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British Art News 21 May 2013 - Bristol Street Art More than 300 graffiti artists are expected in Bristol this weekend when they take part in the annual urban street art festival Upfest. From May 25-27, artists will paint 20,000 square feet of artwork on boards, buildings and a skate park in Bedminster, south Bristol. Upfest was started six years ago with a small group of artists. As word of mouth spread, so did the number involved. "There hasn't been masses of publicity about the event it's mostly been artists telling each other and the number has grown to around 320 this year," says founder Stephen Hayles.Entry is free but the festival is aiming raise funds for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) 14 May 2013 - Annual Royal Society of Portrait Painters Show Today is the start of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition which takes place at The Mall Galleries in London. Over 200 works are on show from some of today's leading portrait artists. Past artist members of the Society have included John Everett Millais, George Frederick Watts and James McNeil Whistler. The works of Red Rag Gallery artist Simon Davis are featured in the show which runs until 24 May. 03 May 2013 - Archie Forrest paintings at Red Rag
Red Rag is offering art works from leading Scotish artist Archie Forrest. Works by Forrest are becoming increasing collectible. He is an elected member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. His paintings are in the tradition of the Scottish Colourists and are highly sought after. His paintings appear in many private and public art collections, including National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish Opera. For further details CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563  19 April 2013 - Storm Thorgerson
British artist Storm Thorgerson who designed some of the most famous music album covers of all time has died aged 69. His artworks were used for album covers of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Muse, Genesis, Phish and many other major rock bands. Thorgerson had a long association with Pink Floyd, designing the vast majority of their album covers, including Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and Animals. Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist Dave Gilmour said the artworks Thorgerson created for the band had been "an inseparable part of our work". He died surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. 07 April 2013 - New Exhibition at Red Rag
Today is the start of the latest exhibition at Red Rag Gallery in Stow. It is a mixed show with a London theme. Artists participating include Susan Brown, David Farren Charles Hardaker, Nagib Karsan and Janet Ledger. The gallery is open each day from 10:00 and the exhibition continues until 19 April. For further details CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 30 March 2013 - New TV Arts Show
A search to find a portrait artist has been launched, with a 10,000 commission prize to paint author Hilary Mantel as first prize. Comedian Frank Skinner and TV Broadcaster Joan Bakewell will present the Sky Arts series. Artists are invited to apply for a series of art shows which will be held in Dublin, Cardiff, Glasgow and London over the summer. Paintings from all the finalists in the competition will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery. Featured artist Simon Davis is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters(RP) and a past prize winner in the prestigious National Portrait Gallery BP prize. 29 March 2013 - New artist at Red Rag
is the latest artist to be showing with Red Rag Gallery in Stow is Sue Fitzgerald who studied at York and Sunderland Colleges of Art. Sue Fitzgerald paintings are real visual treasures displaying bold vibrant colours and a richness of texture. In terms of style, Sue Fitzgerald paintings have been compared to that of Mary Fedden. The conscious flattening of forms and emphasis on strong blocks of colour as a compositional device reinforces the connection between the two artists. In terms of texture, the reworking of the surface and the use of gold and silver leaf also reflect that Sue's paintings reflect the profound influence of artists such as Klimpt and the Nabis School. 28 March 2013 - Mobile Art Payment Today 11 British arts organisations launched a bid at the Southbank centre aiming to raise extra funds using mobile phones. Organisers of the scheme, which is called Donate, are not disclosing how much they expect to raise through mobile phone donations. The theory is that when art lovers are standing in front of a painting they are most positive mood for giving. Rather waiting until getting home donors to the scheme will be able to donate using their mobile phone whilst still at the art gallery. The minimum donation is just three pounds. The National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum are among those who've signed up for the scheme. 27 March 2013 - Art Installation For Paddington Crossrail Revealed
London's Crossrail has announced plans for artwork to enhance stations. The featured image shows 'A Cloud Index'- 120m long and 20m wide by artist Spencer Finch. It will be installed in the station canopy at Paddington Station. Drawing on the likes of Turner and Constable, the piece depicts more than 25 types of cloud and its appearance will change depending on the lighting conditions outside. This first art piece in what Crossrail are calling the Culture Line. Each of the eight new central London stations will sport its own art piece. 25 March 2013 - New works from David Schofield
