As we enter 2021 I really wanted to post something optimistic and uplifting. Neon looks at its best in the dark but I was happier cycling on a chilly grey morning to see the exuberant and joyful Tate Britain winter commission by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, open for all to enjoy even while all museums […]
Chila Kumari Singh Burman – the Winter commission at Tate Britain
New prints by Cornelia Parker at Cristea Roberts
Combining deliveries with gallery visits seems to have been a thing recently which I’ve been happy to make the most of. I’m a big fan of Cornelia Parker so this show of new prints at Cristea Roberts was a treat. Using the early photographic technique of calotype first discovered by Henry Fox Talbot she plays […]
The Winter show at St. Saviour’s, London
This is the first time I’ve shown work in real life since March so I’m very excited to be part of this mixed exhibition organised by Modern Eccentrics at St. Saviour’s. Work by 15 artists includes textiles, installation, photography and painting. As ever the photos below give an indication of what’s there and are by […]
Howard Hodgkin at Hazlitt-Holland-Hibbert Gallery
Howard Hodgkin is one of those names that I’ve grown up with yet I think I’ve only ever seen one or two of his paintings together in real life at any one time. So walking past Hazlitt-Holland-Hibbert Gallery after delivering a painting on the eve of the second lock-down offered me the perfect opportunity to […]
Artemisia at the National Gallery
I visited this remarkable exhibition of Artemisia Gentileschi at the National Gallery just after it opened. We went round it twice as couldn’t go back on ourselves for reasons of distancing and I’m aiming to see it again. I’ve focussed here on a couple of paintings including one of Gentileschi’s most famous, the incredible Judith […]
Mary Wollstonecraft at Newington Green
After at least 10 years of efforts, a statue to commemorate the founding feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, has finally been unveiled. I live in the area and saw it the day of the installation, dazzling in the autumn sunlight. At first sight it confused me: the small figure of a naked woman on a roiling […]