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

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

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

As London Design Festival returns to the capital 13-21 September, we’ve curated some of the top highlights to look out for

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

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