De La Warr Art Exhibition and New Season Launch

THE DE LA WARR Pavilion launched it's long anticipated new season of events on Saturday with a reception and exhibition of Constructed works by late husband and wife team Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin.

Those attending the packed launch party included town mayor Cllr Paul Lendon, Director of the De La Warr, Alan Haydon and Paul Martin, Son of Kenneth and Mary Martin.

The De La Warr, which has faced criticism in the past from local people who wanted to see more quality shows, are hoping this new programme will prove to be their best ever.

Alan said: "The importance about today is that we are not only celebrating the opening of this new exhibition by the late Kenneth and Mary Martin, who were important figures in British art during the fifties and sixties, but we are also essentially announcing and celebrating the programme of the forthcoming season that we've got here at the Pavilion, which includes some world class performers, particularly in music. It's part and parcel of of our ambition to essentially bring world class performers to a world class building."