Cripes, we not really sure where to start. So many exhibitions and only 31 days to see them all in – just remember to pack your brolly because looking outside it seems winter is here again. Tomorrow marks the opening of Edvard Munch by Himself …
The argument over whether or not a statue of Nelson Mandela should be erected in the north terrace of Trafalgar Square has now turned into a full blown ‘war of words’. And, wouldn’t you know it, Ken Livingstone is right at the heart of the …
When we read the headline ‘Orgies and battles’ promised at Paul McCarthy’s pirate theme park in today’s G2 we misread the artist’s name as Paul McCartney and immediately re-examined our judgment of the Beatilic one – imagining the ghost of John Lennon made animatronic and …
Two major exhibitions close this weekend, each devoted to a major English artist but from different ages. The Dulwich Picture Gallery has been hosting a survey of the early career of the darling of Catholic middle class England: Graham Sutherland. The blurb reads “Like its …
The National Theatre is bringing the Empire State Building to the South Bank, but reel-for-reel as opposed to brick-for-brick. Every Friday next month the theatre will be showing Andy Warhol’s infamous film Empire, which consists of (and we’re pretty sure you can’t count this as …
There can’t be many people left in the country, never mind London, who haven’t seen the image of painter Alsion Lapper created by sculpture Marc Quinn. Of course the statue takes pride of place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square this week, but what …
We love new bands down here in the Londonist Music dungeon, so far this year we’ve brought you The Sways, The Delta Blues, Eighteenth Day Of May, and Kaibosh, amongst others and there’ll be plenty more to come. But no one loves new bands quite …
What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding? Well pretty much everything if you’re a rock’n’roller. You’d think they had better things to do than slag each other off all the time. Like make records or something. But no. So this week we have Art …
Everyone has fond memories of Hi De Hi. Londonist used to watch, mouth agape, dumbfounded by the idea that anyone would consider enforced jollity and strictly regimented ‘fun’ to be their idea of a good holiday. The best thing about Hi De Hi was how …
We do love you guys. Very much. Not only do you read our purdy li’l ol’ website, engage in gentle banter with us and remind us that we’re not alone out there in this big scary blogiverse thing, but you also occasionally remind us of …
Great article in the Guardian today about a new exhibition at the Tate Modern of Germany’s pre-war era ‘Degenerate Art’. Degenerate to the Nazi Party that is: To many spectators today, this might seem a comparatively gentle modernist work. But try to see its disorder, …
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