Looking for a decadent-feeling place for a drink (or more) in Central London? Then L’oscar is the place for you. From the back-lit onyx bar and mirrored ceiling of Café L’oscar to the alabaster birds perched around the place, this hotel exudes a delightful loucheness – in a luxurious way, of course. The hotel’s strapline – […]
One-minute blog of interesting things
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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us.
Klimt/Schiele at the Royal Academy
I discovered the work of Egon Schiele at the age of 16 and remain staggered by the power of his work. This exhibition of his drawings at the Royal Academy, along with those of Gustav Klimt, is a rare treat. I’ve seen his powerful, sometimes disturbing portraits before but these tender drawings of a mother […]
Oceania at the Royal Academy
A fascinating cross between an ethnographic and art show, Oceania at the Royal Academy let my imagination run free yet was sometimes frustrating with the lack of text for scholarly purposes. Still, I now have the catalogue which should answer many of my questions. This huge stitched tarpaulin of the sea, Kiko Moana, at […]
Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy
I’m not sure how long Cornelia Parker‘s Transitional Object Psychobarn is going to stay in the courtyard of the Royal Academy but pop in to see it in Piccadilly if you can. Based on the house in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, it was made from a dismantled traditional American red barn. Just a tad unsettling?
The Fitzrovia Chapel, a mosaic jewel in London
For those of us old enough to remember, the Middlesex Hospital used to be on this site and had an exquisite 19th Century chapel as its place of worship, known only to those working there. Grade II listed, the Fitzrovia Chapel, designed in the 1880s by one of the foremost Gothic Revival architects John Loughborough […]
Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness at the Whitworth Gallery Manchester
I get out of London every now & again and when I do, visit as many galleries and museums as possible. A recent flit to Manchester meant I could finally get to see the Whitworth Art Gallery, revamped a few years ago. A wonderful space with a brilliant cafe too – their full English breakfast […]
Some of the artists at The Other Art Fair Brooklyn
As several of you will know, I showed my work in New York for the first time at The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn. For some reason I hardly took any photos this time but here are a few snaps of some of the artists I met. I loved the fact that we were from […]
Anni Albers at Tate Modern
So, a weaver has been given a solo show at Tate Modern. It’s about time considering the formal and architectural nature of the medium (and I’m speaking as a non-weaver) and how would art have progressed without canvas? The familiar story of a woman not permitted to attend the same courses as a man meant […]
Paintings by Gail Harvey at the London Art Fair
There’s something about splashy abstract painting that moves me in a way I can’t explain and here’s another artist who does it for me. I first saw Gail Harvey’s work a few years ago at the London Art Fair where I took this photo. I can’t tell you which gallery showed her work as there […]
Jameel Prize at the V&A London. Post 2 of 2
This isn’t a fully comprehensive list of finalists for the Jameel Prize at the V&A, just the ones I found particularly intriguing. Trained in the art of miniature painting, Wardha Shabbir enters a meditative state when producing these pieces: she really does paint with a single-haired brush for some details. I loved the way the […]
