Ahoy there landlubbers! Set sail for the National Maritime Museum where the latest free exhibition features some of the most elegant and fascinating toy boats to have ever ventured forth across the mighty duck pond. This nostalgic collection of traditional …
Read more...French architect Jean Nouvel will design the 10th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, it was announced yesterday. Each year, a different architect is commissioned to produce the temporary structure in Kensington Gardens. Nouvel has designed more than 200 buildings across the world, but as the …
Read more...Cross-dressing actors and naked performers come to Kensington this week, all in the name of art. The characters will appear at the Royal College of Art‘s new Gender & Performance exhibition, which explores issues around gender. Artist Franko B, perhaps …
Read more...London’s expecting heavy snow tonight. While we wait for the white stuff to arrive, here’s a picture of what London could look like in the future, if temperatures drop and the River Thames freezes over. The picture is one of a collection of …
Read more...Last night I went to a warehouse party with a difference. A group of 25 artists have taken over an industrial unit on the International Trading Estate in Southall, and I was lucky enough to be invited to their private view. …
Read more...This month, art is bursting out of London’s galleries and onto the streets. Top street artists have produced outdoor billboards, murals and sculptures as part of Lazarides‘ new show, Grifters. You can see their work at Great Western Studios, Shoreditch House, Paul Smith’s offices …
Read more...Who Am I? It’s a question fundamental to our existence, and one that the Science Museum has been exploring for the last ten years in its Who Am I? gallery. In that time, there have been significant advances in genetics …
Read more...I’ve got a confession to make, after nearly three years in London, I’d never been to the British Library until last Friday. I picked a good night to initiate myself though, as it was Late at the Library’s Victorian Values …
Read more...Yesterday, a Ghost Forest arrived in Trafalgar Square, in the form of several gigantic, root-covered tree stumps. The vision of artist Angela Palmer, the installation carries a serious message about deforestation and climate change. The tree stumps have all been transported to London from …
Read more...The winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize was announced last night. Paul Floyd Blake took the top prize for his portrait of 13-year-old swimmer Rosie Bancroft, who hopes to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games. Blake says, “She …
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