Arts
'Junk' author Melvin Burgess returned to Bristol to talk about his controversial 1996 book and his current work (Read more...)
Watercolour by JMW Turner was created in 1791 when the artist was 16 years old and staying with family friends in Bristol (Read more...)
Derelict land near Bristol Temple Meads station is being transformed into a vibrant arts space this summer (Read more...)
The city's urban art extravaganza, UpFest, returns to South Bristol this May Bank Holiday weekend - May 25-27, 2013 (Read more...)
Bristol's Top 10
Bristol 24-7 arts writer Helen Brown brings you her top 10 picks for arts events this June (Read more...)
Arts venues
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA
Tel: 0117 917 2300
Web: www.arnolfini.org.uk
One of Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary arts, with art exhibitions, film, live art and dance.
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
1 Queen’s Road, Clifton, BS8 1RL
Tel: 0117 922 3571
Web: www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-city-museum—art-gallery.en
Bristol’s major museum and art gallery with a diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art.
Here Gallery
108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU
Tel: 0117 9422 222
Web: www.thingsfromhere.co.uk
Award winning gallery and bookshop showing fine art, illustration and photographic work, with an empahsis on new and emerging artists.
Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
84 Hotwell Road, BS8 4UB
Tel: 0117 929 2527
Web: www.limetreegallery.com
Specialising in contemporary fine art and glass, with regular exhibitions throughout the year.
Royal West of England Academy (RWA)
Queen’s Road, Clifton, BS8 1PX
Tel: 0117 973 5129
Web: www.rwa.org.uk
One of just five Royal Academies of Art in the UK, an established venue for the fine arts, embracing an artistic awareness of the widest nature.
'Slave Labour' mural depicts a child labourer hunched over a sewing machine stitching a string of Union Jack bunting (Read more...)
The new piece - depicting a woman pulling apart an orb - appears below Banksy's famous 'Well Hung Lover' mural on Park Street (Read more...)
