Daily motivation is something I’ve struggled to find while staying so close to home for so many months, away from friends and colleagues, without the stimulation of new sights, sounds and smells, so I’ve set myself some goals to try to help with staying motivated – and one of them is to walk 100km this month. Art is also one of the things I miss the most with lockdowns, so walking 4 hours round trip in the freezing cold for this opportunity was a no brainer. Continue reading
To commemorate Saatchi Gallery’s thirtieth birthday, Charles Saatchi is hosting his first all-female exhibition, Champagne Life, which brings together fourteen emerging female artists from around the world. I visited the other week with my friend Carmen, and here are some of the pieces that caught my eye… Continue reading
yellowbluepink by Ann Veronica Janssens has been open at the Wellcome Collection in London for months now, but for whatever reason, I’ve only just got around to going! I really loved it, so here’s a picture diary of Jeff & my time exploring the exhibit… Continue reading
Covent Garden put up it’s latest exhibition this week: Heartbeat by French artist Charles Pétillon featuring 100,000 giant white balloons that fill the grand interior of the 19th Century Market Building. It’s Pétillon’s first live work outside of France, and also his fist public art installation. Continue reading
Last weekend Jeff and I swung by Dalston House, an interactive piece of art by Leandro Erlich, commissioned by the Barbican. The detailed facade of a Victorian terraced house is constructed flat on the ground, with mirrors positioned overhead to give the appearance that people are climbing or falling from the house. Continue reading
Part 2 of Digital Sizzle 6 was a brilliant marriage of art and tech. Last night, Whitechapel Gallery hosted the results of the Digital Sizzle hackathon earlier this month, where techies and artists came together to create. And the results were fascinating. With an impressive display of technological understanding and artistic flare, these collaborations are truly brilliant and … Continue reading
“Invisible art flouts our expectations and might even make us wonder if we are being sold the emperor’s new clothes… At the end of the day it is a type of conversation between artist and audience that can only ever be fully realised in our imaginations” – Invisible at the Hayward Gallery Invisible at the Hayward … Continue reading
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