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THE ART OF LANDSCAPE Open until 8 February, new exhibition A Gap in the Clouds at the Heong Gallery in Downing College explores how modern and contemporary artists use landscape to navigate the relationship between our mental lives and the world around us. Neither distant views nor simple reflections of the mind, the works in the exhibition – curated by Elisa Schaar and Adina Drinceanu – treat landscape as an active, imaginative space where inner and outer worlds meet, reflect and reshape each other. Featuring such artists as Edvard Munch, Paul Nash (pictured left) and Ai Weiwei (whose Wheat Field with Crows sees drones replace the birds in van Gogh’s pastoral scene recreated from Lego), the works span a wide range of media, geographies and perspectives, engaging with different kinds of landscape: figurative and abstract; real, imagined and remembered; welcoming or alienating. Admission is free.
7 November Spanish Guitar Classics by Candlelight, Trinity College Chapel Xuefei Yang and Harriet Mackenzie will play Spanish classics and English gems on guitar and violin in their first ever public concert together. musicinaction.org.uk Stop press! Cambridge-born Judith Weir, Cambridge alumnus Julian Anderson and Cambridge professor Richard Causton have all been nominated for prestigious Ivor Novello Awards as part of The Ivors Classical Awards, set to take place in London on 11 November and to be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 15 November in a special edition of the New Music Show . MUSIC NOT TO MISS
Community art fair returns On 30 November, Cambridge’s Nightingale Pavilion will once again buzz with colour, creativity and music as local artists come together for the Nightingale Art Fair. A chance for the community to chat, browse, buy original art and enjoy live music – with cups of tea and slices of cake on hand – the artist lineup for this year’s event includes Ali Roberts, with whimsical watercolours, oils, collage and illustrations inspired by everyday life; Carol Gregory with playful enamel and silver jewellery with a splash of 70s colour; Esther Montero who creates textile portraits and embroidered faces made from re-purposed fabrics; John Hodges, whose stoneware pottery designs reflect time spent in Australia; Jackie Duckworth with prints inspired by birds, beasts, history and legend; and Susan Abbs with atmospheric CamLife paintings featuring Nightingale Park. Plus, there’ll be a tombola with art prizes, an array children’s activities, a community cafe and live music from talented mezzo-soprano Rachel Coombs. The fair takes place from 11am to 4pm on 30 November at Nightingale Pavilion CB1 8SQ.
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