Can still remember the amazement seeing these in an exhibition in Aberdeen in the 1970s.
The Grade 2* listed Paignton Picture House, Paignton, Devon which has been closed since 1999 & dates from 1914 secures £249k from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for restoration. Agatha Christie was a regular visitor to it. 👇
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I wrote about Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece, and the Dallas Piece, by Henry Moore, and the best sited public sculptures in the world, and an astonishing exhibition a world away at Kew Gardens.
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🧨WHY did Adèle d'Affray
assume the MALE Pseudonym Marcello?
READ 'Marcello (1836-79): Making a career in Sculpture as a Woman in the Mid-19th century' by Magnus von Wistinghausen
An anthology of sixteen essays by leading art historians on overlooked women sculptors
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'Pioneering photography': early images of Newhaven's fishers - in pictures:
'Pioneering photography': early images of Newhaven's fishers - in pictures:
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳
Ruth Brown
🚦DISCOVER the public sculpture of Lancashire and Cumbria in our BOOK
Andy Goldsworthy's iconic site-specific public sculptures Sheepfolds 1996 to 2009, he partnered with the Council and local dry-stone wallers to rebuild and creatively reinterpret 46 historic sheepfolds
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Why was tin so important to the Bronze Age world? #AntiquityPrize winner Dr Benjamin W. Roberts discusses 'the tin problem' in Bronze Age Europe and the Mediterranean.
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We spoke with #AntiquityPrize winners R. Alan Williams and Ben Roberts on their prize-winning research, which found British tin supplied the bronze production of the major Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean 🏺 #Archaeology
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Please start your day, like I did, with this magnificent French Marshal’s uniform from the Battle of Blenheim (1704)
When David Hill and Robert Adamson captured the lives of a small Scottish community in the 1840s, were they creating the first ever social documentary series? A fascinating new book makes the case
When David Hill and Robert Adamson captured the lives of a small Scottish community in the 1840s, were they creating the first ever social documentary series? A fascinating new book makes the case
The impressive Grotte de la Salpêtrière Cave is an added bonus for visitors to the nearby Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.
Excavations since the C19th have yielded extensive evidence for Upper Palaeolithic settlement, with sequences through to the Neolithic.
📷 My own, Sunday
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Dr Toby Driver
It is hoped the Grade II* listed building will reopen later in 2026, having been closed since 1999.
