The British Fashion Volume II at the Dorsett Hotel, Holland Park brought together the cream of rising design talent wowing the audience and photographers with their latest creations. The temperatures sure rose over the weekend.
To truly understand the power of architecture is to first understand the relationship between public space and how the surrounding community interacts with such buildings. It is fair to say that only we in the West know Moscow’s seven gothic skyscrapers as the Seven Sisters while Muscovites refer to them as Stalin’s skyscrapers (Stalinskie Vysotki). […]
Any exhibition coordinated to take place in the UK and The African continent simultaneously is certainly probing cross-cultural dialogue in some manner. This group show featuring shining lights from the world of painting, photography and sculpture will invite your engagement in such – both in London and Cape Town. The binding theme here is ‘transition’ […]
Earlier in the week, Space Studios Hackney’s summer party saw live music in the courtyard as well as complimentary food and drink. Attendees were invited by 40 in-studio artists to engage in the processes of their art creation. Live demonstrations of screen-printing and the opportunity to print an illustration were also on offer. An arty […]
Describing himself as a radical traditionalist, (a label pinned on him by art historian Marco Livingstone) world renowned British sculptor Michael Sandle pulls no punches in this interview with What’s Hot London?’s Eddie Saint-Jean. He doesn’t hide his distaste for contemporary art and claims that many of today’s artists cannot draw and show no interest […]
They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection. There is no understanding Englishness without understanding its imperial and colonial dimensions.’ So reads a quote on the National Portrait Gallery walls attributed to so-called ‘Godfather of multiculturalism’ Professor Stuart Hall, 1932-2008 to whom the exhibition is dedicated. It’s an apt quote expressing […]
Saatchi Art-backed artist Hormazd Narielwalla’s Chelsea exhibition had a touch of the ‘Golden Child’ about it. With the art organisation’s chief curator Rebecca Wilson in attendance and champagne glasses being filled from a seemingly limitless supply you immediately got the sense you were in the presence of an unwrapped gem there in the Foundry Gallery. […]
A few weeks back on May 12, Morgane Wagner launched her new art venture the Square Gallery in Battersea Square, bearing the title London’s Youngest Gallery Owner. As we enter the first week of June, the 22-year-old shares her experiences and reveals whether it has been a baptism of fire in the competitive but rewarding […]
The list of artists who depict celebrities in ironic ways is endless. From Jeff Koons’ porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles to Gavin Turk’s ‘Pop’ waxwork of Sid Vicious, the fascination with turning superstars on their pretty little heads has endured. Dan Jamieson is an award-winning caricature artist who has put a new slant […]
Dai Ailian is widely recognised as the godmother of Chinese ballet and her birth 100 years ago was celebrated with a Centenary Exhibition Launch at the Royal Academy of Dance, Battersea on May 10th. Archives & Records Manager Eleanor Fitzpatrick who curated the exhibition and author Richard Glasstone who has written a book about her […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
