At the weekend, we gave you a heads up about furore over a controversial frieze commissioned by London and Continental Railways to adorn the base of the gargantuan “Meeting Place” statue, upstairs at St Pancras International. Designs unveiled at the station on Friday and much …
Hoxton Square was taken over last week by an alien species. Not by crowds of patent-heeled, artfully styled students and designers – though they were there too, in record numbers – but by the weird and fantastic creations of the Kinetica Museum’s artists. Held in …
Who would have thought that fish embryos could be so hypnotic? Under the microscope, they tumble and turn like marbles, executing the occasional piscine wriggle at camera. These dainty roe are zebrafish, whose unusual transparency is a boon for medical research. Scientists intensely breed the …
Boris wants boxing lessons and Latin, Lily wants a benefit gig. We’ve pretty much got to the point where anything and everything’s worth a try as far as convincing kids not to carry knives and guns goes. However, chocolate sculptures strike us as one of …
Sell your house right now and buy some art: that’s Londonist’s advice for beating the credit crunch. At least, that’s the only conclusion to draw on hearing that Christie’s have had a second record-breaking art sale inside of a week. This one saw a new …
Archiving is so important these days. Here’s our vision of the ideal place to display former Fourth Plinth occupants. ‘Old Stumpy’ next to Blackfriars Bridge provides twelve storage pedestals for the growing collection of erstwhile Trafalgar Square plinthians. And how about employing Battersea Power Station’s …
The five leading designs for an Angel of the South have been revealed. The winner will be built in Ebbsfleet, Kent in 2010, as the South’s answer to Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North. Top left: Turner Prize winner Richard Deacon offers a skeletal tower …
Yes, this is one of those “last chance to see” posts. This time, (you’ll just have to imagine the drum roll) it’s the Henry Moore exhibition in Kew. But it really does warrant the attention. You are not going to see such a fine range …
The Royal British Society of Sculptors? No, we hadn’t heard of its existence either. Well, if there exists a Royal Society of Holographers, there must be a Royal Society for this slightly more ancient artistic medium. With its headquarters tucked away in on Old Brompton …
This is the final month of the Moore at Kew exhibition, the kind of attraction that “Don’t Miss” columns were invented for. 28 monumental sculptors by Henry Moore are scattered throughout the grounds. Our very own Tiki Chris has recorded them in this video, with …
The London Art Fair opened to the public today in Islington. It’s a massive art trade fair with modern and contemporary art to buy. There were many smart, be-scarved or brightly tie-d artsy types manning stalls looking bored or eating sandwiches and lots and lots …
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