Galleries - December 2012

OXFORDSHIRE j BONHAMS (Oxon) Banbury Road, Shipton on Cherwell, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1JH General and Specialist Sales throughout the year. Please call for viewing times. oxford@bonhams.com t 01865 853640 f 01865 372722 SHROPSHIRE a TWENTY TWENTY GALLERY 3-4 High Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6AA Contemporary Art and Craft. Winter Exhibition: The Alternative Landscape. Nov 17–Jan 31. Peter Tarrant and Norman Lamputt return. Supported by Sarah Philpott and Catherine Hyde. Tamsin Abbott glass. Featured jewellers: Selina Campbell and others. Call for entries: Adrian Henri Prize for Poetry in Art. £10,000 prize. In association with Twenty Twenty Gallery. Closing date 14 January 1013. *ad Mon–Sat 10–5 info@twenty-twenty.co.uk www.twenty-twenty.co.uk t 01952 727952 a WENLOCK FINE ART 3 The Square, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6LX Late Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty First Century British Paintings. Wed–Sat 10–5 or by appt t 01952 728232 STAFFORDSHIRE b TAKE TO ART GALLERY The Coach House, 11 Tudor Row, Wade Street Lichfield, Staffs WS13 6HH Independent Contemporary Art Gallery based in the centre of the Cathedral City of Lichfield. High quality art from local and national artists. Specialising in original paintings, sculptures and glass. Tue–Sat 10–5, Sun/Mon by appt admin@taketoart.com www.taketoart.com t 01543 897282 WEST MIDLANDS c BROADFIELD HOUSE GLASS MUSEUM Compton Drive, Kingswinford, DY6 9NS Back to the Future: new work by West Midlands artists inspired by the Museum’s extensive collection. Until Jan 2013. Tue–Sun 12–4, admn free www.glassmuseum.org.uk t 01384 812745 WARWICKSHIRE d COMPTON VERNEY Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ Tapestry: Weaving the century at Dovecot Studios 1912–2012. Oct 20–Dec 16. World class textiles, the result of a special working relationship with the weavers of the Edinburgh studios who collaborated with well-known artists, charting the evolution of the Dovecot Studios from 1912 to the present. Featuring original works and designs by David Hockney, 23. GALLERIES DECEMBER 12 MIDLANDS Paul Gauguin, Graham Sutherland, Peter Blake, Eduardo Paolozzi and Claire Barclay. www.comptonverney.org.uk t 01926 645500 e LEAMINGTON SPA ART GALLERY & MUSEUM The Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AA Through Our Hands. Oct 18–Jan 13. Work from ten textile artists, national and international, who approach quilting as a contemporary art form. Featuring Bethan Ash, Elizabeth Barton (USA), Eszter Bornemisza (Hungary), Elizabeth Brimelow, Dijanne Cevaal (Australia), Linda Kemshall, Laura Kemshall, Sandra Meech, Alicia Merrett, Annabel Rainbow (UK). Tue/Wed, Fri/Sat 10.30–5, Thur 1.30–8, Sun 11–4 Mon closed (except BHols), admn free prooms@warwickdc.gov.uk www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms t 01926 742700 WORCESTERSHIRE f GREENSTAGE GALLERY Hop Pocket, Bishops Frome, Worcester WR6 5BT Contemporary paintings and sculpture in a welcoming Gallery showing a diverse range of original and affordable work. *own art Christmas Exhibition. Beautiful individual gifts by a large range of artists and makers. Until Jan 10. Mon–Sat 10.30–5.30 (during Nov/Dec), Sun 11–5 & BHols info@greenstagegallery.co.uk www.greenstagegallery.co.uk t 01885 490839 3 6 1 A 3 8 A 4 6 A 3 4 A 4 9 A 4 4 2 A 4 1 0 3 A 4 7 A 4 1 A38 A516 M 5 M 6 M 4 M 4 0 M 1 M54 M42 M6 Shropshire Herefordshire Wor stershire ce Warwickshire dshire S ff ta or SHIPSTON ON STOUR BANBURY LEAMINGTON SPA DAVENTRY WARWICK HENLEY IN ARDEN BROADWAY HEREFORD BISHOPS FROME LEOMINSTER LUDLOW MUCH WENLOCK BRIDGNORTH WOLVERHAMPTON KIDDERMINSTER WALSALL WORCESTER TEWKESBURY WHITCHURCH SHREWSBURY BURTON UPON TRENT TELFORD RD KINGSWINFORD ASTON NORTH CLAINES STOURBRIDGE LOUGH CASTLE DONINGTON KINETON LICHFIELD BIRMINGHAM COVENTRY DERBY a e d f c b MAPS 8 ENGLAND MIDLANDS Laura Kemshall ‘Bird in the Hand’ a quilt (detail) from ‘Through our Hands’ at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum (see listingabove)