St. Ives boasts a quartet of golden-sand beaches. Sheltered coves draw swimmers and sun-worshippers, but water-sports aficionados visit St. Ives for great surfing, windsurfing and water-skiing conditions. And on your way there, keep your eyes peeled for a dude with seven wives. You never know when nursery rhymes might come true.
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Imagianation specialises in original artworks and stunning limited edition prints, created by talented artists from the South and West: Cornwall to the Cotswolds! Our bespoke packaging ensures your artwork arrives safely no matter where you are!
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Anima-Mundi was founded by Joseph Clarke, who has curated in excess of 100 exhibitions over a twenty year period, working with international artists in all media. The gallery is based in a former Christian Science reading rooms in St Ives, Cornwall which was converted in to a significant gallery space. The space is one of the largest outside of London which has helped to aid Anima-Mundi’s international reputation for representing the very best in contemporary art. Since its inception, Anima-Mundi has strived to offer its international collectors unique access to a diversity of contemporary artworks whilst supporting its artists through collaborations with museums and art centres around the world. In parallel Anima-Mundi is a supporter of philanthropic works via collaborations with charities and organisations including Grenfell Tower Community Action Fund, The House of St Barnabas, Spectrum, Shelterbox, ArtCOP21, Cape Farewell and The Green Party among others
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A Gallery showcasing Vibrant, inspiring Art by the renowned local artist Alexandra Dickens. Alexandra has produced impulsive and instinctive art work since the mid 1990's and continues to deliver quality abstract, coastal and commissions which are all about light and energy.
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Wills Lane Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall specialises in bringing exceptional contemporary fine and applied art to the South West. Artists and designers of national and international significance are exhibited alongside new talent, including artists, paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, photography, sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, weaving, jewellery. The gallery's exhibition changes as works are sold and new works come in, and from time to time there are solo exhibitions. Wills Lane Gallery is the only gallery in Cornwall to be invited to exhibit at the renowned 'COLLECT' International Art Fair for contemporary objects.
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Timed tickets are required. Please book in advance from website. The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden contains the largest group of Hepworth's works, permanently on display where she lived and worked from 1949 until 1975.
Lovely little sculpture garden in the middle of St Ives with some amazing sculptures set in a lovely garden.
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We called in here on a wet afternoon in November, and we were so glad we did. There’s something for everyone, from war artefacts to local fishing history. The staff were also very knowledgeable as well.
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Well worth finding, on the outskirts of St Ives, with its own car park. Bernard Leach, regarded as the father of British studio pottery, established the Leach Pottery on the outskirts of St Ives in 1920, extending the site over the years. Leach died in 1979, after which his wife continued to use the pottery to develop her own work, until her death in 1997. The pottery was saved from potential sale in 2005, and was restored and reopened in 2008 as a working studio pottery, museum with many of the old kilns and items of potter's equipment remaining, along with an extensive shop. It provides a fascinating history of the Leach Pottery and also shows contemporary work by associate potters. The extensive shop has work in a variety of price ranges and, yes, we had to buy something...
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