The inaugural exhibition in the new Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries at the Royal Academy is LANDSCAPE, one of the three concurrent London exhibitions by Tacita Dean. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but was really impressed by the scale and sensitivity of the work shown. Zooming in and out is an essential part of the experience (I […]
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Raw Materials at the Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts.
East London has a rich and varied textile history for manufacturing and innovation which this exhibition, at The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, examines. The invention of the first synthetic dye, mauveine, by William Perkin took place at his family home in Shadwell and brought the colour purple to the masses and wood block printing by R.E. Littler […]
Art wherever you look in King’s Place
I sometimes feel envious of the workers at King’s Place as they are surrounded by a constantly changing display of art by artists represented by Pangolin Gallery, housed in the same building. I came across this selection of work when I popped in the other evening between two private views. William Tucker’s charcoal drawings from the human […]
Artists at the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead
There’s always a lot to see at The Affordable Art Fair; as I’d missed the Battersea one earlier this year due to pressure of deadlines I made sure I got to the Hampstead show. Four Walls Gallery from Brighton is always worth visiting; Sam Lock’s paintings always make my heart sing. Iona House Gallery presented Claire Burke’s […]
A couple of the artists showing at Roy’s People Art Fair
My participation in the second Roy’s People Art Fair, which took place at The Bargehouse, OXO Tower in London, is the last (for a few weeks at least) of a blur of constant creative and commercial activity this year. Robert Robinson is popular on the art fair circuit exhibiting his books and cut-outs, with subjects […]
Breathe: A Green Lung – installation at the Barbican
There is always more to see than anticipated when visiting the Barbican and this was exactly the case whilst on my way from Yto Barrada’s Agadir in The Curve to Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins in the gallery. I came across this small installation tucked into a corner called Breathe: A Green Lung, […]