Art clubs

■ Ambleside & District Art Society The annual art exhibition’s 51st anniversary at Ambleside Parish Centre from 15th to 26th October. Free admission. amblesideart.co.uk ■ Bushloe Art Society Annual ex

■ Alton Art Society 100 Year Celebration Exhibition. Saturday October 11th till Sunday October 19th, The Assembly Rooms, Alton, 10am to 5pm (3pm Sunday). ■ Association of Formby Artists Autumn Exhibit

26 September to 19 December 2025 This focused exhibition presents over 80 works by Walter Sickert from the Herbert and Ann Lucas Collection, many unseen publicly for decades. Paintings, drawings and p

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

Anthony Lawrence, a New Forest artist, painted everything from Dante’s Inferno to portraits of Ian McKellen and Yehudi Menuhin. This October, Palais des Vaches presents the first major retrospective o

There are many reasons to visit the magnificent 17th century West Sussex mansion Petworth House, supreme among them is its extraordinary collection of art. Petworth’s palatial state rooms offer a vast