

When: Sunday, June 15

Time: 2pm

Cost: Free

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