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• Natural/Unnatural: International Mosaic Exhibition / British Association for Modern Mosaic / London / Nationwide

  20-10-2019 22:31
  An exhibition to mark the 20th Anniversary of the British Association of Modern Mosaics (BAMM) featuring contemporary mosaic work made by leaders in this field from Britain (BAMM) and Germany (DOMO...
  
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• Klaus Friedeberger obituary

  20-10-2019 18:41
  Abstract painter whose work was inspired by Australia and honed in LondonThe paintings of Klaus Friedeberger, who has died aged 97, were forged in the dry heat of central Australia during the second world war and fostered in 1950s London, where he began a lifelong inquiry into abstract painting.Whereas many abstract painters of the 60s were working on a large scale with fields of unmodulated colour that emphasised the flatness of the surface of the painting, Friedeberger eventually eschewed colo
  
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• Agent's Assistant - Theatre, Film and TV Department / Curtis Brown Ltd / London

  20-10-2019 16:10
  Curtis Brown is one of the world's leading literary and talent agencies, representing authors, playwrights, film and television writers and directors, theatre directors, actors and...
  
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• Portfolio Review Sessions for Contemporary Visual Artists / Castlefield Gallery / North West

  20-10-2019 15:43
  In partnership with Creative Industries Trafford, Castlefield Gallery is pleased to be offering an intensive day of one-to-one 45-minute portfolio review sessions with specialist curators, arts...
  
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• Suzuki Training (research) / Brigid and Dave London Theatre Training / London

  20-10-2019 15:37
  FEEL LIKE TRAINING? Come and Join us. 
  Suzuki Method of Actor Training. 
  Suzuki is a rigorous physical method of training developed by Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki.  The method...
  
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• Editor / Carcanet Press Ltd / North West

  20-10-2019 15:17
  Carcanet Press, one of the UK's outstanding independent literary publishers, seeks an in-house Editor, to work in the Carcanet offices in central Manchester. The appointee works in...
  
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• It’s the end of the world as we know it... and Michael Stipe feels fine

  20-10-2019 12:30
  The ex-REM frontman talks us through his new collection of photographs - and explains why he’s giving all profits from his new single to Extinction RebellionPhotography in the digital age by Michael Stipe - in picturesMichael Stipe pops his head around a pillar. “Hello! It’s Michael!” he says, though we’ve met before and he’s very famous. It’s early evening and we’re in the lobby of Stipe’s London hotel, two minutes’ walk from the Extin
  
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• Moving to Mars review – a rendezvous with the red planet

  20-10-2019 11:30
  Design Museum, London
  This fascinating show offers close encounters with an actual Mars rover, footage from the planet’s surface – and ambitious plans for inhabiting it, should the need arise…On the surface of Mars, temperatures average about -60C. The thin atmosphere, containing almost no oxygen, is unbreathable. Intense solar radiation, were you to survive the cold and asphyxiation, would be lethal. It would take seven months and billions of pounds to get there. Growing enou
  
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• Let battle commence over Bayeux | Richard Brooks

  20-10-2019 10:00
  Two cultural behemoths slug it out over a relic of British history. And an eclectic list of combatants prepare for the Booker of the northLast Monday was the 953rd anniversary of the - and battle is continuing over who will display the Bayeux tapestry when it’s loaned to the UK in late 2021 or 2022. At arrows drawn are Bloomsbury’s British Museum and the V&A in South Kensington, which both claim to be the best place for the extraordinary 11th-century artwork.The former argues tha
  
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• Let battle commence over Bayeux

  20-10-2019 10:00
  Two cultural behemoths slug it out over a relic of British history. And an eclectic list of combatants prepare for the Booker of the northLast Monday was the 953rd anniversary of the - and battle is continuing over who will display the Bayeux tapestry when it’s loaned to the UK in late 2021 or 2022. At arrows drawn are Bloomsbury’s British Museum and the V&A in South Kensington, which both claim to be the best place for the extraordinary 11th-century artwork.The former argues tha
  
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• Arts education should not be a luxury, says Julie Hesmondhalgh

  20-10-2019 09:43
  Ex-Coronation Street star backs Durham commission’s call for arts to be taught to all childrenJulie Hesmondhalgh, the actor and campaigner, has accused policymakers of conspiring to limit access to arts and culture for British children.Reacting to a report into school provision, Hesmondhalgh told the Observer she was dismayed that arts education was now seen as a luxury. “The idea it is not career-oriented is so wrong. And anyway, what happened to the idea of learning for learning&rs
  
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• Urban warrior in Nikes and a hoodie leads charge against white orthodoxy | Michael Henry Adams

  20-10-2019 07:00
  Rumors of War, by the black artist Kehinde Wiley, will soon move to the heart of the Confederacy. He is not alone in his challenge“It’s a lot to be asked, to pledge allegiance to a country, to a world, that keeps you invisible.” Related: Turbine Hall artist Kara Walker: 'Apparently, the only thing I am is black' Rumors of War is all about the veneration of questionable heroesThe work will speak louder still when it reaches its permanent home Related: Kehinde Wiley: 'When I firs
  
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• Urban warrior in Nikes and a hoodie leads charge against white orthodoxy

  20-10-2019 07:00
  Rumors of War, by the black artist Kehinde Wiley, will soon move to the heart of the Confederacy. He is not alone in his challenge“It’s a lot to be asked, to pledge allegiance to a country, to a world, that keeps you invisible.” Related: Turbine Hall artist Kara Walker: 'Apparently, the only thing I am is black' Rumors of War is all about the veneration of questionable heroesThe work will speak louder still when it reaches its permanent home Related: Kehinde Wiley: 'When I firs
  
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