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London Art Fairs 2011

London Art Fairs 2011

There's an art fair for everyone in London: you can browse and buy antiques, oil paintings, contemporary prints, ceramics and even robotic art.

Whether you're an experienced collector, or simply looking for an affordable piece of art for your home, you'll love these top London art fairs.

London Art Fairs in 2011

London Art Fair

Business Design Centre
19-23 Jan
Now in its 23rd year, the London Art Fair hosts more than 100 galleries selling work by leading 20th-century and contemporary artists and emerging talents.

Watercolours and Works on Paper Fair

Science Museum
3-6 Feb
At the Watercolours and Works on Paper Fair, you'll find everything from watercolours to copperplate engraving and photography, dating from the 15th century to the present day.

Kinetica Art Fair

Ambika P3
3-6 Feb
Light installations, flight simulators and an Internet-enabled ear are just some of the exhibits at Kinetica Art Fair, the UK's only art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art.

20/21 International Art Fair

Royal College of Art
17-20 Feb
The 20/21 International Art Fair offers some of the best modern and contemporary art from around the world. Past shows have included work by Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Chagall, Moore and Hockney.

Ceramic Art London

Royal College of Art
25-27 Feb
Organised by The Craft Potters Association with Ceramic Review magazine, Ceramic Art London is the leading selling exhibition for contemporary studio ceramics, showcasing leading makers from the UK and overseas.

Affordable Art Fair

Battersea Park
10-13 Mar and 20-23 Oct
You can pick up a piece of original art from just £100 at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park, where 120 galleries present work by established and up-and-coming artists.

Pick Me Up

Somerset House
17-27 March
Pick Me Up, the first contemporary graphic art fair in the UK, returns for a second year. The exciting show is a platform for some of the world's most innovative graphic artists and designers.

BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair

Duke of York Square
23-29 Mar
Organised by the British Antique Dealers' Association, the BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair brings together 100 of the UK's leading art and antique experts, offering the best fine furniture, silver, jewellery and more.

Chelsea Antiques Fair

Chelsea Old Town Hall
23-27 Mar and 21-25 Sep
Chelsea Antiques Fair was established in 1950, making it the oldest antiques fair in Britain. With just 38 stalls, the boutique fair is the perfect place to meet antique experts and browse their wares.

London Original Print Fair

Royal Academy of Arts
19-21 Apr
The London Original Print Fair is the longest-running specialist print fair in the world, covering all periods of printmaking, from the early woodcuts of Dürer to contemporary masters such as Hockney and Hirst.

Collect

Saatchi Gallery
6-9 May
Now in its eighth year, Collect is one of Europe's most important contemporary craft fairs. You can buy ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver, fine metalwork, textiles, wood and furniture.

Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair

Olympia Exhibition Centre
9-19 Jun
The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair celebrates its 39th anniversary in 2011. Among the items on sale are decorative arts, books, furniture, jewellery, paintings, sculpture, textiles and silver.

Art Antiques London

Kensington Gardens
9-15 Jun
Held in a marquee in Kensington Gardens, Art Antiques London includes furniture, paintings, jewellery, clocks, ceramics, rare books and more. The event incorporates the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar.

Masterpiece

South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea
30 Jun-5 Jul
Returning for a second year, Masterpiece London exhibits the "best of the best" from around the world, from fine art and antiques to contemporary design and vintage cars.

Ceramics in the City

Geffrye Museum
16-18 Sep
Whether you're after functional tableware, a funky lamp or a quirky one-off artwork, you'll find it all at Ceramics in the City, a free fair where you can buy ceramics by well-known and emerging artists.

LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair

Berkeley Square
21-26 Sep
The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair brings together members of the UK's largest association of antique dealers. If you're interested in medieval works of art, contemporary fine art, furniture or jewellery, don't miss this prestigious fair.

Tent London

Truman Brewery
22-25 Sep
Spot trends and buy the latest new designs at Tent London in East London. You'll find furniture, lighting and home accessories from British and overseas designers, as well as interesting mini exhibitions.

Origin

Old Spitalfields Market
22-28 Sep 
London craft fair Origin is the UK's principal selling event for individual makers. The work on show includes ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery and furniture.

Palace Art Fair

Fulham Palace
6-9 Oct
Returning to London for the second year running, Palace Art Fair is organised by the team behind Brighton Art Fair. You can purchase work by more than 100 contemporary artists at this friendly, informal fair.

Art London

Royal Hospital Chelsea
6-10 Oct
This friendly fair features work by modern British artists such as LS Lowry, Ruskin Spear, Graham Sutherland and Vanessa Bell; big names including Picasso and Pissarro; and art from China, India, Japan, Vietnam and Australia.

Frieze Art Fair

Regent's Park
13-16 Oct
Set in the beautiful surroundings of Regent's Park, Frieze Art Fair attracts more than 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. After browsing the stalls, you can explore the sculpture garden and enjoy guided tours and talks.

