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Tag Archives: exhibition
Skullphone, London XX12 at Ivory & Black (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
There are so many levels to what I’m doing, and it is quite intellectual work … Read my complete post at Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary.
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, interview, London, London 2012, Whitehot
Tagged exhibition, Graffiti, interview, ivory & black, London, london 2012, London XX12, painting, review, skullphone, soho, street art, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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re: new Tohoku – Determination and Great Design
Opening today – and running only until Sunday the 15th – re: new Tohoku at Asia House offers a chance to take a look at some of “the best in contemporary and traditional Japanese design, including cookware, furniture, fashion and traditional crafts” … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Design, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged asian house, chika nagai, design, exhibition, japan, japanese design, japanese earthquake, japanese tsunami, re: new tohoku, review, tohoku, tohoku london
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Bruce Nauman at White Cube Gallery Bermondsey (CheapOair)
… if you make it over to the White Cube to visit for the Hirst show and don’t manage to check out the other show … the even more impressive exhibition by Bruce Nauman, then consider your artsy endeavor a … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, London, Travel, Video
Tagged bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, bruce nauman, cheapoair, chris osbrn, exhibition, London, review, video art, videographer, white cube, white cube bermondsey, white cube gallery
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Up Close and Personal Photographs of the Queen (Wink Wink) (OneTravel)
An up close and personal hoax that’s a lot of fun – and just in time to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne – a new photography exhibition has opened in Londonfeaturing candid and personal photos of “the queen” and other … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, England, London, OneTravel, Photography, Travel
Tagged Alison Jackson, anderson & gold, Anderson & Gold pop-up, Art, carnaby street, DIAMOND JUBILEE, exhibition, gallery, Jubilee: an Exhibition of Iconic Royal Images, Jubilee: an Exhibition of Iconic Royal Images by Alison Jackson at the Pertwee, London, OneTravel, Photography, photography exhibition, pop-up, queen elizabeth, soho, W1
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“The World in London” Outdoor Photography Exhibition (OneTravel)
The project brings together 204 specially commissioned photographic portraits of 204 Londoners, each originating from one of the nations competing at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. “The World in London” Outdoor Photography Exhibition OneTravel, 23 May 2012 Photography © … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, London 2012, OneTravel, Photography, Travel
Tagged 2012, exhibition, London, london 2012, london 2012 olympic and paralympic games, london 2012 olympic games, OneTravel, Photography, portraits, portraiture, soho, the photographers' gallery, the world in london, victoria park
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Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery (CheapOair)
… Freud’s portraits make one feel like a lucky voyeur – not just peeking into his subjects’ private affairs but deep within their souls. Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery CheapOair, 27 April 2012
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, London, Travel
Tagged british painting, cheapoair, exhibition, gallery, London, lucian freud, lucian freud portraits, museum, national portrait gallery, oil paintings, PAINTINGS, review
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Mike Ballard @ Arch 402 Gallery London (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Students of mfa degree recommend that you check out Mike Ballard’s work…. like frozen explosions or odd cultural blooms, the works (especially the collages) distort scale and mess with depth to “destabilise our sense of place.” Mike Ballard @ Arch 402 … Continue reading
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Tagged ARCH 402, Art, exhibition, gallery, hoxton, London, MIKE BALLARD, review, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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Mega City Photo Book
The catalogue accompanying the 2012 Mega City Photo group photography exhibition at Leeds College of Art is now available for sale online at the Leeds College of Art online store. Mega City Photo Book Street photography from the world’s … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Mexico, New York, Nigeria, Paris, Photography, Shopping, Travel
Tagged alienation, book, catalogue, digital age, disparity, exhibition, globalization, Leeds College of Art, mega cities, mega city photo, mega city photo book, Photography, photography show, reportage, street photography, Travel, urban life, urban photography
