Artists

The RA Collection, a gallery within the institution itself, is a bit of a secret. It’s completely free to visit and contains a variety of historical and contemporary artworks from the Royal Academy’s inception to the present day. Image of the Artist is a small display of self-portraits by current and recent Royal Academicians. Here […]

It can be difficult to explain the fascination some of us have with paint: its intrinsic qualities and the infinite ways it can be manipulated. Callum Innes is an artist who explores paint, specifically oil paint. Does there need to be more to it than that? This is an example where words, at least for […]

An artist friend told me about Sam Hodge’s work who I looked up on Instagram where her textural organic prints intrigued me. I therefore made a point of visiting her recent show, Every Contact Leaves a Trace, at 195 Mare Street, one of the oldest buildings in Hackney with a rich history. Her work explores […]

It’s always interesting to see what’s on in the Artist Rooms when visiting Tate Modern; this time it was all based around the use of text. I enjoyed these thought-provoking benches by Jenny Holzer using text from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska. Take time to read the inscription before sitting down to reflect upon […]

Endless motion combined with stillness, a suspension of time… this is what Hiroshi Senju’s work says to me. Using an airbrush as his principal tool Senju paints layer upon translucent layer to make waterfalls you can lose yourself in. Sundaram Tagore showed his work recently at 4 Cromwell Place in a serene exhibition. These photos […]

Whenever I’m at Tate Modern I pop into Bankside Gallery next-door. Home to the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) this is very much a selling exhibition space. A recent show was RE Original Prints 2023 where I spotted these two books in a display cabinet, both by Sioban Piercy. They […]