James Russell

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Seaside Modern: Walkies

July 11, 2021, 9:17 am

Pat Faulkener, Heather Odd, Michele Morize, Barbara Hunt and Wendy Spenceley, Ramsgate, 1959. © SEAS Photography / Wendy Arnhiem.Life on the beach has been documented by photographers for over a...

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Eric Ravilious, Mackerel Sky, 1938, watercolour Whether you've been to Seaside Modern at Hastings Contemporary, are planning to go or wish you could go but can't, you might enjoy my online lecture next...

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Eric Ravilious: Downland Man - opens 25 Sept!!

September 1, 2021, 6:33 am

Front cover, catalogue of Eric Ravilious: Downland Man exhibition Almost a decade after Wiltshire Museum director David Dawson suggested the idea, Eric Ravilious: Downland Man is set to open at said...

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Dates for December!

November 22, 2021, 12:40 am

A couple of lecture dates for December:Eric Ravilious: Downland Man is on 2nd December, via zoom, hosted by the Wiltshire Museum. Tickets and information are available on the museum's website.The chalk...

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Eric Ravilious: Art and Life on Zoom!

February 9, 2022, 12:31 pm

Eric Ravilious, Train Landscape, 1939, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum Please join me for a feature-length online introduction to the life and work of the much-loved artist and designer. Two...

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Inspired by the Boy: In Conversation with Angie Lewin

March 14, 2022, 1:34 am

A Ravilious Coronation Mug features in this linocut by Angie LewinI'm looking forward to joining artist and designer Angie Lewin on March 23 for an online event exploring her career-long fascination...

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SEAFARING EXHIBITION AT HASTINGS CONTEMPORARY!

April 27, 2022, 4:45 am

Richard Eurich, Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship, 1942, Tate From fishermen to submariners, migrants to merchant seamen, people throughout the ages have shared the experience of being at sea. Seafaring...

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David Remfry: Watercolour - New Book and Exhibition!

May 18, 2022, 6:19 am

Over his long and successful career David Remfry MBE RA RWS has achieved a mastery of watercolour that few have matched. Unusually for the medium, he works on a large scale and often focuses on people,...

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ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR

May 22, 2022, 11:02 am

The private view of the 2015 Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery was a bit of a blur, but one moment that stuck in my mind was meeting Margy Kinmonth for the first time. I had really...

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THOUGHTS ON 'ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR'

June 19, 2022, 6:54 am

Eric Ravilious, Submarine Commander Looking Through a Periscope, lithograph, 1940-41 I'm sure you've had the experience of watching the film version of a novel you love... and wishing you hadn't. It...

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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War - Director Margy Kinmonth in Conversation!

July 2, 2022, 7:36 am

I'm very much looking forward to discussing 'Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War' with the film's director Margy Kinmonth, on Weds 6 July. Since we've talked about the film a lot over the past few years we...

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Seafaring: the Movie!

August 1, 2022, 9:49 am

Well it's less than a minute long, but I think this is a great introduction to my exhibition Seafaring, which runs at Hastings Contemporary until the autumn. Made by Ali Jassim - who can find on...

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New Exhibition: Changing Times at The Higgins Bedford!

September 18, 2022, 1:21 pm

From Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and Paul Nash to Elisabeth Frink, David Hockney and Lucian Freud some of the biggest names in British art are coming together in a vibrant, wide-ranging exhibition...

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Talking Books: Revisiting Modern British Art

November 11, 2022, 6:30 am

This time last year I was busy writing the introductory essay for a remarkable book. Revisiting Modern British Art is not a traditional art history book, being neither a historical survey nor a study...

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Ravilious Pilot Boat up for auction!

November 15, 2022, 8:15 am

Eric Ravilious, Pilot Boat, 1939Having spent some time in a private collection in the United States, Pilot Boat is back in the UK and up for auction at Sotheby's. I'm not sure I've ever seen this...

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Paul Nash's English Pyramids

November 29, 2022, 7:56 am

If you're an admirer of Paul Nash then this new book may already be on your radar, but I would also recommend it to people who don't know much about the debonair but sometimes challenging British...

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Soutine | Kossoff opening soon at Hastings Contemporary!

March 20, 2023, 6:26 am

The prolonged lack of activity on this site is due, not to laziness as you might think, but to me having been working flat out on the exhibition opening at the end of next week at Hastings...

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SOUTINE | KOSSOFF ON FILM!

April 26, 2023, 2:05 am

Soutine I Kossoff exhibition at Hastings Contemporary from Hastings Contemporary on Vimeo.

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Boutiques! Boutiques! Boutiques!

October 2, 2023, 4:48 am

'Gramophones', from Boutiques, illustrated by Lucien BoucherExciting news for lovers of astonishing books: Tim Mainstone has just published the third in his remarkable trilogy of books celebrating both...

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ERIC RAVILIOUS: NEW YEAR SNOW

November 5, 2023, 5:11 am

Eric Ravilious, New Year Snow, 1938, watercolour I wrote the note below for Dreweatts, who were selling New Year Snow in their recent auction, Robert Kime: The Personal Collection...

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