Red Rag Gallery in Stow have released new paintings from Scottish surrealist painter David Schofield who trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. Since 1997 after a period of lecturing and working as a freelance illustrator, Schofield has been extensively exhibiting as a fine artist. David is a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and has been honored by various awards from the Royal Glasgow Institute. For further details CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 23 March 2013 - Latest Exhibition at Red Rag Bath Gallery This month in the Red Rag Gallery, Bath there is a mixed art exhibition Figures. Participating is Joe Hargan PPPAI - one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists. His painting 'Topsy Turvy' is typical of the Scottish colourist style - it is also the largest Hargan ever to be shown at Red Rag. The show continues until 7 April. Click here for The Figure Exhibition Brochure. For further details CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01225 332223 20 March 2013 - Tube Paintings
This month the London Underground celebrates 150 years since the first underground journey took place between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway. Today the Tube carries more than one billion passengers a year, with around three and a half million journeys made each day. British artist Charles Hardaker has captured one such journey in a new painting shortly to be shown at Red Rag Gallery in Stow. For further details contact the gallery 13 March 2013 - Chatsworth Exhibition Chatsworth House in Derbyshire is the venue for an art show featuring works by the late British artist William Turnbull. A figurehead of the post-war modernist movement Turnbull is known for his bronze sculptures and abstract expressionist paintings. The exhibition includes paintings and drawings along with large-scale outdoor sculptures displayed in the gardens of the stately home. The exhibition continues until 30 June 2013 07 March 2013 - Latest Exhibition
Starting this weekend 9 March, at the Red Rag Gallery in Cotswolds, there a mixed show of Landscape paintings. Artists included in the exhibition include: John Bell, Stephen Brown, Emma Davis, Ian Elliot, Robert Kelsey, Colin Kent, Archie Dunbar McIntosh, Cormac O'Leary, Steven Outram, John Piper and Mark Preston. Click here to view The Landscape Exhibition Brochure For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 or outside the UK + 44 1451 832563 04 March 2013 - Madness
Sir Peter Blake, who designed the famous album cover for The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is for the first time to appear on the front of a record in person. He appears on a special edition Madness album, 'The Ten Commandments', dressed as Moses in tribute to one of the discarded suggested titles the band considered for the album. Other album sleeve designs by Sir Peter Blake include: Band Aid's charity single, Paul Weller's Stanley Road and Oasis' Stop the Clocks. 02 March 2013 - Robert Kelsey at Red Rag Stow
New paintings at Red Rag Gallery from leading Scottish artist Robert Kelsey. Known for his lively and fluent style of painting Robert Kelsey is highly skilled in capturing light and colour. Over the past twenty years he has established an enviable following and reputation for his oil paintings For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 or outside the UK + 44 1451 832563 28 February 2013 - British artist dies in balloon crash British artist Joe Bampton has been named as one of the 19 people killed in a hot-air balloon crash in Egypt. His Hungarian-born girlfriend, Zsi Gyetvai who trained at The Slade, also died alongside him. Mr Bampton and Miss Gyetvai died after the balloon in which they were passengers exploded and burst into flames over Luxor on Tuesday. 15 February 2013 - William Scott Exhibition in St Ives
February 2013 marks the centenary of the birth of British artist William Scott who died in 1989. Across a career spanning six decades, Scott produced a body of art work that has established his reputation as one of the leading British painters of his generation. Exhibiting from the early 1950s, Scott is renowned for his powerful handling of paint in his exploration of still life, landscape and nude. To mark the achievements of this acclaimed modern painter, Tate St Ives, in association with Hepworth Wakefield and Ulster Museum, Belfast, will be showcasing a retrospective exhibition.This will be the first major showing of Scott's work in the UK for over 20 years. The exhibition will be on show in St Ives until 6 May 2013 01 February 2013 - Art Resales from Red Rag Latest resales on brokerage at Red Rag include paintings from British artists:  Darren Baker 20 September 2012 - Red Rag Show in Stow
Starting this weekend 22 September there a mixed show at the Red Rag Gallery in Stow featuring works from artists: Susan Brown, Michael Ewart, David Farren, Nagib Karsan, Peter Kelly, Janet Ledger, Louis McNally and Stephanie Dees. Click here for 'The Cities Exhibition' online brochure For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 or outside the UK + 44 1451 832563 14 September 2012 - New show at Red Rag Bath Art Gallery
This weekend sees the opening of the latest art show at the Red Rag Gallery in Bath. It is a solo exhibition by Welsh artist David Barnes. Over thirty new pieces will be displayed featuring scenes of Wales with its dramatic landscape and seascapes. The show commences Saturday 15 September. For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01225 332223 or outside the UK + 44 1225 332223 20 August 2012 - Art Resales
