Gallery takes cartoon show north
The Chris Beetles Gallery of St James’s, London, is taking its collection of cartoons up the A1 to Nunnington Hall, near York, for a selling exhibition entitled Three Centuries of Cartoon Art which opens tomorrow (April 12). Cartoon art spanning the ages will be on view, starting with Thomas Rowlandson from the 18th century, through […]
Heath Robinson comes home
An exhibition of cartoons by William Heath Robinson is being held in Pinner, in the London Borough of Harrow, where the artist lived and worked for ten years. The show, called Machines and Inventions, after the elaborate and somewhat improbable contraptions for which Heath Robinson is famous, will be held at West House in Pinner […]
A feast of beasts for Christmas
The Chris Beetles Gallery is hosting a new Quentin Blake exhibition alongside its Illustrators 2010 show. Frabjous Beasts and Frumious Birds opens this Sunday (December 12). Quentin Blake will be at the gallery between 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm to meet the public and chat about his work. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Jelly Rollers […]
A trip to the twilight zone, and beyond
Here are a few interesting cartooning links to start your week. First, PCOer Martin Rowson, cartoon above, writes in today’s Guardian about the strange place that cartoonists occupy in the British media, and their love-hate relationship with editors: Cartoonists in the twilight zone But it’s all love from one former editor, David Yelland of The […]
Gallery's winter exhibition opens
The annual Illustrators show opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London, this weekend, and runs until January 8. The Illustrators 2010 showcases many of Britain’s best loved and most respected illustrators and cartoonists from the past two centuries. Contemporary cartooning is represented by Mike Williams, above, Jonathan Cusick, below, and Ed McLachlan, […]
New cartoon show opening
A new exhibition devoted to cartoons opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery tomorrow (April 13) and runs until May 1. The 4th Annual Cartoon Show, at the the gallery in St James’s, London, is a selling exhibition which features more than 20 top artists from the past 100 years of cartooning, plus the following three […]
Cartoon bargains on sale at gallery
Cartoons by the likes of Ed McLachlan, above, Matt, Nick Newman, Mac, and Tony Husband, can be acquired at a bargain price in the Chris Beetles Gallery’s Sale 2010 which opens in London this weekend. For more details on the Sale, which also includes illustration work and watercolours, visit the Chris Beetles Gallery website.
Major illustration show opening
The Chris Beetles Gallery’s annual illustrators show opens in London this weekend (November 14 and 15). More than 1,000 original pieces of original artwork, from 1800 to present day, will be on display in The Illustrators 2009. Many of the artists included in the selling exhibition are household names, from Arthur Rackham to John Tenniel […]
Laughter on willow at cartoon show
With the 2009 Ashes series fast approaching, the Chris Beetles Gallery in London is set to stage A Celebration of Cricket: From Ashes to Zooter The exhibition runs from July 15 until August 8 and features cartoons, illustrations and watercolours from 200 years of cricket. More than half the show will be devoted to cartoons. […]