Posts Tagged ‘contemporary art’

Art: London Contemporary Art Gallery & Exhibitions course

Every Thursday from 23 May - 27 June 2013, 10.30am-12.30pm

If you’ve ever been taught how to look at a painting, then you’ll know how much being able to ‘read’ a work of art increases the pleasure of going to any exhibition. (John Berger’s classic book, Ways of Seeing, is… Continue reading

Art: RCA Secret Postcards

Exhibition 14-22 Mar 2013, 11-6pm (9pm on Mar 21); sale 23 Mar, 8am-6pm

We really missed one of our highlights of the contemporary art calendar last year, but praise be – the RCA Secret exhibition is back. The annual postcard sale sees over 2,000 (this year it’s 2,700) miniature artworks displayed in a… Continue reading

Documentary: Ai WeiWei – Never Sorry

Who’s your hero?  Having just watched the documentary Never Sorry about the Chinese artist Ai WeiWei, he’s definitely got our vote.  It’s a fascinating insight into this defiant, media-savvy, humorous and very human artist who increasingly comes into conflict with… Continue reading

Shopping: Artist Polly Morgan’s T-shirts, sweatshirts and napkins at The Cross

We want one of each of these please: artist Polly Morgan’s clothes and homewares designs in collaboration with label Constant and True. Morgan, a British artist who uses taxidermy in her work, is better known for her sculptures… Continue reading

Listen online: Moby-Dick Big Read

Listen online anytime. Chapter One was read on 16 Sept. Chapter 5 starts today, 20 Sept 2012. Each day another chapter is read. Catch up on chapters anytime.

This is utterly brilliant. Moby-Dick Big Read is a madly ambitious project that launched this week, and if you’ve missed it so far, get on board now – we urge you. Writer Philip Hoare (if you haven’t read his much… Continue reading

Art festival: The opening of Tate Modern’s Oil Tanks

Opening Festival: 18 July - 28 Oct 2012

Not content with being the most visited modern art gallery in the world, cultural Mecca Tate Modern is upping the ante this summer by throwing open access to its huge former industrial oil chambers, which sit to the south of… Continue reading

Design & Shopping: I spot DH T-shirt

How about this for an ingenious and perfectly formed piece of design? Whether or not you ♥ Damien Hirst and his Spot Paintings – recently on show at all eleven Gagosian Galleries around the world (and ending this

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Affordable Art: Piers Feetham Gallery

Gallery open Tues - Fri, 10 - 1pm & 2 - 6pm; Sat, 10 - 1pm

One of the best things about living in London is having access to so many great works of art. But what if you want to live with paintings and start buying art yourself? Yes, you can put the time and… Continue reading

Talks: ICA Culture Now Talks with Hofesh Shechter and others

Hofesh Shechter: 9 Nov. Alasdair McLellan: 16 Nov. Jean-Luc Moulène: 28 Nov. All at 1pm

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What a great series of talks the ICA has organised over the next few Fridays. They cost a fiver each and you can grab one during your lunch hour, as they start at 1pm. Next Friday you can catch fashion… Continue reading

Art: what not to miss during Frieze week

11-14 Oct, 2012

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Yes, it’s Frieze Art Fair this week (see here for our mini-guide to Frieze London and Frieze Masters) and with it comes a myriad of other brilliant fairs and events too – to follow are our highlights around-town…… Continue reading