The Warwick Arts Centre is a fabulous facility at the very heart of the University campus. Designed by architects Renton, Howard, Wood Associates, and opened in October 1974, the building went on to win a RIBA award. It has since been a major venue for the region, attracting some 300,000 visitors a year. Unfortunately while…
Sculpture at The University of Warwick
The Warwick Arts Centre is a fabulous facility at the very heart of the University campus. Designed by architects Renton, Howard, Wood Associates, and opened in October 1974, the building went on to win a RIBA award. It has since been a major venue for the region, attracting some 300,000 visitors a year. Unfortunately while…
The Deluge – My February Painting of the Month
Storms and tempests have always attracted artists with their visions of romanticism and apocalypse. Looking out of my window this wet stormy morning has inspired me to mark the occasion. So my February Painting of the Month is the award winning oil painting by Winifred Knights (1899-1947) entitled The Deluge. The Deluge with its limited palette, angular…
The Bayeux Tapestry – the Final Act
The Bayeux Tapestry. Those that have followed this site for a few years know that I have a love of this great Romanesque work of art. They will also recognise my admiration for the nineteenth century English copy in Reading Museum. Having some spare time in Reading recently I revisited the tapestry and was pleasantly…
Happy New Year from the White Box Art Channel
Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous and peaceful New Year for 2024. I have changed my header image for this evocative digital image by Robbie Shade of the place to be for Hogmanay – Edinburgh. It is pouring down with rain where we are on the Dorset coast as it has been for most of 2023….
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