In some ways, it is the last room of this exhibition which is the most important. Coming after a selection from 20 years of Eliasson’s art installations, here in the Expanded Studio is an A to Z of his wider interests including climate change, immigration and architectural projects to make the world a better place, […]
While there were raves in the 5o’s and 60′s, they fell out of fashion and, in retrospect, were pretty tame affairs compared to the new waves of popular raves in the 80′s and 90′s, fuelled by electronic music and the acid house scene. SWEET HARMONY: RAVE | TODAY at the Saatchi Gallery celebrates the people, […]
The Brenta Canal connecting Venice and Padua was built along the line of the River Brenta. Here the rich Venetians built their country villas, the grandest being the Villa Pisani, an immense baroque palace built in the 18th century for Alvise Pisani, who was appointed Doge in 1735. Designed mainly by Francesco Maria Preti, the […]
The 2019 Mille Miglia took place over three days in May from 15th to 18th, continuing a race that has run from 1927 and is celebrated in ‘The Legends of Italy: 1000 Miglia and Scuderia Ferrari’ at the Palazzi Callas in Sirmione. Mille miglia means, of course, one thousand miles, making you think of racing […]
Separated by only a decade, Luchita Hurtado being born in Venezuela in 1920 and Faith Ringgold in New York in 1930, these two artists have arrived at the Serpentine Gallery this summer. 80 years of work in the first London exhibition by Luchita Hurtado fills the Serpentine Sackler, exploring how her work has developed over […]
Goodbye the single portrait; Hello to the double, with figures intertwined sometimes in sensual ways. Francis Bacon is here at the Gargosian with their third exhibition of his work, this time focused on double figures, sometimes on a couch, sometimes with a monkey, sometimes on the grass, sometimes working in a field, occasionally lying together […]
It’s the detail that is astonishing. You can stand and look at Naqsh Collective’s ‘Akka Artwork’ for an immense amount of time, and you will not become tired as you see more and more fascinating detail. It is as if the Collective has tried to describe an imaginary modern Arabic city, from the layout of […]
The old Chapel built between 1867 and 1871, with its grand Corinthian portico facing onto the street, once a thriving place of worship for the Methodist community in north London, briefly had a life as a drama school from 1963 to 2004 before being vacated and falling into disrepair. Today it is the thriving […]
Two different exhibitions with themes of the experiences for immigrants to move to a strange country, what it is like living in Britain today, how have they moulded into, and been influenced by, their communities and the cultural and creative contribution they have made to this nation. Over 100 interdisciplinary artists in ‘Get Up, Stand […]
The art of illustration is alive and well as it balances traditional skills with digital animation in the 21st century. One of the overall winners in the World Illustration Awards 2019, on show at Somerset House along with the shortlisted finalists in the different categories is Anna Mill’s highly detailed drawings for the book ‘Square […]
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