I know it’s a sign of climate change – I’ve even stopped checking my weather app – but I do love it when you can plan an evening out and know it’ll be warm and dry. This was the case for East Wall at the Tower of London, part of LIFT festival. A collaboration between […]
Artists
Mark-making workshop by Modern Eccentrics at Cass Art
Ever keen to learn new skills I signed up recently for a workshop run by Ross and Jonny of ModernEccentrics at Cass Art where we learned about making our own brushes and ink. Here are some of Ross’s beautiful brushes – these are not actually intended for use. and the trolley selection of materials to make […]
Ilhwa Kim at The House of Fine Art
A new art gallery has recently opened in the West End of London, The House of Fine Art (or HOFA for short). I went along there recently and saw these works by Ilhwa Kim. Each little piece of mulberry paper is hand dyed and rolled up into a “seed”. some contain messages (never to be read) […]
The Florence Trust’s 2018 summer show
As it says on its website, The Florence Trust provides a dynamic mentoring programme and studio residency in London for twelve international artists each year. Each residency programme lasts for 12 months and is a real lifeline for artists to develop their practice in London. I went along to the summer exhibition private view in […]
Events from Block Universe
I hadn’t come across Block Universe, London’s leading international performance art festival, before but, after hearing about it through word of mouth, attended a couple of events – see photos below and links for more info. “You would almost expect to find it warm”, by Laura Wilson, took place at the British Museum in connection with […]
Shape of Light at Tate Modern
I often enjoy going to exhibitions unprepared as that can give me a cleaner sensory experience than having read reviews; such was the case for The Shape of Light at Tate Modern. There is something about Minimalism that resonates deeply and here are some of the pieces that stood out for me: part of Alison Rossiter’s expired photography […]