Following an Art Fund grant and a public appeal, John Piper artworks bought for Towner – Art Daily
Posted on 25/11/2011
LONDON.- Two key pieces by 20th-century British artist John Piper have been bought for Eastbourne’s contemporary art museum, Towner, with help from the Art Fund. Newhaven, The Castle (1934) and Newhaven (1937), which featured in Towner’s hit exhibition John Piper in Kent & Sussex earlier this year, were purchased following an Art Fund grant [...]
Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive on BBC News
Posted on 2/07/2011
We had the camera crews from BBC South East over yesterday to preview Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive for the lunchtime and evening news. They interviewed artists Brendan Jamison and Jill Townsley as well as our Exhibition Curator Sanna Moore. You can still catch it on iPlayer til the end of the week – at about 16 [...]
Hidden Paintings documentary – BBC
Posted on 26/06/2011
Towner featured in a new documentary which aired on BBC South East tonight, focussing on the art of the Bloomsbury set. See our artworks by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell in the Collection Store, and an interview with our superstar Gallery Assistant and resident Bloomsbury expert Terry Henson. You can also see the East Sussex Open 2011, [...]
Why Eastbourne is the new hip seaside getaway – The Telegraph
Posted on 18/02/2011
The obvious first port of call was the Towner art gallery… Opened two years ago, the Towner is already attracting 100,000 visitors a year from far and wide. Its brief is twofold — to show off the town’s collection of 4,000 predominantly 20th-century works and to gently introduce the Tracey Emin generation to Eastbourne. It [...]
Save face. Save our museums – Jonathan Jones’s Guardian blog
Posted on 22/09/2010
Visiting Eastbourne’s Towner gallery the other day, I was mightily impressed. The new Towner opened last year in a building created by Rick Mather, whose white lines grace the neighbourhood and whose interior is a succession of generous spaces. A permanent collection built up over nearly a century and rich in views of the South [...]
Robert Mapplethorpe review – Guardian
Posted on 21/09/2010
Robert Mapplethorpe’s dark, decadent images recall the great masters and sear themselves into your brain. At a new exhibition, Jonathan Jones is transfixed by his ruthless brilliance. Read full article on Guardian website
Eric Ravilious: Green and pleasant land – The Independent
Posted on 13/07/2010
Eric Ravilious’s love of Sussex produced some forceful art, says Tom Lubbock, and a magnetic view of the countryside. View full article on The Independent website
Review of Familiar Visions: Eric and James Ravilious – The Spectator
Posted on 1/07/2010
Familiar Visions: Eric & James Ravilious, Father & Son at Towner, Eastbourne, until 5 September. View full article on The Spectator website
Review of Underwater – The Observer
Posted on 4/04/2010
From the voices of fish to swarms of jellyfish, this fascinating show explores what lies beneath. Read full article on The Observer website
Tate show transfers to Eastbourne – BBC
Posted on 25/01/2010
A new exhibition in Eastbourne explores the influence of folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult on art in Britain from the beginning of the 20th Century, particularly in relation to the landscape. Watch video on BBC website
