Given the grim winter weather this week I thought I’d share these festive images. OK, so Christmas is over but the festive decorations at Le Printemps department store in Paris were so charming that they merit being seen even after the event. Come on, who wouldn’t smile at the idea of meerkats in space? The […]
Cheerful decorations for a dull winter’s day
Rachel Whiteread at Tate Britain
I’ve long been an admirer of Rachel Whiteread’s work which can be seen at Tate Britain for another couple of weeks. Best known for her large scale sculpture projects, one of my favourites includes this one, Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995, laid out in the Duveen Galleries I almost expect to see the elements vibrate with the […]
Marlborough House, London
Another discovery for me during Open House was Marlborough House on Pall Mall. Well I say on but pedestrians actually go through a little gateway and down an alley before coming to this splendid entrance below. No photography was permitted inside as it is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the […]
Natural Selection exhibition by Artangel
Artist Andy Holden and his father Peter Holden share a fascination with birds. Peter is a bird expert, running the RSPB’s Young Ornithologists’ Club amongst other activities. Father and son worked on Natural Selection, an exhibition staged by Artangel which was a combination of education and art. There was much more to it than this […]
Olafur Eliasson room at the Monochrome exhibition, National Gallery
Olafur Eliasson shows us in the last part of Monochrome, Painting in Black & White at the National Gallery, that monochrome doesn’t automatically mean only black & white. After a fascinating exhibition of more traditional interpretations, including some staggeringly convincing trompe l’oeil painting, you walk into a bright yellow room and everything becomes tones of that […]
Everything at Once exhibition at 180 Strand , London
The Lisson Gallery & The Vinyl Factory held Everything at Once at Store Studios recently to mark its anniversary with this exhibition. Of the 24 artists included I’ll mention 2: Richard Long with Pelopennese Line, a temporary mural made directly on the wall.Al Arabia Al Madfuna III by Wael Shawky had me transfixed; here are a […]