» Art Highlights
European Fields
At the beginning of the 1995 football season, Hans van der Meer set out to take a series of football photographs that avoided the clichéd traditions of modern sports photography. Taking in matches at the bottom end of the amateur leagues to the heights of the Champions’ League, he strove to find the original passion and humanity of the beautiful game.
European Fields, Crane Kalman, 38 Kensington Gardens, 01273 697096. Until 11 July
Touching Art Touching You
Breaking traditional barriers by encouraging visitors to experience and explore the art on display through touch and other senses, this exhibition challenges the notion that sight is essential for creating and enjoying art.
Touching Art Touching You, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Pavilion Gardens, 01273 290900. 12 June–5 September
Mike Hoban & Jonathan Smith
Photographer Mike Hoban is showing his collection of Venice polaroids, first shown at Chelsea Arts Club last year, alongside some portraits of visual artists that include Sir Peter Blake and David Hockney. Jonathan Smith will be exhibiting his latest collection of luminous landscape paintings and Hebridean beaches.
Mike Hoban & Jonathan Smith, Pelham House, Lewes, 01273 488600. 10 June–24 August
Modern Times
Last chance to see this group exhibition that comprises drawings, prints and experimental films, selected by Lutz Becker, exploring the recurring tension between figuration and abstraction throughout the 20th century and the ways by which ideas and concepts evolve. Artists include Frank Auerbach, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Piet Mondrian, Cy Twombly and Jackson Pollock.
Modern Times: Responding to Chaos, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, 01424 229111. Until 13 June
