by Charlie Hislop. Remember when the Daily Echo and Tory council bosses wanted to sell off paintings from the city art gallery to free up cash? Well, now that the city is bidding to be UK City of Culture 2025 everyone has thankfully changed their tune, and the value...
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God’s House Tower to reopen to the public next month
‘a space’ arts and God’s House Tower have announced that God’s House Tower will reopen to the public on July 9th. This is a huge moment for Southampton’s newest arts and heritage venue, which had to temporarily close just six months after opening, and after a seven year,...
Turner Prize winner to speak to Southampton audience
A Space arts and God’s House Tower has announced a new programme of events for Black and non-Black artists of colour in Southampton. The events will take place as part of Futures Forum, a professional networking and support initiative set up by the team at God’s House Tower, a...
Photos: Walking while shielding, yet again
by Mike Daish. I find myself shielding again… again. I’m still walking and cycling around the local area in an effort to get a little exercise each day and along the way am taking the odd photo. Sometimes I see things and just think something is different but cannot...
Photography: A little black and white
by Mike Daish. Once again, thanks to lockdown 2, I am shielding, so have been taking a few photos while out getting my daily exercise. I gave myself a little challenge to shoot some black and white images and to do as little post editing as possible. I am...
Review: Hot Jazz Special by Jonny Hannah
reviewed by Charlie Hislop. Can you do jazz without sound? Hot Jazz Special comes very close. In sketches, painting, words, and colours it captures all the excitement; the buzz, the characters, and the clubs. Featuring jazz greats like Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and more while mixing song...
Photos: beautiful distractions
by Mike Daish. I am slowly starting to go out with my camera more often after getting back into the routine of being at work again. In these difficult and worrying times, it is wonderful to have the distraction of walking around taking photos of the many beautiful things...
Face of Britain at Southampton City Art Gallery
Face of Britain, curated by Nahem Shoa, is an exhibition of portraits by outstanding artists who have painted British individuals from the 17th century to the present day. At its heart is a selection of Shoa’s own striking oil paintings of black and mixed race sitters. Running at Southampton...
John Hitchens: Aspects of Landscape at Southampton City Art Gallery
Southampton City Art Gallery is currently present a retrospective by the acclaimed British painter John Hitchens. Running until October 3, Aspects of Landscape, features more than fifty works spanning almost six decades and charts the artist’s journey from descriptive to a unique form of abstract painting. Hitchens first came...
Photos: reflecting on the end of shielding
Pictures and words by Mike Daish. Shielding has been paused so I am now gearing up to return to my normal job which is working a local shop. After four months spent mainly at home and having been on my own for much of that time, it will be...