London’s First Roman Civic Hall Found Under Office Block Did you know the subterranean remains of a Roman market lie beneath the historic Leadenhall Market in Gracechurch Street near Monument station? That’s 2,000 years of market trading on this City of London spot. And archaeologists have now unearthed the remains of London’s first Roman […]
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? How Gauguin’s visit to London in 1885 helped clear up an existential crisis 140 years ago, French artist Paul Gauguin set off on a get-away-from-it-all visit to London. This visit marked a watershed moment in his life – he had split from […]
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The Jameel Prize: Moving Images – exhibition at the V&A . Beyond the V&A’s ornate and magnificently high-ceilinged walls lie an extraordinary wealth of historical and cultural displays. Indeed, you’d best plan your day around just one exhibition, or you’ll be there all week! And why not plan that visit around the Jameel Prize: Moving […]
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“If one is a master of one thing well, one has insight into and understanding of many things.” This simple quote by Vincent Van Gogh sums up in one sentence the importance of all artists learning the tradition, rules and methods of the Old Masters, even if those lessons are later inverted or even discarded […]
A year after Eddy Kamuanga lluanga’s much talked about London debut at the Saatchi Gallery’s Pangaea II, his October Gallery exhibition again brought the Democratic Republic of Congo to the heart of the capital. However, this time the 24-year-old artist addressed concerns about the mining of coltan, a mineral used in almost every electronic device […]
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 […]
An East End duel between The Jack the Ripper Museum in Whitechapel and the recently opened pop-up museum East End Women: The Real Story near Shadwell played out in the national press only when there was a hint of confrontation. Not the type of publicity either would have sought but emotions run high where the […]
Britain’s youngest gallery owner Morgane Wagner launched her Square Gallery with much wine and fanfare on May 12th. It must surely have been the Art Party of the Year. It was so packed you couldn’t even see the paintings with people standing outside. Named after Battersea Square where it is located, it showcased the best […]
On the most romantic day of the year Valentine’s Late at the National Gallery February 12th offered a programme of love themed art and entertainment. Its normally silent Sainsburys Wing became a mini concert venue of sorts, taken over by traditionally dressed musicians with lutes and drums setting the tone for English court society in […]
None other than Labour MP Diane Abbott was among the distinguished guests at the February 4th opening party and private view for the Red Africa exhibition at Calvert 22, Shoreditch. It’s a season of art, film and events examining Cold War relations between Africa and the Soviet Union. A combination of history, politics and major […]
Chief Davies-Okundaye is, indeed, a Yoruba chief, but her life story is one of entrepreneurial vision and an independent spirit. She points out that she achieved everything on her own merit after her separation from a husband with 15 wives and 62 children. She is now such a renowned artist that as well as this […]
Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner is regarded as an undoubted national treasure and along with Constable probably the most recognisable name in the history of British art. His status as a master of landscape painting reflected by the Tate National’s guided tours which walk visitors through the evolution of his career from 1789 to his […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
