Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air
The Art Newspaper
JULY 4, 2025
The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. Messum says that many children have received little or no art education since the creative arts were downgraded to a non-core subject in 2010.
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