The Affordable Art Fair is back it opened on Wednesday in Battersea with lots of artwork from around the world. The theme this year is colour and there is plenty of it. With James Burke as the artist in residence and lots of up and coming artists which were selected by Becca Pell-Fry, there is…
Kader Attia’s exhibition The Museum of Emotion opens in the Hayward gallery from the 13th February till the 6th May 2019. The exhibition traces the artists work over the last two decades. He defines himself as an activist as well as an artist and tries to engage our capacity for thinking as well as feeling….
Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971) exhibition, In the Beginning, opens in the Hayward Gallery from the 13th February till the 6th May 2019. She made most of her photographs in New York City, where she was born and died. Her photographs of children and eccentrics, couples and circus performers, female impersonators and midtown shoppers, are…
Its the Chinese lunar new year which this year happens to be the year of the pig. The pig is the 12th of all animals in the zodiac, the animals are in order of the time the arrived at Emperor Jade’s party. The pigs excuse he overslept! Pigs are a symbol of wealth and fortune in…
The Winter lights were back for its 5th year in Canary Wharf. Although this year there were fewer of the light installations. My impression was that it was a cut-down version from previous years. But I still enjoy taking photographs of the various light installations, I managed to go 4 times this year. This year I…
Prepared to have your senses warped as you visit the Space Shifters, the latest exhibition at the Hayward gallery. Its 50 years since the Hayward Gallery opened its doors, this year its latest exhibition features 20 artists spanning roughly 50 years of work to tie in with the 50th anniversary. The installations explore the perception…
Its that time of the year again when 100% Design opens its doors. Showcasing new and upcoming artists from around the world. This is the 24th year they have been running and its the UK’s longest annual design event. Held at the grand hall of Olympia in Kensington, London its easy to get to. The…
On a hot summers day, I ventured down to Mayfield, a field in Sutton which is full of Lavender. Lavender is one of my favourite plants and I always love visiting fields of the purple haze. Once you arrive at the field, the smell hits you straight away, the beautiful fragrance wafting up your nose….
A mesmerising performance by Emma & Sakari called an Insomniacs Fable. It encompasses a mixture of dance, circus and visual arts over three acts. Telling the story of unrequited love between a polyboy and polygirl, with act 1 where polyboy sees an image of polygirl across the sea. Haunting his dreams and making him struggle to…
Simple and elegant is my first impression of the new Serpentine Pavilion. It will be open to the public on the 15th June 2018 until 7th October 2018. This years architect is Frida Escobedo, who is from Mexico and is one of the youngest commissioned to design the Pavilion. Frida Escobedo Frida Escobedo (b. 1979,…
