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A MAJOR new art competition is being launched in Dorset. Dorset Visual Arts (DVA) is partnering with Dorset Museum & Art ...
A renowned British artist has donated an original painting to help raise funds for end-of-life care. Maggi Hambling gifted ...
The paintings by renowned Qing dynasty court painter Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732), were discovered in a Dorset home after more than a century in private hands and have been sold at Roseberys ...
A man who creates intricate sand sculptures on beaches has said he does it to "put a little bit of joy into the world". Mark Lewis' latest creation was a giant pair of crocs that he made on Weymouth ...
A John Constable painting has been discovered in Dorset among an old folio of low-value prints. The watercolour has been confirmed as one of 140 such sketches drawn and painted by the artist in ...
A painting at Kingston Lacy in Dorset thought once to be a copy of Velazquez's most famous painting Las Meninas, has been identified as by the Spanish master himself.
Cape Dorset prints located in the southwest corner study area of the 3000 level of the AQ. Photo by Reese Muntean ...
Thousands of pieces of art from Cape Dorset are being digitized in an effort to preserve a critical part of Inuit history — before it’s too late.
Officers investigating a burglary at an art studio in Lyme Regis are issuing images of the stolen paintings in a bid to find them. The three distinctive lion pictures were among a dozen paintings ...
Art has been a central feature of Cape Dorset life since then. In 1959, artists created a co-op with an Inuit-led board that oversaw sales and plowed profits into the creation of a general store.
A painting of Sandsfoot Castle by Dorset artist John Everett became crucial in the treatment of a very withdrawn patient.
A John Constable painting has been discovered in Dorset among an old folio of low-value prints. The watercolour has been confirmed as one of 140 such sketches drawn and painted by the artist in ...