» Art Highlights
The Moving Image
19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge was the first to develop photographic sequences of moving objects. Designed with children in mind, this exhibition shows how movement and time is captured in art and photography – even in a static image. Using Muybridge’s studies alongside selected works from the museum’s Fine Art Collection.
The Moving Image, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 01273 290900. Until September 2010.
Emiko Aida and Sarah Cox
Local ceramist Sarah Cox, together with her whimsical birds and animals, joins Japanese-born painter and printmaker, Emiko Aida, in this exhibition. Hastings Weekend Gallery has recently been authorised to offer interest-free loans to buy artwork so now visitors can take a masterpiece home.
Sarah Cox and Emiko Aida, Weekend Gallery, Hastings, 01424 719296. Until 5 April.
The Dark Monarch
Enter a dark fairytale of shadowy landscapes, mysterious figures, the secret and the supernatural in this fantastic exhibtion. Taking its title from the infamous book by Sven Berlin, The Dark Monarch explores how folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult have all infleunced British art over the last 100 years. Includes work by Damien Hirst, Barbara Hepworth and Graham Sutherland.
The Dark Monarch, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 01323 434660. Until 21 March.
Richard Grayson
Last chance to see this retrospective of Richard Grayson’s work, bringing together prints, drawings and films from the last five years. Inspired by seemingly disparate cultural artifacts and phenomena, Grayson investigates the importance of language and narrative
in order to understand the world.
Richard Grayson, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea, 01424 229 111. Until 14 March