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007 Turns 50 This Summer at the Barbican, London (OneTravel)
007 Turns 50 This Summer at the Barbican, London OneTravel, March 20, 2012 With an exhibition promising to shake but definitely not stir your sense of adventure, this summer London‘s Barbican Centre will mark the 50th anniversary of one of … Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, London, Movies, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged 007, 007 london, barbican, barbican centre, city of london, Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style, exhibition, fifty years bond, JAMES BOND, james bond anniversary london, james bond barbican, London, london james bond, Movies, OneTravel
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Picasso & Modern British Art at Tate Britain (OneTravel)
Picasso & Modern British Art at Tate Britain OneTravel, Feb 29, 2012 Picasso & Modern British Art examines the reputation of this famed Spanish artist as well as the influence he held in Britain. It also shows how British artists … Continue reading
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Tagged british art, exhibition, millbank, modern art, OneTravel, pablo picasso, picasso, Picasso & Modern British Art, tate britain
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Mega City Photo Opens at Leeds College of Art
Mega City Photo, an exhibition of street photography from the world’s 26 largest cities opens on Friday in the new gallery space at Leeds College of Art. The first group show I’ve curated, I’m really excited to see how it … Continue reading
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Mega City Photo Exhibition: Call for Photographers
Call for photographers for upcoming Mega City Photo exhibition at Leeds College of Art Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Photography, Travel
Tagged beijing, buenos aires, cairo, call for artists, call for photographers, delhi, dhaka, exhibition, guangzhou, istanbul, jakarta, karachi, kolkata, lagos, Leeds College of Art, London, los angeles, manila, mega cities, mega city photo, mexico city, moscow, mumbai, new york, new york city, osaka, paris, Photography, rio de janeiro, sao paolo, seoul, shanghai, street photography, tehran, tokyo, urban photography
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Hats Off to Mexican Street Photography – Limited Edition Prints at Benito’s Hat
Mexican street photography at Benito’s Hat Mexican restaurant in London – info, pics, and limited edition purchase details. Continue reading
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Tagged benito's hat, exhibition, ferman guzman martinez, hats off to mexican street photography, limited edition prints, mexican food, mexican photography, mexico, mexico city, naye lee, nayeli cruz, Photography, reflex... yo guerrillero, street photography
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Extra-ordinary @ Core Gallery (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Extraordinary @ Core Gallery Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2011 “Francis Bacon meets Donnie Darko” in an exhibition exploring a “disjointed world of macabre coexistence”. That’s how Core Gallery curator, Rosalind Davis, describes Extra-Ordinary, a subversive mixed media show by three … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, core gallery, deptford, exhibition, extra-ordinary, gallery, London, review, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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Exhibition: Some Photographs Taken In France at Diemar/Noble (Londonist)
Want to see some cheeky photographs of Toulouse-Lautrec taking a dump on a beach? That (taken by art dealer Maurice Joyant at Le Crotoy, Picardie) and much more is on show at photo gallery Diemar/Noble in Some Photographs Taken in France. Continue reading
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Tagged Diemar/Noble, exhibition, fitzrovia, france, FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHY, London, Londonist, Photography, review, SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN FRANCE, Toulouse-Lautrec, W1, W1P 3PY
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Hats off to Mexican Street Photography at Benito’s Hat New Oxford Circus Restaurant (Qype does London)
Hats off to Mexican Street Photography at Benito’s Hat New Oxford Circus Restaurant Qype does London, May 7th 2011 To celebrate the opening of [Benito’s Hat’s] Oxford Circus location, a “Hat’s Off to Mexican Street Photography” exhibition is on show now … Continue reading
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Zabludowicz Collection: Six Weeks in New York (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Zabludowicz Collection: Six Weeks in New York Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, April 2011 What do you do with six weeks access to the top floor of a skyscraper located at one of the busiest street corners in Manhattan? If … Continue reading
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Alien Nation Exhibition Explores What it Means to be an “Alien” in London (Londonist)
