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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.
Sir Thomas More after Hans Holbein the Younger
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Roses in a Jam Jar by Mike Service
David Simon Contemporary 37 High Street, Castle Cary BA7 7AW In Arcadia, until 16 April Exploring the British landscape through a wide range of contemporary painters, this uplifting exhibition brings a refreshing vision from both gallery and guest artists: Andrew Lansley, Ben Lowe, Mike Service, David Brayne, James Lynch, John Piper (1903–1992) and Brian Rice.
Solo Exhibition by Jake Sheppard Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, until 26 June Jake Sheppard is an artist from Bath who creates abstract and impressionistic work in oil paints and inks. Jake uses a mix of geometry, colour theory and dynamic symmetry to form the structure of his work. Born in 1990, Jake has painted since the age of two and recently began an online business printing his work on clothes and accessories. Find out more on the website. jakesheppard.co.uk
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Landscape Observations by George Dannatt, until 16 April George Dannatt was an outstanding and inspirational figure in the story of the St Ives School. The paintings in this exhibition are a retrospective selection dating from
The Arborist by Jake Sheppard, ink and thixotropic resin on paper
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1961–2007, rooted in his observation of the landscape of Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. davidsimoncontemporary.com
Jean Rose: People, Parks and Plants Until 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. From Hogarth to Hodgkin: Our Best Prints, until 4 May
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Gallery Nine’s exciting spring exhibition brings together a mixed range of artists featuring oil paintings by Malcolm Ashman inspired by the everchanging landscape, seascapes by Melvyn Evans and Angie Lewin’s linocuts which are influenced by contrasting environments. Ceramicst Elizabeth Renton returns with her wheel-thrown stoneware and porcelain, alongside jewellery by Carla Edwards and Elizabeth Chamberlain. A show not to be missed. galleryninebath.com
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
For Jack by Howard Hodgkin, 2005
North Sea by Melvyn Evans
Spring Exhibition Gallery Nine, 9B Margaret's Buildings, Bath 12 April – 31 May
