London art exhibitions, fairs, galleries and artists
If a long crawl around the many art fairs open this weekend sounds like too much work, then you might be interested in the various theatrical things going on that don’t require a great deal more effort from you than to turn up, take your …
The weekend’s Crawl falls into two areas: Art Fairs or Theatre. You can do one or the other… or put on some comfortable shoes and your most inscrutable “yes, I am urbane and sophisticated” face and pack in as much of both as you can. …
Site specific art and performances are all the rage at the moment. July last year saw London shaken up by the joyful prospect of irrevocable change because of the Olympics, then was rudely shaken again by the terrible prospect of irrevocable change because of homegrown …
So Tate Modern gets turned into a minimalist, brushed steel, grown-ups adventure playground and meanwhile, in Battersea, another London power station has a makeover… Like the bottle of olive oil in an Italy-shaped novelty glass bottle that has been in the kitchen cupboard since that …
Slides! Bloody huge, towering, twisty-turny slides! In sexy glass and steel so pretentious types who only allow themselves to have fun in the guise of “art” and “post-modern ironic comment on the politics of the playground” can have a go! The latest in the Unilever …
German. Art. Controversial. Diana. London. Do you know how long we’ve been waiting for an article to come along that contains all of those words? And, finally, today our prayers have been answered: An art show based on a controversial German stage work about the …
A breakfast time inspired Photo of the Day from robonline. American readers are still trying to get their heads around the idea of beans on toast and here we are creating art with Toast on Pavement. Be sure to check out the original (2592 x …
Sincerest apologies, dear readers. The author of this column (Column? Post?) has had a particularly trying week, what with almost getting fired from his high-pressure media sales job and also being asked to vacate the sofa near Highbury Corner he had been staying on since …
Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read “House of Leaves” and
It’s surprising how much Londonist skin ends up covered in ink – and we’re not just talking about the days that M@ leaves his pocket protector at home and has a Bic explosion. We quite like having needles shoved into us (just not in the …
It’s a bit of a mixed bag this week, to match the weather and the annual wardrobe meltdown that we are facing as we try to cover all potential weather situations. It’s been a bit of a scramble to bring the Culture Crawl indoors after …
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