Alien Nation Exhibition Explores What it Means to be an “Alien” in London Londonist, March 16, 2011 at 0:14 pm Inspired by George Mikes’s book “How to be an Alien” and curated by Soapbox Events, the show exposes some of the quirk that … Continue reading
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Tagged ALIEN NATION, ALIEN NATION: THE ART OF BLENDING, Art, exhibition, GREAT WESTERN STUDIOS, London, Londonist, review, W2, W2 5EU
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Exhibition Review: London Walls, New Graffiti and Street Art Photography (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: London Walls, New Graffiti and Street Art Photography Londonist, February 24, 2011 at 13.00 pm True fans of graff may find the ICA setting a bit out of place and sterile: a walk pretty much anywhere east of … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, London, Photography
Tagged exhibition, gallery, Graffiti, ICA, INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, London, LONDON WALL, Londonist, PALL MALL, Photography, review, street art, SW1, SW1Y 5AH
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Exhibition Review: Lyndon Hayes @ The Zetter Hotel (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Lyndon Hayes @ The Zetter Hotel Londonist, February 7, 2011 at 16:30 am Featuring eight new works by South London painter/illustrator Lyndon Hayes, the exhibition offers a thoughtfully angled and colour-rich take on the banality of daily life … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Hotels, London
Tagged ARTICA, Clerkenwell, clerkenwell road, EC1, EC1M 5RJ, exhibition, London, Londonist, LYNDON HAYES, review, ST JOHN’S SQUARE, THE ZETTER HOTEL
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Exhibition Review: A’ Urban Abstract by Remi/Rough and Steve More (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: A’ Urban Abstract by Remi/Rough and Steve More Londonist, February 1, 2011 at 15:15 pm An uncompromising mix of graffiti grit and studio contemplation, the exhibition’s focus on self-expression and gorgeous colour draws the viewer in, allowing you … Continue reading
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Tagged A’ Urban Abstract, Art, BLACKALL STUDIOS, EC2, EC2A 4QS, exhibition, EXHIBITION REVIEW, Graffiti, leonard street, London, Londonist, PAINTINGS, Remi/Rough, review, Steve More, street art, URBAN ABSTRACT MOVEMENT
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As Language Evolves at the British Library, I Blather on
As the British Library plays host to the first ever exhibition to explore the English language from Anglo-Saxon runes and regional dialects to modern day rap and texting, I’m thinking about how my own use of language has changed through … Continue reading
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Tagged british library, english, Evolving English, exhibition, language
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Exhibition Review: The Unseen Dali: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures at Modern Masters Gallery (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: The Unseen Dali: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures at Modern Masters Gallery Londonist, December 6, 2010 at 16:31 pm An opportunity for close scrutiny of how an art world legend went about creating, The Unseen Dali: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures runs until … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, London
Tagged exhibition, London, Londonist, mayfair, MODERN MASTERS GALLERY, PAINTINGS, review, SALVADOR DALI, SCULPTURES, SURREALISM, THE UNSEEN DALI, W1, W1 S83NJ
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Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts Londonist, December 1, 2010 at 8:44am Considerably more profound and than one might expect, Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts sets an often haunting and … Continue reading
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Never Judge … ? Group Exhibition at StolenSpace in Association with Penguin Books (Qype does London)
Never Judge … ? Group Exhibition at StolenSpace in Association with Penguin Books Qype does London, November 29th 2010 Contributing artists (and there are many) include Anthony Lister, Blek Le Rat, Cyclops, D*FACE, EINE, Jon Burgerman, Kid Acne, Matt Small, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Lister, Art, Blek Le Rat, brick lane, Cyclops, D*FACE, Dray Walk, E1, E1 6QL, EINE, exhibition, jon burgerman, Kid Acne, London, Matt Small, Methane Studios, Michael De Feo, Miss Van, penguin books, pete fowler, Shepard Fairey, Sickboy, stolenspace, sylvia ji, Tara McPherson, The London Police, The Old Truman Brewery, usugrow, WK Interact, word to mother
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Western Conceptual Art and Ghanaian Film Meet in Doug Fishbone’s Elmina Photography Exhibition (Cadbury Fairtrade)
Western Conceptual Art and Ghanaian Film Meet in Doug Fishbone’s Elmina Photography Exhibition Cadbury Fairtrade, November 22, 2010 Running parallel to his groundbreaking feature-length film, Elmina, the American-born London-based artist Doug Fishbone’s new photography exhibition at Rokeby gallery in London … Continue reading