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National Museum of Wales in Albuquerque

Turner to Cezanne: masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales will open at the Albuquerque Museum May 16 – August 8 http://www.albuquerquemuseum.com/

Turner to Cézanne:
Masterpieces from The Davies Collection, National Museum Wales

May 16 – August 8, 2010
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Potteries in England

The story of the Staffordshire Potteries (apart from the beautiful pottery produced) has not often been told, and yet this area has a far richer character and a more distinctive heritage than many better known parts of Britain. Here a skilled and industrious workforce, located in an isolated rural backwater and. often in wretched conditions working with the simplest of tools and raw materials, made objects of great beauty and worth and won a worldwide reputation for themselves and their native area which still continues today.

Life in The Potteries:

The many unpleasant facts of life in the Potteries, which were common even in recent memory, have been obscured by the scores of books on the wares produced, but the character of the Potteries was formed by the potbanks and the working life and people they enclosed. The early country potters, throughout Britain, worked on a small scale, often supplying only local markets. near the sites where they found their clay. They faced competition first from the metropolitan centres, such as London, Bristol or Norwich. where from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries British and foreign craftsmen captured important high quality markets. and then from a rural, isolated and otherwise undistinguished area of England, North Staffordshire.

Why the Potteries?:

During the seventeenth century the community of potters working around Burslem began to use coal as a fuel and this appears to have given them an economic advantage over other rural workshops still dependent on diminishing supplies of timber. Coal was abundantly available, outcropping on the crests of' ridges throughout the area now known as the Staffordshire Potteries. The slender supply of ivory clay was soon consumed, but the red or blue firing Etruria Marl still occurs in abundance. From the late medieval period Burslem potters are known to have supplied Midland markets with simple cylindrical butter pots. As Josiah Wedgwood noted, by 1710 Burslem had become s prominent pottery centre, probably the largest in Great Britain, and had acquired a name for skill and craftsmanship.

The development of the Six Towns:

The Potteries may look like one long sprawling conurbation, with little to distinguish one town centre from another, but the core of Burslem still survives, as do those of Tunstall, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Longton and, to a lesser extent, Fenton, the town which Arnold Bennett forgot when he referred to 'the Five Towns'.

These towns had their rivalries, dialects and special characteristics, and each was surrounded by smaller satellite village communities which were gradually engulfed as the towns grew. In 1910 the Six Towns were unwillingly united to form one city called Stoke-on-Trent. The older borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, a mile or so to the west, retained its independence.

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More Potteries in Ireland

Louis Mulcahy Pottery Broad range of functional pottery, from urns, lampshades to functional pots and wedding presents. [ Ballyferriter, Dingle ] [ Co. Kerry ] Malahide Pottery Jerry and Breeda Diem creating a mixture of thrown and handbuilt pieces in oxidized stoneware fired to 1200 c, using plum and brown glaze poured over each piece, and a white glaze over green decoration. [ Malahide ] [ Dublin ] [ Ireland ] Marcus O' Mahony View a gallery of my work, and find details about pottery courses that I teach from my studio: dates, location, food and accommodation etc. [County Waterford] Orchard Pottery Produces an original range of high-quality giftware, hand-thrown and decorated by Richard Ferris. [ Castleconnell, ] [ Co. Limerick ] [ South Ireland ] Posie Ceramics Hand made ceramics inspired by traditional kitchen interiors by Emer O'Sullivan. [ Letterkenny ] [ Co. Donegal ] [ Ireland ] Stephen Pearce Pottery Produces handmade; tableware, giftware, lighting, earthenware and contemporary products for the home. [ Shanagarry ] [ County Cork ] [ Ireland ] Stoneware Jackson Produces a range of ware from large platters with generous rims and soft profiled handles to bold table lamps with hand-painted shades. [ Bennettsbridge ] [ Co. Kilkenny ] Thomas Diem Pottery Thomas combines traditional pottery skills with the contemporary; his work is found in hotels, corporate offices and private residences. [ Ashbourne ] [ Co Meath ] [ Ireland ]

