Category: Visual Art
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PREVIEW: Avigdor Arikha @Marlborough Fine art and Kara Walker @Victoria Miro
Avigdor Arikha: Paintings and Works on Paper – Marlborough Fine Art: this latest exhibition at the Marlborough Fine Art Gallery in London will look closely at Avigdor Arikha’s oil paintings and works on paper. The works selected for display date from the start of his return to figuration in the mid 1960’s to the last years […]
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PREVIEW: The EY Exhibition: The World Goes Pop @Tate Modern
The latest exhibition that will be opening at Tate Modern on the 17th September is dedicated to the world of pop art. For this display of work, Tate Modern will be telling the global story of pop art and revealing a very different side to the cultural phenomenon that will surprise and delight visitors. Heading […]
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Tate Encourages Online Audiences to Decipher Handwriting of British Artists
The Tate is inviting audiences to help understand the writing in artists’ letters, diaries and sketchbooks it has been announced. Anyone who visits https://anno.tate.org.uk can be the first person to discover stories and secrets behind great British artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Francis Bacon and Walter Sickert by using Tate and Zooniverse’s new transcription tool. Anno Tate […]
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Things coming up in September…
As we slowly but surely come to the end of August it is time to start thinking about what is coming up in London in September. Things are gradually beginning to pick up again so here are a few suggestions of what to look out for: 1. Designers in Residence 2015, Design Museum: this annual programme […]
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Victoria and Albert Museum Announces Botticelli Reimagined Exhibition
The Victoria and Albert Museum have today announced a major exhibition exploring the ways in which artists have responded to the legacy of Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Taking place at the museum from the 5th March to the 3rd July 2016, Botticelli Reimagined will bring together 150 works from all around the world. Recognised as one of […]
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British Museum Announces New Egypt Exhibition
The British Museum has today announced a brand new exhibition that will look at the history of post-pharaonic Egypt. This will be the first international exhibition that will examine 1,200 years worth of Egyptian history, revealing the transition from a majority of Christian population to Muslim as well as communities of Jews also thriving. Titled […]
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PREVIEW: Night Shift – London After Dark Exhibition @London Transport Museum
The London Transport Museum will be taking a look at London after the sun goes down in a brand new exhibition arriving at the museum from the 11th September to the 10th April 2016. This latest exhibition will focus on the nocturnal lives that Londoners lead and the transport that has been helping them get […]
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Preview: Jean-Etienne Liotard @Royal Academy of Arts
The latest exhibition to be announced at the Royal Academy of Arts will bring focus onto the work of Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard from the 24th October. Liotard gained international recognition as one of the most highly accomplished portrait artists of the 18th century Enlightenment Europe and this brand new display of his work will […]
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PREVIEW – White: a Project by Edmund de Waal at the Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts has announced that White, a project by Edmund de Waal will open to the public from next month. This latest project from the artist and writer is a very personal journey and exploration of the colour white. It will reveal de Waal’s ongoing fascination with the colour and how it […]
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What to See and Do in London: 1st August 2015
It has been a while since I have last done a post on this so here are just a few things to go and see in London at the moment. 1. The Mentalists, Wyndham’s Theatre – Ok so the fact that this closing a month earlier than planned isn’t a great sign, this is still worth […]