It’s been on the London map for 340 years, but the Chelsea Physic Garden still remains a sanctuary from the city that surrounds it.
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13 Jun
2012
2012
London Pleasure Gardens Take Shape
When Victorian Londoners craved some cultural stimulation and a little mischief, they could head to the city’s opulent pleasure gardens to find it. Those long-faded entertainment destinations are about to be resurrected, with the launch of London Pleasure Gardens on …
Read more...13 Mar
2012
2012
Video: Transforming the Dutch Galleries at the Wallace Collection
There’s just one week to go until the newly restored Dutch Galleries at the beautiful Wallace Collection are opened to the public. This fantastic video give a taster of the amount of work involved in getting the galleries ready for 20 March. …
Read more...21 Feb
2012
2012
Video: Fourth Plinth: Behind the Scenes with Elmgreen & Dragset at AB Fine Art Foundry
The Fourth Plinth on Trafalgar Square is welcoming a new piece of art on Thursday this week. Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle is moving, and a new sculpture is taking its place. Powerless Structures Fig 101 is the …
Read more...16 Jan
2012
2012
Mali in London: Abdoulaye Konaté at Rivington Place
Have you walked past this window display at Rivington Place in East London? It was designed by Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté. The 7 metre-wide (23 ft) textile was created especially for the window at Rivington Place. It was inspired by the …
Read more...13 Jan
2012
2012
London Video of the Week: Britain Prepares – The Orbit
This is a great video from the UK Foreign Office’s YouTube channel, all about The Orbit – one of the new attractions being built in London this year. The ArcelorMittal Orbit, to give it its full name, will be a …
Read more...27 Sep
2011
2011
Degas and the Ballet at the Royal Academy of Arts
For anyone who grew up wanting to be a ballet dancer, there is a stunning exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts that will bring those childhood dreams alive: Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. The extensive collection features more than …
Read more...22 Aug
2011
2011
The Candlelit Matinee at The Apple Cart
Artist Sarah Bridgland sent us this report from The Apple Cart Festival. A couple of Sundays ago, I led a workshop at The Apple Cart, a new festival in leafy Victoria Park. Blending music and comedy with interactive art, cabaret and …
Read more...5 Aug
2011
2011
Video of the Week: Tate Kids’ Fab Family Film
Here’s a fantastic film from Tate, showing one family’s adventure as they start the day at Tate Britain, then take a trip down the Thames to enjoy all there is to see and do at Tate Modern. Tate even have a …
Read more...24 Jun
2011
2011
Kate Moss Exhibition at The Little Black Gallery
Laura Mannering, freelance journalist and editor of travel blog worldoutthere.net, visits a photography exhibition at The Little Black Gallery: In a rarefied corner of Chelsea, amid immaculate mews houses, purring sports cars and ladies who lunch, stands The Little Black …
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