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LATEST NEWS FROM PLYMOUTH:

PREPARING FOR LAUNCH
See install shots and video from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery here.

IT’S A WRAP!
A giant building wrap is currently being installed on the side of Plymouth’s Civic Centre to highlight and promote the acclaimed British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet.
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PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE FOR PLYMOUTH:

NOVEMBER 2010

COUNTDOWN BEGINS AS BRITISH ART SHOW 7 GETS UNDER WAY
The countdown has well and truly begun for Plymouth’s cultural organisations now that British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet has opened its doors to much excitement and acclaim in Nottingham …MORE

JANUARY 2011

NEW EVENT PROGRAMME TO HIGHLIGHT CITY’S WEALTH OF CONTEMPORARY ART
A new programme of events held as part of the build up to one of the UK’s most ambitious touring art exhibitions kicks off in earnest this week …MORE

FEBRUARY 2011

A GIANT TEDDY BEAR’S HEAD? A CLOCK MADE FROM MOVIE CLIPS? PLYMOUTH PREPARES FOR THE LANDING OF ITS FIRST EVER BRITISH ART SHOW
With anticipation in abundance, Plymouth’s arts community is busy preparing to take up the mantle as host city for one of the biggest and most prestigious art events in the UK calendar …MORE

MARCH 2011

CULTURAL VENUES CONTINUE TO OFFER CONTEMPORARY ART EVENTS
A partnership of cultural venues in Plymouth is continuing to offer a variety of contemporary art events for local residents and arts practitioners, in the build up to the opening of the British Art Show later this year …MORE

JUNE 2011

CITY’S CONTEMPORARY ART PROGRAMME STEPS UP A GEAR AS ‘BRITISH ART SHOW 7: IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET’ APPROACHES
‘Constellation’, an ambitious programme of contemporary art events, is stepping up a gear as the build up to prestigious exhibition, ‘British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet’ (BAS7) begins in earnest …MORE

£100K BOOST FOR PLYMOUTH’S ARTS SCENE: ROYAL WILLIAM YARD CONFIRMED AS VENUE FOR BRITISH ART SHOW 7
Ambitious plans to transform a section of Plymouth’s Royal William Yard into a fully accessible arts education and exhibition space have been given the official go-ahead following the award of an Arts Council England funding grant …MORE

JULY 2011

DIVIDE AND CONQUER
The British Art Show is likely to split opinion when it comes to Plymouth this September. But that’s one of its major strengths says David Coslett, Chair of Plymouth Visual Arts Consortium (PVAC) …MORE

LINE-UP REVEALED FOR PLYMOUTH’S FIRST EVER BRITISH ART SHOW
The curators of the country’s most highly-anticipated contemporary art exhibition, British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet (BAS7) have announced which artworks will feature in each Plymouth venue when the show comes to the city later this year …MORE


BAS7 PLYMOUTH SELECTED PRESS COVERAGE:

Touring art show heads for city
Prestigious British Art Show 7 heads for Plymouth
Art lovers will be in seventh heaven
Landmark Arts show will be boost for city
Plymouth cultural venues offer a Constellation of contemporary art events
Slaughterhouse to host Art Show
Royal William Yard in Plymouth set for art exhibits
100k Boost for Plymouth’s Art Scene
From Film to Fire, It’s All Here
Critics Wowed by ‘Best Ever’ Event
Top Art Show’s First Visit to Westcountry
Bright art ideas
Divide and conquer: why the West needs controversial art