London art exhibitions, fairs, galleries and artists
Werewolves aren’t generally assumed to be artistic but it seems that London-based lycanthropes are blessed with creative streaks. Not only are they artistic but they are a friendly and helpful group who come to one another’s rescue when artistic blockage occurs. There are eight artists …
Having appeared as the Velvet Underground in I Shot Andy Warhol as well as frequently contributing to indie film soundtracks, Yo La Tengo is no stranger to the dark of the cinema aisles. The contrast between spacious noise drone and gentle melodies that dominates their …
Area 10 Project Space is an artistic Never Never Land, hidden in wasteland in Peckham, overlooking the now-filled-in canal and overshadowed by the award-winning, (albeit strangely short of books) library. To step through its doors is to enter another world, where aerial perfomers tumble and …
They’re here! It’s taken 2 years of planning, 46 crates, 2 days on the road from Xian to Beijing, 4 inter-continental air freight batches and a lot of extremely careful unpacking to bring 120 marvellous objects, including 12 warriors, other life-sized figures and even 2 …
If you’ve just landed a last minute date for tomorrow and were wondering where to take them to impress them with your urbanity, sensitivity, culture, quirkiness and cool then we’ve got something for you. Wilton’s Music Hall (old, delapidated, threatened Victorian icon) is hosting Schoenberg’s …
In the UK, Joe Rogan is probably best known for playing Joe Garrelli in the sitcom NewsRadio, as a presenter on the American reality show Fear Factor, and as a commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. What us Londoners may not be aware of is …
If you’ve spent any amount of time at all in East London, then you’re no doubt familiar with graffiti artist Tek33’s chunky, spray painted pitchforks. Asked what motivates the artist to “throw-up”, he explains that he does it for the buzz, that he has a …
First it was skulls, now it’s nude paintings. A painting that Francis Bacon gave to The Royal College of Art in return for rent, is soon to be auctioned at Christie’s. It’s expected to fetch more than £9 million. Wowser. Study from the Human Body …
For most of you, it was pay day this weekend. Wahey! This also means if you’re like us, you’ve spent all your cash in the pub and will now be eating beans on toast all week. Which after going to The Edinboro Castle and having …
We all know we should walk more. And we all know that gyms are dull and boring. So here’s an event that means you can walk about and get fit as well as getting to see as much art as your little peepers can handle. …
After seven years of speculation and debate, London today finally unveiled its tribute to Nelson Mandela. The 9’ high, 1 tonne statue was unveiled by the man himself in the presence of an impressive cast of London’s ‘great and good’, including Gordon Brown, David Cameron, …
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