Self Portrait with Red Hat by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1938 Forced Journeys is a study of artists in exile in Britain, c.1933-45, largely (though not exclusively) of German and Austrian descent, but with roots from across Europe and the Middle East. They are artists who …
And we were first up. Well, almost. One over-keen journalist stormed up the 311 steps faster than you could say ‘world’s tallest freestanding column’, leaving us to a huffing, puffing second place. We didn’t get a silver medal, but did acquire a certificate of stair-climbing …
Peter Blake: the multi-talented Godfather of Pop Art. Multi-textured, multi-coloured, multi-layered pieces, usually with a multi-something price tag. He is perhaps responsible for setting off a whole generation of bad collages, but we forgive him. His bright and breezy take on modern life may often …
German boy-girl graffiti team, Herakut, are back in London with a new show, titled Dirty Laundry and running until the 7th of December. That’s not a lot of time to examine their stains – so we advise getting over the 22 Wellington Street (WC2E 7DD) …
LIFE magazine and Google Images have teamed up to make millions of archive images available to the public for the first time. Within this stupendous resource are hidden thousands of pictures of a vanished London. We say ‘hidden’ because searching for ‘London’ yields no results. …
Or, Dear Martin Creed: I didn’t really want to run in your exhibition anyway Been to see the sprinters at the Tate Britain yet? Whatever are you waiting for? Whilst you’ve been working, eating, sleeping, living – they’ve been running running running: some 310 km …
Madonna wowed the crowds at Wembley Stadium on Thursday but criticisms have been levelled at stadium sound problems and transport issues upon leaving the venue. Did you go? Let us know how it was. Photos by Burak Cingi, for use only on Londonist.
Edward T. Meyer is the Vice President of Exhibits and Archives for Ripley Entertainment. He’s worked for the company since 1978, and has personally acquired more than 20,000 exhibits. He took some time to answer a few of Londonist’s questions about the new London location …
Are you getting that tight throated feeling? Is your wallet feeling lighter? Are you panicking because there simply isn’t enough time left. Well have no fear ladies and gents Harrods have come to the rescue! Last week the department store opened their Christmas department a …
A mixture of sunshine and rain helped this weekend’s Innocent Village Fete go off with a smile in Regent’s Park. A mixture of music, welly wanging and human smoothies, this was how you enjoyed it. Photos used under creative comments license from the flickr streams …
Dust down your auntie’s teapots, South Londoners, you could be sitting on a fortune! And you can find out for sure tomorrow when the Antiques Roadshow sets up store for the day at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The Picture Gallery are clearly expecting a horde of …
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