Victoria Beckham's Barbed Wire Love painting goes on public display in Brangelina artist's Bournemouth show

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Dom Pattinson, whose art was given to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a wedding present by George Clooney, exhibits in Bournemouth

The links between Brangelina, Victoria Beckham and AFC Bournemouth might not be immediately clear without the knowledge that all three parties own a painting by Dom Pattinson.

Describing his influences as propaganda art in Russia and the raw street sprawls of young Sinn Fein activists in Northern Ireland, Pattinson’s portrait of a girl in a raincoat, holding a pink-petalled balloon, was gifted to Pitt and Jolie as a wedding present by fellow megastar George Clooney.

More recently, Liam Gallagher and Davina McCall are said to have made acquisitions from the artist. And in his first UK solo exhibition in a year, at Bournemouth’s Westover Gallery, Pattinson will also put on show Barbed Wire Love, in which two grimacing boys clutch a heart made from barbed wire – a previously unseen work given to Beckham following her humanitarian speech at the UN last year.

• Westover Gallery, Westover Road, Bournemouth.

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Three galleries to see urban art in

Ink_d Gallery and Studio, Brighton
Tucked away in the heart of Brighton’s North Laine having been established in 2007, ink_d is an independently run commercial space showing original, challenging and exciting contemporary art.

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
a collection of murals painted by some of the top street artists alive today who based their work on Baroque era paintings in the permanent collection at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Rich Mix, London
The current exhibition, starring the creations of David de Brito, is an artistic journey from the streets of Sao Paulo to the heart of London, turning the gallery space into a riot of colour and characters.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art541657-dom-pattinson-urban-art-victoria-beckham-bournemouth