ON THIS DAY Oct 16 in 1793 Marie Antoinette was beheaded not too far from the specially-built palatial, fairy tale village of Petit Hameau, Versailles where she once fancy dressed as a peasant while real peasants in nearby villages starved. Not too long after telling these peasants who didn’t have any bread to go and […]
MAKE_SHIFT is a group exhibition at the Collyer Bristow Gallery so titled, according to curator Rosalind Davis, because the artists create by ‘making, shifting and utilizing the provisional or rudimentary materials to construct their work.’ Across the broad area of mediums and techniques there is a focus on the mechanized. Make_Shift, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London […]
The Saatchi Gallery has been at the vanguard of cometlike young experimental upstarts since the Young British Artists (YBAs) of the Nineties and is inextricably linked to the genesis of art superstars such as Hirst and Emin. Well circa 2017 and it’s a trend that continues with these thirteen artists who claim to be iconoclasts […]
The ninth London Restaurant Festival presents the best of the capital’s cuisine, and reflecting the tastes and population of the city much of it has an international flavour. Ping Pong Restaurant, Southbank is a must-visit for lovers of Chinese food who may relish their offer of seven dishes by the riverside for £20. Well not […]
Red-haired, bearded writer/director Hugh Welchman is a bit of a Van Gogh lookalike himself, well his efforts to produce the world’s first fully hand-painted feature film culminated in a UK premiere at the National Gallery on Oct 9 that also had people at 170 other cinemas across the country holding out for the much-promoted live […]
WHAT’S HOT LONDON? Magazine are always seeking out the hottest most happening events in the capital and the aptly named Hot Since 91 event planners have organised a 90s karaoke night that rejects the private karaoke booth shut-ins that have become the norm and instead turned things up a notch wilder. Everyone attending has to […]
THIS THROWBACK sweet shop in Spitalfields celebrates the confectionery sellers of yesteryear where you could pop in with your loose change and buy quarters of rhubarb and custard sweets, bon bons, gobstoppers, mints or menthol candy – and it exists today. And all the shelves are taken up by jars of this candy and nothing […]
HAILED as the world’s biggest cocktail festival, London Cocktail Week runs from Oct 2 – 8 and at its epicentre lies the Cocktail Village in Old Spitalfields Market with cocktail pop ups of established home brands and smaller international names such as Australian Gin distillery Four Pillars. Established since 2013, Four Pillars has teamed up […]
What’s Hot London? Magazine going one step further and getting reviewers on the ground at the happening previews, private views and openings on Tuesday, September 3rd. Not simply visit info, dates and times of exhibitions but our writers mingling with artists and curators on the night and discussing their sources of creative inspiration. Check out […]
New Scientist Live at the ExCel Centre over the weekend featured exhibitors, talks, presentations and demonstrations in all areas of science, technology and medicine. Even Star Wars had its own easily spotted presentation area where you could learn all about the real-life technology behind Luke Skywalker’s robotic arm and the actual robots used in the […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
