Shows & Exhibitions

  • The People Watchers exhibition
    The People Watchers (Art Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    This joint exhibition at the Africa Centre featuring work by Zimbabwean artists John Hlatywayo and Tafadzwa Gwetai is presented as an exercise in juxtaposition. An opportunity to experience how their unique approaches to people watching can be both complimentary and individualistic. Hlatywayo with his majestic but haunting metal sculptures marshalling the gallery space and Gwetai’s […]

  • Maha Ahmed: A Seed Once Planted
    Maha Ahmed
    Posted in: Highlights, People, Shows & Exhibitions

    Central Saint-Martins College of Art graduate Maha Ahmed is no stranger to these shores having studied and lived in the UK but her inspiration comes from her birthplace of Pakistan. Her series of miniature paintings currently being exhibited at Asia House honour the tradition of miniature paintings which emerged during the Mughal rule of the […]

  • Exceptional
    Exceptional (Art Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    So the group exhibition is called Exceptional. As adjectives go it’s certainly neither humble nor self-deprecating and sets an expectation of awe-inspiring talent. But hey if Sensation worked for Damien Hirst and the Young British Artists back in 1997 then who’s to say… No sharks suspended in vats of formaldehyde but the tenets of abstraction […]

  • States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness
    States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness (Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    The mystery of consciousness is examined on many levels at this exhibition at the Wellcome Collection with developments in neuroscience at the forefront of this, but superstition, nightmares and art also figuring heavily. It covers everything from a basic introduction into the workings of the unconscious to detailed theories from centuries past and the modern […]

  • Fashion & Networking at Yager Bar March 29
    Fashion & Networking Evening
    Posted in: Highlights, Photos, Shows & Exhibitions

    Yesterday was a showcase and networking event at Yager Bar in St Paul’s featuring the work of handbag designer Stacy Chan and also Indian designs by Padma Priya. The event was attended by fashion photographers, models, designers, merchandisers, fashion bloggers and so on.

  • Alice in Wonderland Exhibition
    Alice in Wonderland (Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    Few people realise that the Alice in Wonderland stories created by Lewis Carroll back in the 19th century changed the way that children’s books were perceived. Before that they were purely educational and treated them as little adults. After this it became acceptable for them to be entertaining and playful. This and many other valuable […]

  • Tattoo London
    Tattoo London (Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    If you haven’t heard of Tattoo London by now then you must have nodded off in the city that never sleeps! This three month-long exhibition is significant enough to warrant recent TV coverage on the major channels all hailing London’s proud history as a centre for tattooists and this celebration of their work. It runs […]

  • Women Unlimited
    London Exhibitions on International Women’s Day
    Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

    International Women’s Day, March 8th,was celebrated with a number of exhibitions all over London and with many more expected over this coming month also dedicated to women. Here are two that caught our eye. 1.Women Unlimited Exhibition – Brick Lane Oxfam’s Women Unlimited exhibition shows how women in the developing world are emerging from poverty […]

  • Charlotte Bronte
    Celebrating Charlotte Bronte: 1816 – 1855
    Posted in: Features, People, Shows & Exhibitions

    Born two hundred years ago and destined to leave an indelible mark on English literature, Charlotte Bronte’s birth and legacy is celebrated with a fascinating new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. It includes the few paintings she actually sat for in her lifetime and also personal items such as letters and signatures. Few would […]

  • Fashion Utopias: the International Fashion Showcase 2016
    Fashion Utopias
    Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

    With London Fashion Week now in full swing, Somerset House in Temple is hosting the Fashion Utopias: International Fashion Showcase 2016 with an array of design talent, across 24 different countries from Austria to the United Arab Emirates. In a bold move that merges art with fashion, each designer also works with a national curator […]