Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Steven Ingman
1st May 2010 - 4th July 2010
The noise of fast moving traffic, intense colours and glimpses of architectural forms erupting from the gloom; these split-second photo-memories of everyday sights are influenced by Ingman's transition from a rural childhood to city life and the 'urban shock' he experienced.
The paintings in Night Light capture the assault on the artist's senses made by his nocturnal surroundings and articulate his impulse to paint cities in the dark.
Initially Steven captures his surroundings digitally using a long exposure time to emphasise the mechanised locations and generate abstracted images. The strange photographic anomalies of blurring movement, streaks of car lights and floating luminescent orbs are then extracted and painted onto canvas.
Pickford's House - Museum of Georgian Life and Historic Costume In the autumn of 1773, Joseph Wright departed for a 'Grand Tour' of Italy in search of patronage and artistic inspiration. This he discovered among the ruins of ancient Rome, the dramatic landscape of Italy, and the people he encountered. This exhibition re-traces Wright's footsteps through sketches, journal entries and letters to provide a fascinating and intimate glimpse of the artist's experiences abroad. The tour was a journey of personal and professional enlightenment which had a profound effect on Wright's work. Thursday 2nd September 2010, 1pm - 2pm, free of charge. 1st June 2010 - 31 July 2010
A Sentimental Journey
Joseph Wright in Italy, 1773-17751st May 2010 - 5th September 2010
A talk on the influence of Italy on Wright's artworks.
The Artist on Tour - sketchbooks and drawings from the 18th century to the present.
Derby Cathedral Centre, Iron Gate, Derby.
Leicester
As the new gallery plans are being developed, The City Gallery will be programming off-site exhibitions at De Montfort Hall and New Walk Museum & Art Gallery. Exhibitions: MERI RAIL: Portraits of the Indian Railways
Forthcoming exhibitions include the ever popular Open exhibition at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery and in partnership with the museum, Gerhard Richter: ARTIST ROOMS exhibition opening in October 2010.
10th April - 15th August 2010
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
A unique exhibition of photographic portraits by award winning filmmaker Gerry Troyna. Meri Rail is a snapshot in time of the people who work for and depend on the Indian railways.
The Contemporary Art Society: Gifts of Art
5th June - 12th September 2010
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Leicester is delighted to join the Contemporary Art Society in their centenary celebrations with a special exhibition of selected works gifted by the Society.
Find out more about Gifts of Art...
Jenny Grevatte: A Painter's Progress
10th July - 26th September 2010
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
A nationally recognised artist, Jenny Grevatte previously exhibited at the museum in 1992. The museum will be exhibiting a major project inspired by works in the museum collection during an artist residency.
Find out more about Jenny Grevatte..
(In partnership with The City Gallery
Nottingham
130 Years Exhibition
1 May - 1 August
Nottingham Society of Artists 130 years Exhibition
A look at paintings from NCMG's collection by NSA 'alumni' such as Laura and Harold Knight, alongside a guest-selected group of the work of current members.
Nottingham Castle Highlights in the Art Gallery:
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Portrait of a City: Nottingham Names and Faces
26 June - 18 September
Plus new work by Jo Metson-Scott and Styling Project II
People make a place, shape its landscape, create its buildings, fire its economy and most importantly give it the life and character that set it apart from any other place. Nottingham is the vibrant city we see in 2010 because of the contribution over centuries of many people from the city and the wider conurbation in which it sits. Some of these people are famous; some as yet 'unsung heroes'. Portrait of the City brings these faces to the fore, through paintings, photographs, sculpture and drawings, and celebrates there role each one has played in 'making Nottingham'. The exhibition also offers art lovers and students alike the opportunity to explore the history of portraiture.
The exhibition will include a 17 portraits loan from the National Portrait Gallery, as well as portraits from NCMG's collection alongside newly-commissioned photographs by Jo Metson-Scott of Nottingham people nominated by NCMG's People's Panel as 'unsung heroes'. Now based in London, Jo Metson-Scott is a Nottingham-born contemporary photographer who works internationally for publications such as the Guardian, Daved and Confused.
Styling Project II showcases photographs which will be produced during a fashion shoot in the fabulous location of Nottingham Castle. MA students from NTU will style models in response to hidden corners of the grounds, the atmosphere of the caves and the grandeur of the Long Gallery and capture them on film.
Nottingham Contemporary
Uneven Geograpies and Globalisation
08 May 2010 - 04 Jul 2010
Éduardo Abaroa, Azzellini & Ressler, Yto Barrada, Ursula Biemann, Bureau d'Études, Öyvind Fahlström, Goldin + Senneby, Mark Lombardi, Steve McQueen, Cildo Meireles, George Osodi, Bruno Serralongue, Mladen Stilinovic, Yang Zhenzhong
Uneven Geographies brings together the work of artists from five continents who find experimental ways of capturing the processes of globalisation, and its human consequences in various regions of the world.
Curated by T.J Demos and Alex Farquharson