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Potteries in Ireland

Ardmore Pottery And Craft Shop Mary Lincoln throws her pots in earthenware clay, and glazes them with a white base glaze, these are usually sponged or speckled in green and blue colours. [ Ardmore ] [ County Waterford ] [ Ireland ] Ballydougan Pottery Provides Irish hand-thrown and decorated stoneware, pottery and giftware. Ballydougan pottery also rent self-catering holiday cottages in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. [ Craigavon ] [ Co Armagh ] [ Northern Ireland ] Bandon Pottery A thriving pottery in the South West of Ireland producing unique colorful hand-made stoneware for table, kitchen and home, which is durable and safe in dishwasher, microwave, freezer and oven. [Bandon, Co. Cork] Billy Eccles Potter and kiln maker. [ Dublin ] [ Ireland ] Bridge Pottery Hand-made pottery by Mary O'Gorman and Mark Campden. [Bennetsbridge, Co. Kilkenny] Crannmor Pottery Functional Irish pottery. [ Castlecomer ] [ Co Kilkenny ] [ Ireland ] Dolmen Pottery Wheel thrown wood/salt fired pottery. [ Carlow ] [ Ireland ] Home Thrown This site introduces 14 Irish potters producing hand thrown tableware, giftware and one-off pieces, links to their own websites and important Irish craft. Kinsale Pottery Pottery and art school combines the studio of Adrian Wistreich with classes in pottery, ceramic sculpture, painting and drawing. [ Kinsale ] [ Co. Cork ] Klopp, Marianne Handmade functional and decorative stoneware pottery. [Dublin]

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Crafts Council of Ireland

Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) http://www.ccoi.ie/content/view/19/74/ The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is the national design and economic development organisation for the craft industry in Ireland. Its activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment via Enterprise Ireland. CCoI curently holds 1305 members in its register of craft enterprise. See also the Craft Search facility where you can find registered makers by name, county, product and discipline as well as samples of their work. The Craft Industry The major sectors within the Irish craft industry are pottery, glass, jewellery, textiles (particularly knitwear) and furniture. Irish craft businesses are characteristically small in scale and are geographically widespread, but taken nationally the industry is a significant employer, while also providing viable, sustainable enterprises in all areas, including those isolated rural communities ignored as unsuitable by other manufacturing sectors.

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Crafts in the Orkneys

Appiehouse Tea Room & Photo-Art Gallery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Pam Farmer
Lower Appiehouse Sandwick
KW16 3JD Sandwick, insights@pamfarmer.freeserve.co.uk

Destination: Dounby

Aurora Jewellery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Sara Tait
The Workshop, Old Finstown Road
KW15 1TR St.Ola, info@aurora-jewellery.co.uk

Destination: Kirkwall

Orkney Craft Industries Association - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Andi Ross
Outerdykes
KW16 3HA Stenness, ocia@e-scotland.co.uk

Destination: Stromness

Orkney Stained Glass - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Stu Weldon
Monquhanny
KW17 2DZ Shapinsay, enquiries@orkneystainedglass.com

Scapa Crafts - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Jackie Miller
12 Scapa Court
KW15 1BJ Kirkwall, jackie@scapacrafts.co.uk

Destination: Kirkwall

Sheila Fleet Jewellery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Sheila Fleet
Old Schoolhouse
KW17 2QT Tankerness, info@sheila-fleet.co.uk

Destination: Kirkwall

The Woolshed - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Denise Dupres
Benlaw
Costa
KW17 2NN Evie, woolshed@lineone.net

The Workshop & Loft Gallery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
J Strutt
Front Road
KW17 2SL St. Margarets Hope

Destination: St Margaret's Hope

Westray Art Gallery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Peter Brown
Pierowall
KW17 2BZ Westray, peter@westrayartgallery.wanadoo.co.uk

Destination: Pierowall

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Arts and Crafts in the Shetlands

Shetland Jewellery - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Kenneth Rae
Soundside
ZE2 9LQ Weisdale

Destination: Central Mainland

Shetland Wool Carpeting Ltd - skip
Arts/Crafts Premises
Tommy Irvine
Tamara Longwell
ZE2 9HG Cunningsburgh

Destination: South Mainland

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Credited with pioneering the Modern Movement in Scotland, Mackintosh was respected around the world yet, for a time, seemed a forgotten man in his native land. Ironically, having died almost as an unknown, his distinctive designs are now exhibited in museums around the globe and have spawned an entire genre of merchandise that pays homage to his originality.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), was one of the foremost English landscape painters of his time. He received almost no general education, but his unique skills gained him a place at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts at the age of 14. In the following ten years he exhibited regularly at the Academy and was elected a member in 1802. With such recognition, he was able to devote himself to the visionary interpretations of landscape for which he became famous.

He sought inspiration for landscape painting by taking many trips around Britain and Europe. His walks along the river Thames, and trips to the Thames estuary provided him with the inspiration for several of his paintings. His friendship with the Earl of Egremont, who resided at Petworth House, and his many visits there, produced some of Turner's most idyllic landscapes. Almost unchanged to this day are the vistas from Petworth House which Turner captured so beautifully. The nearby towns of Brighton and Chichester proved to be fertile sources of inspiration, as can be seen in his paintings Brighton from the Sea and Chichester Canal, which hang in Petworth house, which is open to the public.

His love of landscape drew him to paint many of Britain's great castles, including Kenilworth, Barnard, Pevensey, Dartmouth and Battle Abbey. His Sunrise over Norham Castle is of particular note. As is his atmospheric Rain, Steam and Speed, a wonderful depiction of a steam train as it crosses Maidenhead railway bridge, which spans the Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead.