Most of my journeys through the City of London are by bike so I’d missed this low-level sculpture outside the prestigious Bloomberg Building, installed in 2017. Forgotten Streams by Cristina Iglesias reminds us of the rivers of London, most of which are now hidden underground. It marks the Walbrook river which flowed on this site. […]
Places
Sculpture in the City
My former studio-mate, Amanda Lwin, is one of the artists in this year’s Sculpture in the City and led a tour for Nocturnal Creatures, the arts festival organised by Whitechapel Gallery so here are a few pictures of her work with some of the others we saw. Her piece, A Worldwide Web of Somewheres is in […]
East Wall – Storm The Tower, directed by Hofesh Schechter
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 […]
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 […]
A couple of Amin Taha Architects’ buildings in North London
It’s exciting that 15 Clerkenwell Close by Amin Taha Architects , will be open for this year’s Open House London Weekend. It’s built on the site of an 11th century Norman Abbey which stood here till the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century and now houses the architect’s office as well as flats and […]
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) […]