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Impure Art gallery deals in art broadly described as ‘anything from nude to rude’. From sensual feminine paintings, through to humorous illustrations, sculptures and saucy neon signs, to fetish photography and fine erotic jewellery.

The gallery’s self-imposed brief is to sell top quality art which fits the ‘impure’ remit, along with a range of erotic books, gifts and cards. Established names such as Ray Leaning, Jamie McCartney, Romany Mark Bruce and Eve Poland rub shoulders with rising stars like Robert Babylon, Sara Abbott, Pearl Bates and Vassoss Shirialis.

Impure Art, 13 Ship Street Gardens, Brighton

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Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain 1650-1930. A major exhibition at Brighton Museum, featuring the Royal Pavilion

The Long Gallery, The Royal Pavillion

Chinoiserie is an exotic style which has gone in and out of fashion for centuries. Is chinoiserie the new chic? This summer’s current focus on all things Chinese may herald a major resurgence in oriental influence in homes across the country. Chinese Whispers shows how it has been done before – by those with lavish amounts to spend, as well as people of more modest means – and inspires people who want to have a go at it today.

“You won’t see a prettier show this year than this visually sensuous survey of decorative art”
Richard Dorment, national art critic

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Hutch is the latest Brighton artist to be taken on by Art Republic

With 20 odd years experience in screenprinting and stencil-based artwork, Hutch has decorated walls, canvasses, t-shirts, and pull prints for fellow street artists.

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Katie Glass dons her cowboy boots and rodeos way out west with photographer Poppy de Villeneuve

If the stereotypes are to be believed then the Mexican border of the Lone Star State is not a place you go to make art.

Traditionally, the no-man’s-land where the Texas border meets Mexico is more likely to evoke images of redneck cowboys, trailer parks and J.R. from Dallas, than of creative and political communities, ripe with artistic inspiration.

But for her first solo show – ‘This is a story of hope and we are all characters in it’, displayed earlier this year at London’s Paradise Row Gallery – Poppy de Villeneuve ventured beyond the cowboys and cattle to discover a collection of people as interesting as they are diverse. And as unique and surprising as the area they represent.

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