Chelsea Physic Garden: Celebrating 350 Years in Paint and Print Exhibition Denise Ballard-Wyllie’s artist residency at the Chelsea Physic Garden was a horticultural match made in heaven. In this interview, she shares how her painter-printmaker practice suffuses her love of nature – hence, the expressively refashioned landscapes that often feature in her work. A […]
The Other Art Fair Opening Night, March 9 The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, kicked off with a packed private view at the Old Truman Brewery Shoreditch, with gallerists and artists alike presenting eye-catching displays of work. We interviewed some of this year’s exciting crop of emerging and established homegrown and international […]
The Lucian Freud exhibition, the Fourth Plinth statue and a hidden cafe with real tombstones! 3 reasons why Trafalgar Square is worth an autumn visit. . The West End’s world-recognised culture square has an autumn of major openings and the added attraction of hidden delights such as under-the-radar eateries. Make a day of It, by […]
WHL presents a walk-through of London galleries where you can find classic art from the 1800s. And from the title you see the focus isn’t just Impressionism – but ‘beyond Impressionism’, the artists and art movements that left an ‘impression’ on contemporary artists. The capital’s galleries and museums house some of the most extensive and […]
The I Matter Exhibition, curated by Lincolnshire-based Olu Taiwo, sought work by minority ethnic artists themed around the title I Matter and all its iterations. The submissions, from all over the world, included paintings, photography, sculpture, video and mixed media – and talented London artists were amongst those selected to show their work. The exhibition […]
The Summer 2021 Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Exhibition, Finland presents 19 artists from 5 different countries – 14 artists have produced work for the Biblio Nordic illustrated book project while London artist Denise Ballard-Wyllie is amongst the six invited visual artists outside the group. The work will be displayed in the Möhkö Ironworks Museum and its […]
The Great Reopening? Freedom Day? The name doesn’t matter, the definitive date when we can finally get our lives back together does. The creative and hospitality sectors have suffered considerable losses during the pandemic and the delayed reopening has increased concern and confusion. When Boris Johnson announced the June 21 date will be moved to […]
In our special London’s Great Reopening feature What’s Hot London? is helping to re-energise our capital city by visiting galleries, museums, cinemas, music events and restaurants. Over the next few weeks, arts and culture writer Eddie Saint-Jean covers their steps out of Covid shutdown and openings, events, exhibitions and screenings. This week it’s our museum […]
East London artist Eddie Saint-Jean works in moving image and photography and up until now most of his art has had underlying cinematic cultural references. But now in a slight departure from that style he has produced a new body of work which he describes as Un-ReadyMades. Eddie Saint-Jean with his photographic work ‘We’re All […]
With Brexit hindering artist travel to Europe and lockdown affecting countries further afield, artist Denise Wyllie reflects on her paused international connections. We discuss the importance of such influences in her work. International artist Denise Wyllie is amongst the many UK artists bound by the restrictions of the pandemic but looks forward to revisiting the […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