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Tagged cadbury fairtrade, doug fishbone, exhibition, film, ghana, ghanaian film, London, Photography, rokeby
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Review: Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works @ Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row (Londonist)
Review: Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works @ Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row Londonist, October 15, 2010 11:59 AM “The Fabric Works” marks the opening of contemporary art behemoth Hauser & Wirth‘s new space at 23 Savile Row. With 15,000 square … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, contemporary art, exhibition, hauser & wirth, London, Londonist, lousie bourgeois, lousie bourgeois: the fabric works, mayfair, review, savile row, W1S 2ET
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Exhibition Review: In Gods We Trust by Nick Walker @ Art Sensus (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: In Gods We Trust by Nick Walker @ Art Sensus Londonist, October 13, 2010 1:30 PM “In Gods We Trust”, his first major solo show in two years, is no exception. Sticking to what he does best (the stencils) … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, London
Tagged Art, art sensus, exhibition, Graffiti, in gods we trust, London, Londonist, nick walker, review, stencil art, street art, SW1, SW1P 1BB
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Review: Blind by Stardom by Word to Mother @ StolenSpace (Londonist)
Review: Blind by Stardom by Word to Mother @ StolenSpace Londonist, October 11, 2010 3:45 PM … the culprits and victims in his paintings are exposed as loathsome, pitiful and sometimes sinister through WTM’s earthy style, toned down colours and use of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, blind by stardom, E1 6QL, exhibition, London, Londonist, old truman brewery, review, stolenspace, street art, word to mother
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Preview: New Beijing: Young Painting from China @ Sesame Gallery (Londonist)
Preview: New Beijing: Young Painting from China @ Sesame Gallery Londonist, September 22, 2010 12:15 PM Chen Hongzhu and Liu Guanguang are but two representatives of a young and ambitious camp of contemporary Chinese artists. Both in their mid-twenties, Chen … Continue reading
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Review: Quetzalcoatl: Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo at Diemar/Noble (Londonist)
Review: Quetzalcoatl: Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo at Diemar/Noble Londonist, September 16, 2010 12:30 PM Considered by many to be the master of contemporary Mexican photography, Bravo’s images suggest a post-revolutionary nation of failed colonial grandeur and triumphant pragmatic peasantry … Continue reading
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Tagged diemar noble, Diemar/Noble, exhibition, gallery, London, Londonist, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, mexican bicentennial, mexican photography, mexico, photographs, Photography, Quetzalcoatl, Quetzalcoatl: Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, review, W1
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Exhibition Review: Press and Release at High Roller Society (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Press and Release at High Roller Society Londonist, June 14, 2010 6:26 AM With works by more than fifty artists on show, the Press and Release hand made print exhibition at High Roller Society offers a brilliant chance … Continue reading
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Tagged E2, exhibition, hand-made prints, high roller society, London, Londonist, press and release, printmaking, prints, review
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Preview: Press and Release at High Roller Society (Londonist)
Here’s a preview of an upcoming hand-made print exhibition at High Roller Society in East London. I’m stoked about this show for a couple of reasons. Some of my favourite British artists will have works in it. Also, I’m probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, E2, exhibition, Graffiti, hand-made prints, high roller society, London, Londonist, press and release, preview, printing, street art
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Preview: Who’s The Man @ The Future Gallery (Londonist)
Preview: Who’s The Man @ The Future Gallery Londonist, June 2, 2010 2:04 PM Faggot, lady killer, head honcho, diamond geezer, nerd: these are but a smattering of the 1000 words used to describe and define “man” on vivid display … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, exhibition, future gallery, London, Londonist, preview, who's the man
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Art from the New World @ The City Museum & Art Gallery (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Art from the New World @ The City Museum & Art Gallery Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2010 LA came to the UK with the opening of Art from the New World, a ground-breaking group show at The City … Continue reading
