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Part 6: Our Man from the Roannais in David Hockney’s England! by Brian Franklin
Well, we’re in David Hockney territory this time with a sensational trip to Salt’s Mill, Saltaire, near Bradford. And, not only that, but we travel even further to discover the many historical delights of York, and a visit to the Lancashire village of Ilkley. This, of course, also includes introducing ‘Our Man from the Roannais’ […]
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Part 5: Our Man from the Roannais at Chatsworth and The Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Brian Franklin
Here we go again, I’m afraid, continuing our saga about our travels through England. This time combining country life with bourgeois, aristocratic history and contemporary sculptural art – all set in some of the most stunning countryside in England! Yes, I took our French man from his own beautiful Roannais region in the Rhone-Alpes to […]
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‘Striptease’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
The artist Ben Vautier, known simply as ‘Ben’ has a fascinating, eclectic exhibition of his life’s work here at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon. This special exhibition on 3 floors runs from March 3rd to July 11th 2010. It is an impressive collection of his text-based paintings, dadaist sculptures and large installations. Well […]
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Part 1: Our Man from the Roannais in London! by Brian Franklin
April has been a remarkable month for us. Sunshine, travels and wonderful discoveries, good food and drink, and all part of an exceptional visit to England, accompanied by a very good French friend from the Roannais – Jean-Marc Dublé. Jean-Marc is a most congenial fellow – bon vivant, creative intellectual, and painter, and with an […]
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More Art News from Purefrancenow
Hot News!! Mike Ford, featured in the Pure Art Gallery, has 4 winning images in ‘Shot Up North 2009 – 2010’ ‘Shot Up North’, and the “SUN Awards” celebrate and reward the best commercial photography in the UK regions, working in the disciplines of Advertising, Design, Fashion or Editorial. Mike has also recently produced a […]
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New Art Show at Ceysson Gallery, Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes
An excellent new art show, featuring the work of some of the best Artists in France is now in progress at the Bernard Ceysson Gallery in Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes. Jean Villevieille – Multiples December 09, 2009 – March 06, 2010 Artists : Atelier Jean Villevieille Claude Viallat, Patrick Saytour, . Ivan Messac, Robert Janitz, Daniel […]
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The Spirit of the Côte Roannaise, in the Roannais!
The remarkable design and photographic talent of Stéphane Archambault strikes again! His recently published ‘L’esprit’ magazine is the third in an ongoing yearly series visually extolling the many virtues of the Côte Roannaise through his very perceptive eyes. A triumph of creativity which captures the essence of this beautiful part of the Rhône-Alpes in France. […]
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Fantastic Lyon in Lights!
This December Lyon’s Féte des Lumiéres is once again a stunning display of creativity, originality and history. Developed over the years from the 19th century when on one particular night people commemorated the Virgin Mary by lighting candles in their windows. The modern four-day event sees millions throng the streets to see marvellously illuminated buildings […]
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New Art from John Clough at the Pure Art Gallery
More unique and highly creative imagery from British artist, John Clough, are now featured in the Pure Art Gallery. A new series of graphic, digital canvassess from this Yorkshire born artist are now available for sale in different size and style formats. John also translates his concepts into special, large-scale, original acrylic paintings which are […]
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Jean-Pierre Pyat now at the Pure Art Galley
Jean-Pierre Pyat started painting in November 1964 and has hardly ever stopped since. He is a dedicated and prolific creator of superbly crafted images from everyday life, as well as landscape, and figurative. At first concentrating on figurative realism, then, as the years went by, he discovered more of what really interested him, with influences […]
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Bernard Ceysson Gallery, Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes
The Exciting Bernard Ceysson Art Gallery in Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes. For the Autumn of 2009, the 3 Bernard Ceysson galleries each have their own and original agenda with all new shows. In Paris, although Franck Chalendard (09/09/05 – 09/10/17) and Assan Smati (09/10/23 – 09/12/12) had already showed their work recently in the Saint-Étienne and […]
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City of Design Opens in Saint-Etienne
‘La Cité du Design’ (City of Design) is now open for business in Saint Etienne. This higly creative architecturally designed site is now completed to encourage interest in ‘Design’. There will be ongoing events, programmes, exhibitions, and opportunities for businesses in all areas of Art and Design. After take a little more than three years […]