Crowds make me edgy so I avoid them as much as possible. This is an issue when visiting world-famous sights; I endure the hordes but struggle after an hour or so. Imagine my joy then when coming upon this beautiful little museum down an almost deserted side street after the crowded Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden in Nara, […]
Places
The Meddling Fiend by Nicola Turner
It’s the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy where you can see one of the most interesting pieces for free in the Annenberg Courtyard, just off Piccadilly. Sculptor Nicola Turner has created “The Meddling Fiend” after studying works by Joshua Reynolds, the Academy’s first President whose statue stands at the entrance. Made of a range […]
Fathi Hassan: I can see you smiling Fatma at Richard Saltoun Gallery
This was Fathi Hassan‘s first solo show at Richard Saltoun Gallery in London and is dedicated to his mother. Hassan was born in Egypt in 1957 to Nubian and Egyptian parents. The family had been forced to leave their home due to the building of the Aswan Dam in 1952. Now based in Edinburgh, his […]
Sargent & Fashion at Tate Britain
Sargent & Fashion, currently on at Tate Britain, connects the artist’s paintings with some of the garments used in his pictures. If you wanted a portrait in the late 19th – early 20th century in Europe or the USA you really couldn’t go wrong with John Singer Sargent – there was no-one quite like him […]
Richard Serra drawings at David Zwirner.
David Zwirner held this exhibition of six drawings by Richard Serra which I managed to catch just before it closed. “My whole drawing practice is involved with repetition, knowing there’s no possibility of repeating, knowing that it’s going to yield something different every time.” —Richard Serra in Conversations About Sculpture, 2018 Pigment is mashed up with […]
Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican
Purple Hibiscus, a massive textile installation by Ibrahim Mahama covering the entire lakeside facade, is now up at The Barbican in London until the 18th August. The photos below were taken during the installation. Part of the current exhibition Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art , this was created with hundreds of […]