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City to host major Beryl Cook exhibition
As the city where the late artist Beryl Cook lived for much of her career and which inspired many of her paintings, it is fitting that Plymouth will host a major retrospective exhibition of her work later this year.
Theatre gets new chairman
A chartered accountant has been appointed to take over as chairman of the Theatre Royal Plymouth and Plymouth Pavilions.
Cook work fetches record £69,600
A work by Beryl Cook has been sold for £69,600, the highest price paid for one of her paintings at auction.
Plymouth student embarks on European art tour
University of Plymouth student Gary Cedeira is embarking on the journey of a lifetime this summer encouraged by the win of a top art award, writes Natasha Heard.
Artist Beryl Cook dies aged 81
Beryl Cook, an artist well known across the UK for her colourful and comic paintings of larger-than-life ladies, has died at the age of 81.
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