A new art resale service has been launched by Red Rag. The service offers an alternative to Buying and Selling art online or at auction. The scheme involves Red Rag Gallery acting as a broker on behalf of clients wishing to sell British art works, advising on market value and finding art buyers. Commission rates are similar to those of major auction houses and are inclusive of charges for promotion on the website or illustrations in catalogues. The majority of paintings sold are high value paintings by well known British artists - most of who have shown with Red Rag. Featured resale painting above - Darren Baker 'Looking Down' 23 June 2012 - Artist Mary Fedden dies Leading British artist Mary Fedden has died aged 96. She was born in Bristol on August 14 1915 and became one of Britain's best-known and most sought after painters. She was elected to the Royal Academy in 1992 and made an OBE in 1997. After leaving the Slade School of Art, Mary Fedden made a living as a jobbing painter, undertaking commissions and teaching. The two most important influences on her work were Matisse and Ben Nicholson. With their inspiration she produced paintings of cats and flowers on windowsills, old-fashioned pots, speckled birds eggs and playing cards - all of which became eagerly collected. Her work was underpinned by a rigorous sense of composition and the collision of brilliant, sensuous yet subtle colours, to produce blazing and bracing visions of the everyday. Mary Fedden limited edition prints are available from Red Rag to view click on the link above. 19 June 2012 - Jack Vettriano Retrospective Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is to hold a major retrospective of his art work in Scotland next year.The artist, famous for his paintings of women and couples in highly-charged erotic poses is planning to stage the exhibition in Glasgow. In an interview with the US magazine Vanity Fair, Vettriano revealed he has just finished curating his 20-year retrospective. The interview details the fierce attacks by a number of critics who do not regard Vettriano's art work as 'proper' art and his rejection by the Scottish art establishment. Vettriano, who was made an OBE in 2003 for services to the visual arts, gives a robust response when asked about his detractors pointing to him copying poses from the Illustrator's Figure Reference Manual for The Singing Butler - which became the most expensive painting by a Scottish artist when it sold for 750,000 eight years ago. 17 May 2012 - Latest Exhibition at Red Rag Bath Gallery
The latest art show at the Red Rag Bath art gallery is a mixed exhibition of beautiful Still Life paintings. Click here for the online brochure of The Floral Exhibition The exhibition starts this Saturday 12 May at the Red Rag Gallery in Bath and continues for two weeks. The gallery is open every day from 10:00. Featured in the show are a number of leading British artists. More than thirty new pieces will be on show. For further details email the gallery or Red Rag Modern Art Gallery has an International reputation for promoting the art works of leading British and Irish artists. Throughout the year at Red Rag Modern Art Gallery you are guaranteed to see outstanding examples of modern art, contemporary paintings and sculptures. The Gallery holds numerous Modern art events and there are always New Arrivals each week at the gallery. For further information please select Modern Art News CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01225 332223 or outside the UK + 44 1225 332223 26 April 2012 - Latest Art Show at Red Rag Gallery
Starting this Saturday at the Red Rag Gallery in Stow on the Wold there is a mixed contemporary art exhibition of landscape paintings by some of today's leading British artists. More than fifty new pieces will feature in the show covering scenes of the captivating British landscape. Artists include: Stephen Brown, Stephanie Dees, Matthew Draper, Ian Elliot, Robert Kelsey, Colin Kent, Archie Dunbar Mcintosh, Lesley McLaren, Steven Outram, Mark Preston, Lynn Rodgie and David Smith. The show commences Saturday 28 April and runs for two weeks. For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01451 832563 or outside the UK + 44 1451 832563 08 April 2012 - New British Art Show
Starting this Saturday at the Red Rag Gallery in Bath is a solo art exhibition by the talented British artist David Atkins. More than thirty new pieces will feature in the show covering scenes of the British landscape and cities. The show commences Saturday 14 April and runs for two weeks. For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG GALLERY on 01225 332223 or outside the UK + 44 1225 332223 31 March 2012 - New Sculptor at Red Rag Red Rag has expanded its range of sculptures for the home with the addition of sculptures from young British sculptor April Young. April's sculptures are inspired by the beauty of animals particularly horses. She has long been fascinated with the relationship between man and beast. For further details email the gallery or CONTACT RED RAG NOW on 01451 832563 or outside the UK + 44 1451 832563 31 October 2011 - New Richard Adams Prints
Red Rag have announced an expansion to the range of Richard Adams limited edition print range with the addition of three new prints. Featured above is 'Farmhouse Kitchen' '. The other new giclee prints are 'The Vegetable Tent' and 'The Cornish Harbour' To view the portfolio of Richard Adams limited edition prints click on the link above. 10 September 2011 - Graham McKean prints at Red Rag
Red Rag have announced an expansion to the the successful limited edition print range with the addition of new prints from artist Graham McKean. In total there are six limited edition prints now available of Graham McKean's art works. The prints are typical of the artists much sought after style and feature humourous images of figures in everyday situations. To view the Graham McKean limited edition prints available click on the image above. 01 September 2011 - New print artist
The latest artist to join the growing portfolio of leading British artists promoted by Red Rag is contemporary artist Deborah Phillips. She is a graduate of the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and is known for her lively and colourful landscape art works of the Scottish countryside. 
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