Bruton Arts Society’s July trip to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. A city I had never been to before and the promise of an exhibition of Augustus John’s work was enough to make me sign up. Continue reading BAS visits the National Museum of Wales
Category Archives: Exhibitions
Bruton Art Factory
Good to see members of BAS at our summer show on Friday. We’ve got events through July. Continue reading Bruton Art Factory
Exhibition. Way out West 1. Bruton Art Factory.


17-3- 6 To attend the opening of an exhibition in Bruton packed with people of all ages with music playing and something to drink in an excited and friendly atmosphere is the remarkable achievement of Suzanne Bisset and her helpers at the Bruton Art Factory. Continue reading Exhibition. Way out West 1. Bruton Art Factory.
The Five Schools 2015. Background Story
(For details of prizewinners see page above 2015 Five Schools Competition)
Laying on our BAS competition prize-giving and display at Hauser and Wirth’s Education Centre at Durslade Farm was a real team effort. Continue reading The Five Schools 2015. Background Story
John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery until 25th May
Entitled Portraits of Artists and Friends this nine room exhibition is unmissable, even if it is attracting as I was told by a staff member “an unexpectedly large number of viewers.” This is because Sargent remains, as he was during his life-time, an immensely popular artistic superstar. Continue reading John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery until 25th May
Fletcher in France 2015
BAS member Fletcher Robinson with his wife Marie-Helene and daughter Amelia share with us the artistic highlights of their recent trip to France. Continue reading Fletcher in France 2015
An Unlikely Couple. Morris and Warhol at Modern Art Oxford. 6:12:2014 – 8:3:2015
An art exhibition comparing and contrasting the work of Andy Warhol and William Morris is a bold and unexpected move and one which draws attention to the curator whose idea it was almost as much as it does to the subjects. Continue reading An Unlikely Couple. Morris and Warhol at Modern Art Oxford. 6:12:2014 – 8:3:2015
Unforgettable. Unmissable. Pipilotti Rist at Hauser and Wirth.
If some of the work shown by Hauser and Wirth has not been to your taste, do not be put off, for the new exhibition, on until 22nd February, contains work by the video artist Pipilotti Rist which I personally found amazing, unforgettable, moving and beautiful. Continue reading Unforgettable. Unmissable. Pipilotti Rist at Hauser and Wirth.
Tessa McIntyre Exhibition in Shaftesbury
Yes Tessa McIntyre, one of BAS most well known members is having an exhibition Continue reading Tessa McIntyre Exhibition in Shaftesbury
A Day at Pallant House
Chichester certainly looked inviting when we arrived on a sunny June day and in just over two hours from Wincanton, less time than a coach journey into London! Continue reading A Day at Pallant House