Press office news
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American portrait painter Kehinde Wiley heads packed programme of public arts for the University of Plymouth
The Arts Institute announces its new programme of public arts events for 2020/21, headed by world-renowned portrait painter Kehinde Wiley.
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British Art Show returning to Plymouth after a decade
The University of Plymouth will be one of the venues for British Art Show 9 in 2021-22
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Stars, arts and science combine for digital retelling of Coleridge classic
The Ancient Mariner Big Read – commissioned by The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth – brings together renowned public figures, artists and scientists to retell The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for a modern audience
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The story behind Some Call It Home
The University of Pymouth's Director of Music at The Arts Institute, Robert Taub, reveals the artistic process behind the creation of his multimedia music drama Some Call It Home, and its relationship to the narrative of the Mayflower journey.
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Slow Painting exhibition comes to The Arts Institute
Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery Touring presents Slow Painting, an exhibition of paintings that take their time, and invite us to do the same.
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Opera created at the University of Plymouth to air on BBC Radio 3
A ground-breaking opera composed and recorded at the University of Plymouth will reach a national audience when it is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this weekend.
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Exhibition retells classic tale for an age of ecological crisis
An epic maritime poem will be the inspiration for a major exhibition of international art in Plymouth.
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"...to hear music with deeper understanding, to dive more deeply into artistic experiences" - An interview with Dr Robert Taub
Dr Robert Taub, Music Director of The Arts Institute talks to us about his new Musica Viva Concert Series
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Finding 'Doggerland'
An interview with Dr Ben Smith, discussing his forthcoming debut novel 'Doggerland'
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London Mozart Players come to Plymouth to help launch new classical concert programme
The UK’s longest-established chamber orchestra is bringing its world-class sound to the South West in the first of a new concert series organised by The Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth.
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Shakespeare, CERN and Game of Thrones combine for new Contemporary Music Festival opera
A new operatic prequel to The Tempest performed by the BBC Singers is to headline the Contemporary Music Festival 2019: Multiverse in Plymouth.
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Duet for clarinet and seagulls seeks to rescue reputation of birds and their song
A piece of music is to use recordings of seagulls to try and persuade audiences to see the beauty in the much-maligned birds.