North London based artist Marcus Sprigen’s work caught many passing glances at the recent Islington Art and Design Fair. The similarity with the Dutch Master Vermeer in his displayed paintings was on further discussion not coincidental. His art is inspired from a wide-range of movements including Surrealism, Fantasy and elements of the dark psyche of […]
London has transformed throughout the centuries, at a pace that picked up dramatically during industrialisation as it became one of the world’s leading commercial centres. Throughout this period many notable painters, poets and writers tried to capture its essence in stunning works of tribute. However, the Great Artists often showed it as a barely distinguishable […]
“If one is a master of one thing well, one has insight into and understanding of many things.” This simple quote by Vincent Van Gogh sums up in one sentence the importance of all artists learning the tradition, rules and methods of the Old Masters, even if those lessons are later inverted or even discarded […]
This exhibition of sculpture, paintings, photography and sound installation at the Koppel Project Hive, Holborn is inspired by artists Sol Bailey Barker and Gabriella Sonabends’ 2014 sojourn to Colombia where they lived amongst villagers, gathering first hand tales and myths even as civil war erupted around them. This research formed the foundation for much of […]
Britain’s youngest gallery owner Morgane Wagner launched her Square Gallery with much wine and fanfare on May 12th. It must surely have been the Art Party of the Year. It was so packed you couldn’t even see the paintings with people standing outside. Named after Battersea Square where it is located, it showcased the best […]
So the group exhibition is called Exceptional. As adjectives go it’s certainly neither humble nor self-deprecating and sets an expectation of awe-inspiring talent. But hey if Sensation worked for Damien Hirst and the Young British Artists back in 1997 then who’s to say… No sharks suspended in vats of formaldehyde but the tenets of abstraction […]
Scream London Gallery’s After Show Party private view for emerging artists was the place to be if you happened to be in the vicinity of Oxford St on February 11th. London’s most famous street has had a lot of bad press recently because of its car pollution levels but the refreshing talent on show was […]
The Serpentine Gallery’s winter season features the work of Michael Craig-Martin, his first solo London exhibition for 25 years. This 1981-2015 retrospective will prove an interesting sensory experience for visitors because even the gallery walls are colour-coded to match the paintings. Yes green and pink walls. Bring the sunglasses! Since his early career as mentor […]
In a mammoth programme from September 2015 to Jan 2017 the Whitechapel Gallery hosts the Barjeel Art Foundation Collection in a series so big it requires four separate exhibitions. This is the largest exhibition of Arab art ever held in the UK and comes from Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi’s UAE based archive of work sourced from […]
The Black British experience is explored on many levels by this selection from the London Metropolitan Archives. Covering issues such as identify, struggle and broader culture, the work is varied, and incorporates many platforms of expression and creative tools. Its ‘No Colour Bar’ banner underpinning the work of all of these British-centred artists, but also […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
