Yes, that headline is a tad confusing but bear with us. Bristol comes to Islington for the weekend as The Library on Upper Street – that’s the bar, not the civic provision – hosts a pop up gallery curated by Bristol’s Crazy Fools. Featuring an …
The annual spook-fest of Halloween is looming and there is, as ever, a pressure to be doing something for the occasion, if only to avoid children knocking on your door for treats (and the alternative ‘tricks’ they may be offering are even less desirable…). To …
Tonight saw the opening of Robert Mapplethorpe’s A Season in Hell at Fitzrovia’s Alison Jacques Gallery. On hand for the event was rocker Patti Smith (along with several hundred of her and Mapplethorpe’s fans – private view? Yeah right!). Overwhelmed by the crowds inside and …
20-21 Hoxton Square by DOS Architects After a long planning process, Hackney borough has given the nod to a new gallery on Hoxton Square, an area renowned for its lack of artistic space. The proposed unit has three levels of apartments, with the gallery located …
Photograph of Tereza Bušková by Chris Osburn A Tradition I do not Mean to Break is an exhibition you should not mean to skip. Featuring new moving image works by David Blandy, Tereza Bušková and Henry Coombes, the exhibition explores cultural subjects near and dear …
Wanna carry around a picture of a nude lady without accusations of perversion? Or are you more sophisticated than us, and crave knowledge about your favourite masterpieces while on the move? Either way, the National Gallery’s new mobile application ‘Love Art’ is worth downloading. At …
You’d have to have been working in the deepest basement office to miss the violent hail storm that hit the capital around 6.30pm yesterday. Rail services between London and Norwich were severely disrupted following lightening strikes. In London, meanwhile, many local rivers were on flood …
Economic meltdown? Huh? Where? That topical monster certainly wasn’t rearing its ugly head at last night’s opening of the new flagship Lazarides gallery at 11 Rathbone Place. For those familiar with the old Lazarides on Greek Street, image the same edgy calibre of streetwise contemporary …
Big time Californian pop artist Jeff Soto’s first solo UK exhibition, Inland Empire, was rolled out last night at Stolenspace gallery. The show, which runs until the 7th of June, features more than twenty new paintings on wood panel and paper, as well as large-scale …
William Blake (1757-1827) was hardly appreciated in his own time. In fact, in 1809 he had to finance his only exhibition at his brother’s hosiery shop in Golden Square. The hanging’s only review describes Blake as having ‘a distempered brain’, labeling him ‘an unfortunate idiot’. …
Despite royally and deservedly dissing flash mobs a mere three days ago, even the most cynical of Londonist’s hearts had to be warmed this weekend by a ‘gathering’ of people outside the Tate Modern yesterday in remembrance of Tony Hart. Armed with plasticine, the outcome …
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