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August Arts and Events Guide

From the Fringe to the Commonwealth Games, from Notting Hill to Sheringham, here's a rundown of the best things to get up to nationwide this August.

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May Arts and Gallery Guide

Feast your eyes upon the glory of Venice, Raphael and football – and zoom your focus on some cunning little miniatures too. May’s offering of arts exhibitions is an eclectic range of beauty and brilliance.

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KV Duong

KV Duong uses painting and performance to explore ideas of cultural and sexual identity.

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Sol Bailey-Barker

Sol Bailey-Barker compiles artefacts and remnants to construct immersive installations and environments. The multi-disciplinary artist works with sound, sculpture and performance that call to his nature of being “stuck between reality and dream” as a result of an auto-immune disease he faced as a child. In these tough times for our community and beyond, here is the dreamlike world of Bailey-Barker.

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Colin Rhodes

Writer, artist and educator Professor Colin Rhodes is an expert on Outsider Art. The author of Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives, here he lends his historical and authoritative knowledge to help demystify the medium and discuss its origins.

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Grayson Perry

We met with potter, painter and tapestry maker Grayson Perry in his London studio to hear how his worked changed from 2005-2015. The artist explained his journey from art to television and why he chooses to work with clay and weaving.

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Sam Monaghan

Experimenting with dyes and pushing the line between art and fashion Samuel Monaghan is Creative Director of Second Best. We sat down with Monaghan to hear how his work has been shaped by his northern heritage and adopting the mentality of the hardcore scene.

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