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For the Love of... Art

Jan 21, 2020 Diane Wass

It is said that ‘Money Makes the World Go Round’ but it is also said that ‘LOVE Makes the World Go Round’ so which is it? If you had £500 would that make you happy? £5000 perhaps? Or would it be the thing that you spent it on that made you happy? A new TV? A Sofa? A few days away? 'Be At Peace' Original by Danny Abrahams More and more people are realising that the items they buy don’t always give them the payback that they hope for and maybe it’s time to look again at how they spend their...

Happy New Year... The Winner Is?

Jan 04, 2020 Diane Wass

Tags Danny Abrahams, Edge Sculpture, Kealey Farmer, Mackenzie Thorpe, Marie Louise Wrightson, Top Sellers

And the Winner is... Every year we like to tell you who has won our 'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most pieces in the last twelve months... and so the results are in: IN FIRST PLACE: EDGE SCULPTURE EDGE have had an awesome year here at The Acorn Gallery! These unique and much-loved animal sculptures have seen a huge growth in sales this year which came on top of an incredible year last year too! Well done to Matt Buckley and the EDGE Team! IN SECOND PLACE: MACKENZIE THORPE In 2019 Mackenzie Thorpe...

It’s T’Our Yorkshire - Le Peloton and it’s Art

Apr 12, 2019 Diane Wass

Tags Artwork, cycling, Le Tour de Yorkshire, Mackenzie Thorpe, Official Gallery, Official Stockist, Prints, TDY, TDY2019, Yorkshire

The Tour de Yorkshire has become an integral part of the Yorkshire calendar, attracting a flock of new visitors every year and showing off our beautiful county to the World! One thing that Le Tour is also helping with, is the support and promotion of Yorkshire artists, with a brand new collection of official artwork each year to show off the county and the sport in the best way possible.

Who is Banksy anyway? And what has he done for the Art World?

Mar 20, 2019 Diane Wass

Tags art, auction, Banksy, exhibition, graffiti, JJ Adams, show, shredding, street art, urban art

Who is Banksy anyway? And what has he done for the Art World?

Once upon a time if somebody asked you to name a popular artist you may have answered Vincent Van Gogh or perhaps even Rolf Harris. These days it is far more likely that a name like Banksy would roll off your tongue.

The sporadic and random appearance of the well-known stencil-style art works have created quite a following for this modern ‘street artist’. The recent auction stunt for a piece now titled ‘Shredded Girl with Balloon’ is testimony to how much value can be added to what some see as ‘impermanent’ works of art...

Happy New Year.... And the Winner is?

Jan 03, 2019 Diane Wass

Tags #TDF, Danny Abrahams, Edge Sculpture, Kealey Farmer, Little Acorns, Mackenzie Thorpe, Marie Louise Wrightson, Top Sellers, Tour de Yorkshire

And the Winner is... Every year we like to tell you who has won our 'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most pieces in the last twelve months... the results are in: IN FIRST PLACE: KEALEY FARMER Kealey has had a phenomenal year here at The Acorn Gallery! Her exhibition in May was a great success and we are looking forward to seeing what Kealey produces in 2019 :) IN SECOND PLACE: EDGE SCULPTURE These unique and much-loved sculptures have been very well received and we have had a great year with demand going...