Any exhibition coordinated to take place in the UK and The African continent simultaneously is certainly probing cross-cultural dialogue in some manner. This group show featuring shining lights from the world of painting, photography and sculpture will invite your engagement in such – both in London and Cape Town. The binding theme here is ‘transition’ […]
They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection. There is no understanding Englishness without understanding its imperial and colonial dimensions.’ So reads a quote on the National Portrait Gallery walls attributed to so-called ‘Godfather of multiculturalism’ Professor Stuart Hall, 1932-2008 to whom the exhibition is dedicated. It’s an apt quote expressing […]
The list of artists who depict celebrities in ironic ways is endless. From Jeff Koons’ porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles to Gavin Turk’s ‘Pop’ waxwork of Sid Vicious, the fascination with turning superstars on their pretty little heads has endured. Dan Jamieson is an award-winning caricature artist who has put a new slant […]
Documentary Photographer Robin Mellor and Art Director Yassa Khan have developed an online art platform called Space Explorer. It is an app-based model for public art exhibition and exists outside the confines of traditional galleries and encourages people to explore art through mobile phone technology. The app’s GPS technology will guide you around your local […]
The mystery of consciousness is examined on many levels at this exhibition at the Wellcome Collection with developments in neuroscience at the forefront of this, but superstition, nightmares and art also figuring heavily. It covers everything from a basic introduction into the workings of the unconscious to detailed theories from centuries past and the modern […]
Few people realise that the Alice in Wonderland stories created by Lewis Carroll back in the 19th century changed the way that children’s books were perceived. Before that they were purely educational and treated them as little adults. After this it became acceptable for them to be entertaining and playful. This and many other valuable […]
If you haven’t heard of Tattoo London by now then you must have nodded off in the city that never sleeps! This three month-long exhibition is significant enough to warrant recent TV coverage on the major channels all hailing London’s proud history as a centre for tattooists and this celebration of their work. It runs […]
International Women’s Day, March 8th,was celebrated with a number of exhibitions all over London and with many more expected over this coming month also dedicated to women. Here are two that caught our eye. 1.Women Unlimited Exhibition – Brick Lane Oxfam’s Women Unlimited exhibition shows how women in the developing world are emerging from poverty […]
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 […]
The Enlightenment was a period of 17th and 18th century European history when mythology, faith and superstition were challenged for the first time by philosophers and thinkers driven by logic, science and empirical facts. It was a significant departure from the established order and included questioning the authority of church, monarchy and state. The Enlightenment […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
