London has transformed throughout the centuries, at a pace that picked up dramatically during industrialisation as it became one of the world’s leading commercial centres. Throughout this period many notable painters, poets and writers tried to capture its essence in stunning works of tribute. However, the Great Artists often showed it as a barely distinguishable […]
German artist Magnus Plessen new exhibition at the White Cube follows on from his earliest show ‘1914’ which was influenced by Ernest Friedrich’s anti-war book War Against War whose graphic photographs revealed the horrific realities of the battlefield and showed bodies maimed by automatic weapons. In this new exhibition this dislocation of body parts is […]
Religious iconography is underscored throughout the large scale abstract works in this, Henri Brande’s first exhibition in the UK, giving the already hushed environment of the white-walled gallery space an even more hallowed atmosphere. Added to this an air of mystery about an artist who not only preferred to work under the radar for half […]
Caravaggio’s technique of using intense contrasts of deepest shadows against whites with moon-like colour came to be known as chiaroscuro. The overall effect is to charge the piece with drama and also create a sense of compositional volume. It was imitated not only by 17th-century artists such as Valentin de Boulogne and Jusepe de Ribera […]
Punk was born on February 12th 1976 when the Sex Pistols had one of their typically anarchic, venom-fuelled gigs at The Marquee, Oxford Street. This exhibition at The British Library takes you back to those early days and the bands that launched a sub-culture that shocked the world. Punk svengali Malcolm McLaren’s input into the look […]
Britain’s theatre sector is seemingly one of the few areas of the economy unaffected by Brexit – and actually thriving on the influx of tourists capitalising on a falling pound so this exhibition at the V&A is pretty timely. London and New York are the undoubted emphasis. The West End’s Theatreland has always topped the […]
Pop along to the Strand Gallery to catch their State of the Art Cinema 2016 exhibition. Official movie photos from classics like Ben Hur, also behind the scenes photographs from box office hits such as Ghostbusters, not to mention costumes from the Carry-On comedy era! For free admission, you also enjoy film-related activities such as […]
There’s still time to catch the ‘Muhammad Ali at the O2’ exhibition which has been running since March 2016. This awe-inspiring event celebrates the great man and all his sporting and life achievements, from young to old and highs and lows. The material is so extensive that it’s more like an Ali museum than an […]
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 […]
A weird name for a London arts venue and a hub for even weirder creative ideas – the type that are more likely to be rejected by traditional exhibition spaces – but the Horse Hospital has a ‘stable’ enough footing amongst the capital’s artistic community (if you forgive the pun). This Bloomsbury venue holds book […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
