Salthouse 09 – Salt of the Earth. An exhibition of ceramics, film, installation, painting, printmaking, textiles and sculpture by over 50 artists with a Norfolk connection, exploring the theme of ‘Salt of the Earth’. Salthouse Church, Cross Street, Salthouse, Norfolk, NR2 7AX (www.northnorfolk.org/salthouseartandevents) 2nd July – 2nd August.
David Quantrill, mixed media paintings at The John Russell Gallery of Contemporary Art, 4-6 Wherry Lane, Ipswich until 25th July. www.artone.co.uk
Freemasonry and the French Revolution at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London from Jul 1-Dec 18. 020 7395 9257
Henny Acloque: A Dressing, the artist’s first solo show in the UK. New series of narrative paintings inspired by Bosch, Bruegel and Durer and exploring the fragility of life and the self. At Ceri Hand Gallery Ltd, 12 Cotton Street, Liverpool from 3 July-8th Aug. 0151 207 0899
Mary Fedden at the Portland Gallery, 8 Bennet Street, London SW1 from 1-31 July. www.portlandgallery.com
The Figurative Show- paintings by Noel Bensted, Mark Demsteader, Douglas Gray, Glenn Harrington, Alistair Little, Helen Masacz, Graeme Wilcox and Neale Worley at Oakham Contemporary, 27 Bury Street, St. James’s, London SW1 from 3-31 July. www.oakhamcontemporary.com
CLOSING SOON
Susan Derges. Photography Exhibition. Purdy Hicks, 65 Hopton Street, Bankside, London, SE1 9GZ. (020 7401 9229 www.purdyhicks.com) 3rd June – 4th July.
Gareth Thomas. The Albany Gallery, 74b Albany Road, Cardiff (www.albanygallery.com) Until 4th July.
FRESH AIR 09: The 9th Quenington Sculpture Exhibition. Quenington Old Retory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (01285750358; www.freshair2009.com) Until 5th July
Home Truths: Artists’ Images of Where We Live. Explores the concept of home and includes Turner’s watercolours of Harewood House, as well as contemporary work borrowed from galleries across Europe. Harewood House, Leeds. (0113 218 1010; www.harewood.org) Until 5th July. “Home Truths. Artists’ Images of Where We Live”: Major art exhibition at Harewood House, to mark the 250th anniversary of its construction. Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, LS17 9LG. (0113 218 1010; www.harewood.org) Ends 5th July 2009.
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The UK gets its first ‘European stork village’ — and it's in West SussexAlthough the mortality rate among white storks can be up to 90%, the future looks rosy for breeding pairs in southern England.
