WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS date, and there is also a CADA member on hand every day to share their passion and knowledge about art and antiques, and to answer any questions you may have about collecting antiques. The exhibition continues until 16 October. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 56–59. from Saturday 24 The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham 01242 237431 / GL50 3JT / cheltenham.artgallery.museum 18th century Grand Tour cast bronze bull sculpture A new, thought provoking contemporary art presented by Architectural Heritage at The Oxfordshire Museum exhibition featuring works by David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Tracey Emin, Richard Hamilton, Works range from a small bronze pheasant Ian Hamilton Finlay and other well known modern running across the South Lawn to a larger than and contemporary artists. The Last Word in Art? life steel set of boxing hares and mosaic flowers explores the theme of language – word, image bobbing above the Monks’ garden beds. and body – in 20th century and contemporary art. Selected from the Arts Council collection and until Friday 30 Synthesis at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford the collections held at The Wilson, the exhibition 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com shows artists’ approaches to the use of text and This summer exhibition brings together a language in the visual arts, and prompts debate collection of abstract sculptures by four male and about how ideas around the visual, literary and four female artists: Jon Buck, Lynn Chadwick, conceptual converge and diverge. The gallery is Ann Christopher, John Hoskin, Eilis O’Connell, open daily from 9:30am–5:15pm. Charlotte Mayer, Peter Randall-Page and Almuth Tebbenhoff. The gallery is open Monday to until Sunday 25 Saturday, from 10am–6pm, and on Saturday Sculpture exhibition in the garden of Avebury from 10am–1pm. Manor, near Marlborough 01672 539153 / SN8 1RF / nationaltrust.org.uk A display of outdoor sculpture by selected artists. throughout September Indulgence: Daily Delights of Georgian Bath at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath 01225 428126 / BA1 2LR / bath-preservation-trust.org.uk An exhibition capturing daily life in Georgian England, in all its glorious excesses. The exhibition continues until 11 December.
Star Wars poster at American Museum in Britain
Cotswold preview SEPTEMBER 16
throughout September An American Toy Story at the American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org This exhibition tells the story of the games and toys that have been inspired by
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