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ART | EXHIBITIONS
ARTS & EXHIBITIONS Widcombe Arts Trail, at the Widcombe Social Club, St Matthews Church and the Natural Theatre Company, 28 and 29 August
Image: Broken Carnival by Beth Carter
North, South, East, West, Beaux Arts Bath, 12-13 York Street, Bath BA1 1NG, Until 28 August Beaux Arts are showing the bronze sculptures of Beth Carter, who is well known for her minotaurs and mythologically inspired shape-shifters. An impressive collection of Beth’s bronzes will share the gallery with paintings celebrating the British landscape. North South East West will include work from around Britain, from Cornwall to Shetland and Norfolk to Pembrokeshire, featuring David Atkins, Andrew Crocker, Gill Rocca, Ruth Brownlee, Philip Braham and David Tress, among others. The exhibition will also feature ceramics by Albert Montserrat. beauxartsbath.co.uk Freud, Minton, Ryan: unholy trinity Victoria Art Gallery, Bath BA2 4AT, until 19 September Unholy Trinity is the first exhibition to focus on the passionate intimacy that existed between Lucian Freud, John Minton and Adrian Ryan – three gifted figurative painters striving and succeeding to build careers in a war-torn Britain when the art world functioned remarkably well. The exhibition, a collaboration between Victoria Art Gallery and Falmouth Art Gallery, is accompanied by a film by Italian film-maker Isaac Biglioli. victoriagal.org.uk Image: Mountains behind Toulon by Adrian Ryan
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Artists showing work at the Widcombe Arts Trail are exhibiting at three venues in Widcombe. Exhibitors include artist and illustrator Jessica Palmer, artist David Lawrence, printmaker Polly Gough, Bridget Baker and her handmade wire animals, painter Max Aiken, artist Pat Betts, freehand embroiderer Shuya Cheng, acrylic painter Ruth Davies, mosaicist Lorelei Hunt, and artists Emma Rose and Catherine Beale. widcombearttrail.com
Image by Jessica Palmer
July Fair, Bath Contemporary Artists’ Fair, Green Park Station, 8 August Bath Contemporary Artists’ Fair is delighted to welcome everyone back to its August fair. The fair is committed to bringing the best of contemporary art from the city and beyond right to the heart of Bath. Following on from the successful and popular fairs last year, the next event is on 8 August, where visitors can browse the brilliant works of local artists and admire fine art, photography, sculpture and textiles, all under the vaulted glass roof of Green Park Station. For updates and exhibiting artists visit the website. bcaf.co.uk Image by Carol West
