Tag: Art

A Feminists Guide To Botany 29 July

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This class is dedicated to the life and work of one of the most visionary female artists you’ve never heard of – Hilma Af Klint was a swedish victorian woman, who, obsessed with the natural world around her, envisioned a kind of art no one had ever dreamed of before. Now lauded with ‘inventing’ abstraction at least five years before Kandinsky (the man previously accredited with this concept), Hilma AF Klint is FINALLY starting to be recognised for the unique and incredible talent she was, over 70 years after her death.

Bristol Photo Festival – Year round

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  • Type of event: In-Person
  • Date: Now – March 2022
  • Time: Various
  • Location: Various
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: Free
  • Booking instructions: Home | Bristol Photo Festival

Bristol Photo Festival is a new biennial festival with a year-round programme of commissions, collaborations, and exhibitions by both local and international artists. The first edition encompasses a summer showcase of photography exhibitions across the city followed by a full autumn programme of festival exhibitions and events including a book fair, film programme, talks series and symposiums.

Netsuke: miniature masterpieces from Japan – Year round

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  • Type of event: In-Person
  • Date: Now – March 2022
  • Time:12:00pm
  • Location: Bristol museum & Art gallery
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: Free
  • Booking instructions: n/a

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has a collection of over 200 Japanese netsuke, small carvings mainly used by men to attach items to their belts. Created in the 1700s and 1800s, each netsuke is unique and they depict a huge range of subjects from Japanese popular culture.75 of these tiny masterpieces from the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery collection are featured in this exhibition