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ARTS & EXHIBITIONS The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath
People Make Museums, until 2 May A celebration of the importance of people in museums, who charge them with stories, memories, and ways of seeing. Mick Peter: Old Ghosts, until 15 May Old Ghosts takes a wry and affectionate look at the idea of history as an industry. In several surprising interventions, inside and outside the Holburne Museum, visitors will encounter amusing tableaux which appear to be cartoons that have come to life. The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, until 8 May Come face-to-face with the five Tudor monarchs – Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I and other significant figures of the time (see also page 38)
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Exhibition, Woolverton Gallery, Bath BA2 7RH, until 30 March The Woolverton Gallery welcomes art lovers to its exhibition featuring the work of the gallery’s six resident artists. You’ll find wonderful new creations from Ray Jones, Lynn Baxter, Brian Baxter, Amanda Bee, Alex Howell and David Wilkey. bathartsales.com
Study for Little Trinity No 2, 1977, by George Dannatt
Landsape Obervations by George Dannatt David Simon Contemporary 37 High Street, Castle Cary BA7 7AW 12 March – 16 April George Dannatt (1915-2009) was an outstanding and inspirational figure in the story of the St Ives School. He represented a rare breed of cultural polymath: music critic, practising artist, connoisseur, and collector of modern art. His career as an artist spanned more than five decades. The paintings in this exhibition are a retrospective selection dating from 1961–2007, rooted in his observation of the landscape of Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. davidsimoncontemporary.com Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
52nd Street by Ray Jones
Rumba by Lynn Baxter
Exhibition, Frome Gallery, Frome BA11 1EE, until 30 March The Frome Gallery at 22 Christchurch Street, West Frome BA11 1EE is a new gallery from Bath Art Sales featuring works from the six artists exhibiting at the Woolverton Gallery in a beautiful contemporary environment. bathartsales.com
Wildscreen’s Community Exhibition; Protecting our Planet, Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals Bath, until 21 April
From Hogarth to Hodgkin: Our Best Prints
Bristol-based charity Wildscreen are featuring a series of vibrant photographs from indigenous people across the world focusing on the theme of ‘Community’. Curated in collaboration with If Not Us Then Who, their network of artists have provided their powerful and emotive work, with photography from Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá, Elizabeth Swanson Andi, Irati Dojura, Morena Pérez Joachin and Pablo Franceschi and Adrielle Priscila da Silva Tavares. Please check current restrictions before visiting the RUH. artatruh.org
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Jean Rose: People, Parks and Plants Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 5 March – 4 May This show demonstrates the painterly energy of artist Jean Rose, once a student at Bath Academy of Art and, now in her 90s, still producing a painting a week. (See also page 36.)
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 5 March – 4 May This showcase of the best of the gallery’s print collection features prints by old masters such as Cranach and Durer, right up to present day works by Grayson Perry and Paula Rego victoriagal.org.uk
Bird in Apple Tree by Jean Rose
