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  • Lawrence of Arabia
    August 16th: Birthdate of Lawrence of Arabia
    Posted in: Highlights, People

    British military officer and diplomat Thomas Edward Lawrence was the real life dashing Lawrence of Arabia immortalised by David Lean’s 1962 movie, with the steely blue eyes of Peter O’Toole in his likeness. The film won nine Oscars and catapulted O’Toole into global fame as an actor with an epic resume but there are still […]

  • Angel Reborn Stanislav Geissler
    An Angel Reborn
    Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

    After celebrated Brit sculptor Andrew Gormley completed his Angel of the North he was inundated with questions about his creative process? His memorable take on this: “People are always asking, why an angel? The only response I can give is that no-one has ever seen one and we need to keep imagining them.” Well imagine […]

  • Power and Architecture Calvert 22
    Power and Architecture
    Posted in: Shows & Exhibitions

    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). […]

  • Sculptor Michael Sandle
    An Interview with Sculptor Michael Sandle: Now and Then
    Posted in: Highlights, People, Shows & Exhibitions

    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 […]

  • Fitz Fest
    Fitz Fest
    Posted in: Concerts & Gigs, Events & Festivals, Highlights

    The Fitzrovia area of Central London, encompassing the City of Westminster and much of Camden, celebrated its annual Fitz Fest music festival using venues not typically associated with classical music. World renowned musicians performed Mozart’s Wind Serenade in C Minor in the Darren Baker Gallery on Charlotte Street. A pretty off-kilter venue, you’ll agree. It’s […]

  • ondon Photo Festival 2016
    The London Photo Festival 2016
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights

    Running from 19 to 21st May The London Photo Festival brings together a diverse collection of work ranging from filtered and reworked pieces that look more like oils and water colours to more traditional photography. Although a London-based festival it attracted work from all over the world, sometimes capturing significant social and political events as […]

  • Hilma af Klint
    Painting the Unseen
    Posted in: Highlights, People, Shows & Exhibitions

    Swedish abstract artist Hilma af Klint’s emergence as a pioneering painter mirrors the career progression of many of her predecessors who were fated to remain undiscovered till after death. However, she may have had a hand in this. She died in 1944 but asked that her work not be shown publicly till twenty years after […]

  • 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 […]