Shows & Exhibitions

Pop Art? Uncanny Art? Readymades? – all this and more at the Unity Exhibition, Candid Gallery, Islington
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: aesthetics, Andy Warhol, Angel, Art, art in London, artist, Candid Arts, Candid Gallery, Eddie Saint-Jean, Exhibition, Galleries reopen, Islington, London arts, Marcel Duchamp, May 17, Pop Art, Readymades, Sigmund Freud, The Uncanny, Unity Exhibition, UnReadyMades

East London artist Eddie Saint-Jean works in moving image and photography and up until now most of his art has had underlying cinematic cultural references. But now in a slight departure from that style he has produced a new body of work which he describes as Un-ReadyMades. Eddie Saint-Jean with his photographic work ‘We’re All […]
Brexit and the pandemic will not stop artist Denise Wyllie’s international connections
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: artist, Brexit, Denise Wylie, Fete D'Estampe, International art, landscapes, lockdown, painting, printmaking

With Brexit hindering artist travel to Europe and lockdown affecting countries further afield, artist Denise Wyllie reflects on her paused international connections. We discuss the importance of such influences in her work. International artist Denise Wyllie is amongst the many UK artists bound by the restrictions of the pandemic but looks forward to revisiting the […]
The Clooneys Call On British Museum To Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Acropolis, Amal Clooney, Ancient Greece, artifacts, Brexit, British Museum, Culture, George Clooney, George Osbourne, Greek, History, John Keats, Lord Byron, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, Parthenon Marbles, relics, stolen artefacts, The Elgin Marbles

The Parthenon Marbles, the Clooney’s and a poetical perspective from Keats and Byron THE PARTHENON MARBLES became front-page news back in 2014 when Greece appointed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, to argue their return from Britain to their homeland of Greece. The argument was raised again in 2018 […]
Artist Denise Wyllie’s English Gardens From Russia With Love
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, artist, Denise Wyllie, English Gardens, Karelia, landscapes, painter, printmaker, Russia

London-based painter and printmaker Denise Wyllie returns to Russia with a September exhibition in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia which brings the English Garden back to the republic. She will reconnect with the art community she first met almost three decades ago as the first non-Russian woman artist to have a show in this region in the […]
London Bridge Closed in March But it’s Still a Cultural Hot Spot! [VIDEO]
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Events & Festivals, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Places, Shows & Exhibitions, Travel & Leisure, Videos Tags: Borough, London Bridge, riverside London, Southwark, The Thames

LONDON BRIDGE will be closed from March 16 to October 2020 while City of London road maintenance is carried out. Only cyclists, buses and taxis will be allowed to use the bridge. However, the main attractions around London Bridge are not going away! Check out our video below for tips on the best of riverside […]
LONDON FASHION WEEK Round Up
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Events & Festivals, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: British Fashion Council, eco-fashion, Edit Man London, Fashion Our Future, India Day, Indian Fashion, LFW2020, London Fashion Week, Maddox Club, McCrow, One Less Gun, Sustainable fashion

London Fashion Week 2020 had an ethical underscore, with concerns about the environment, fair wages, supply chain transparency and global gun use highlighted. Streetwear company Edit Man London partnered up with anti-gun organisation One Less Gun to raise awareness about weapons of street crime and war. It was founded by artist McCrow who uses guns […]
London Fashion Week!
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Photos, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: British Fashion Council, catwalk, designers, LFW, LFW2020, London Fashion Week, models, Somerset House, style

There was a definite focus on sustainability this year, with all the event branding emphasising ethical practices. The British Fashion Council hub on the Strand at the vast Store X was the place to be to catch the best of upcoming designers and fashion graduates. But we were spoilt for choice for showcases, presentations, catwalks, […]
Will the Festival of Brexit Divide the Nation or Succeed As a Unifying Showcase?
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions, Technology Tags: Brexit Festival of Britain, Festival of Britain, Great Exhibition 1851, South Bank

South Bank’s 1951 Festival of Britain may be the blueprint for a 2022 Festival of Britain and Northern Ireland Britain’s past Great Exhibitions were held as landmark events to showcase the nation’s arts and technology. The post-Brexit Festival of Britain and Northern Ireland planned for 2022 will be inevitably tied to the contentious EU referendum […]
Denise Wyllie: English Collection Exhibition in Russia
Posted in: Concerts & Gigs, Events & Festivals, Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions, Travel & Leisure Tags: artist, Denise Wyllie, Exhibition, Karelia, Laura Van der Heijden, printmaker, prints, Russia

North London-based artist Denise Wyllie approached her forthcoming exhibition in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia in a quintessentially English way to mark her return to the former Soviet state she first visited just after the fall of communism. The show will feature her rose prints inspired by visits to the David Austin Rose Gardens, Shropshire and be […]
Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece (Exhibition)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Art, Exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Experience a Masterpiece

It’s a remarkable legacy to have completed only 15 paintings (known to be in existence) yet still be recognised as one of the greatest artists in history. This extraordinary polymath has produced work that survives today as undoubted cultural icons and his early working life in Milan provided the apprenticeship for much of these works […]

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Pop Art? Uncanny Art? Readymades? – all this and more at the Unity Exhibition, Candid Gallery, Islington

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The Clooneys Call On British Museum To Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece

Artist Denise Wyllie’s English Gardens From Russia With Love

London Bridge Closed in March But it’s Still a Cultural Hot Spot! [VIDEO]

LONDON FASHION WEEK Round Up

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