Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Public sculpture debate reignites on Plymouth’s waterfront
Commissioners seek work that invites touch, not only postcard views.
Plymouth’s waterfront consultation reopened questions about what public sculpture should do: commemorate, play, protest—or simply gather teenagers after school.
Shortlisted artists proposed climbable forms and audio layers keyed to tide times.
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