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Lina Iris Viktor: Some Are Born to Endless Night (Art Review)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, Lina Iris Viktor

British-Liberian artist Lina Iris Viktor presents a September exhibition at Autograph ABP, Shoreditch which offers striking commentaries on a vibrant palette, imbued as it is with spiritual, historical and ethnic elements. She brings together an exploration of hermetic philosophies and mathematical and scientific principles in this empowered celebration of the African queen. You’re left in […]
William Blake: EUROPE
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, Exhibition, Tate Britain, William Blake

Tate Britain has some themed events celebrating British artist William Blake, with the main exhibition running till 2 February 2020. There’s also a William Blake & Lunch two-course meal at the Rex Whistler Restaurant for those seeking dining options after their gallery visit. Their William Blake: A Live Literature Celebration last year September 20 sold […]
British Museum Faces New Calls to Return Looted African Artefacts
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: African artefacts, Benin Bronzes, Blackfoot Nation, British Museum, Canada, Egypt, History, India, looted artefacts, looted relics, Museums, Nigeria, restituitive measures

The Jamaican culture minister’s call for the return of Taino artefacts seized from their country and now owned by the British Museum has prompted Nigerians to renew their own demands for the return of looted Benin Bronze relics. With the British Museum now in negotiations to temporarily loan them back to Nigeria, we discuss the […]
Parliament and Peterloo (Exhibition)
Posted in: Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Parliament & Peterloo

A summer exhibition in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament covers the events of the Peterloo Massacre, 16 August 1819 when a cavalry charge into a crowd of Manchester protestors led to 18 deaths and around 500 injured. The display boards detail the unfolding political and social turmoil in calendar order, starting with the end of […]
Skyline Stratford: Thrilling Heights in London’s East End
Posted in: Features, Places, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Orbital Tower, RoofEast

We venture east of the capital to the Borough of Newham for Stratford’s amazing skyline attractions. Stratford is still basking in the glory of a successful 2012 Olympic Games. Seven years later, the regeneration of the area has made it an undeniable hot-spot with bold new sculptures and rooftop wonders, from bars to pop-up cinemas. […]
Science Museum, Summer of Space Festival (Exhibition)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions, Technology Tags: Summer of Space

The Science Museum’s Summer of Space festival runs concurrently with the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. As well as their screening of the Apollo 11: First Steps documentary (a special edit just for museums), there’s other entertaining and educational exhibits and displays covering the early period of the space race, moon landings and space exploration […]
Art In London Parks, The Must-Sees This Summer
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, parks, sculpture

Is it a building? Is it a motor car? Is it sculpture? Is it art? It’s certainly outdoors and eye-catching. The Serpentine Pavillion, Kensington Gardens and Frieze Sculpture, Regents Park are running their rival outdoor sculptures during the exact same period, 3 July to 6 October. What’s Hot London? looks at the park-based London artwork […]
Bankside And South Bank, Tips For Summer Along The River
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Features, Galleries & Museums, Movies & TV Shows, Places, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Bankside, Southbank, Thames

Bankside and South Bank can both lay claim to being the cultural heart of the Thames. Expect tourists and UK-based visitors to flock there this summer to savour some of the galleries, restaurants, theatre, cinema and riverside sights on offer. Luckily, only a flight of steps separates one from the other so you can quite […]
Get Up, Stand Up Now (Exhibition)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, Somerset House

Nothing best illustrates the dissolving of social inequalities in Britain over the centuries than the venue for this exhibition. Somerset House was once owned by Georgian aristocracy and has retained much of its noble presence even though its Neoclassical courtyard is now just for the tourists and open-air arts events. Fast-forward to 2019, and the […]
Artists ‘Club’ Together For Disco Exhibition
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Features, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, nightclub, Shoreditch

SHOREDITCH is widely known for its trendy bars and nightclubs and a group of artists are hoping to capitalise on the club-hub connection with a piece of video-art themed around nightclubs – and, yes, it will be exhibited in a Shoreditch nightclub! The F.O.L.D. artist-filmmaker collective began working on FOLD5: Discotheque around spring of 2019 […]

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