Quantum Cloud, a sculpture by Anthony Gormley inspired by quantum physics, was resplendent in the winter sun when we walked past it over the Christmas break. His ever-present human form is just discernible within the buzzing mass of lines. I was really surprised to learn that this piece is taller at 30 metres than the Angel of […]
Places
Art on London’s streets
Just a quickie today of two installations from my photo archive. This interactive piece on Columbia Road was seen over the summer. I twizzled the sections around a bit before taking these pictures. It’s the first one of this type that I’ve noticed so please let me know if you’ve discovered others. This was seen […]
Anselm Kiefer’s outdoor vitrines at the Royal Academy
Acres of text have been written about this show which I strongly recommend if you can get to see it. For this post however, I wanted to share some atmospheric shots of the external vitrines in the Royal Academy courtyard as I believe Anselm Kiefer would be happy to see them like this.
Artists at Wimbledon Art Studios
They may be at the other end of London to me but I have more of a connection with Wimbledon Art Studios than some more local studio groups, so here are a few images of work seen during their recent Open Studios. Paintings below by Henrietta Stuart, first met when we both exhibited at the […]
The poppies at the Tower of London
Now that the 11th November has passed and the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation by ceramic artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London is taken down, I looked back to my visit at the beginning of the project when the vomiting of blood red poppies was mainly from one of the windows. They […]
Late works by Rembrandt at the National Gallery, London
I don’t tend to write about blockbuster exhibitions as there is already so much press about them but I have found this one, Rembrandt: the late works deeply moving. On at the National Gallery till 18th January 2015, it is small in size so I was shocked to feel quite so overwhelmed on my first […]