Posts Tagged as ‘Art’

December 1, 2009

Catch Kapoor While You Can

 

 If you haven’t been to the Royal Academy of Arts in a while then chances are you’ve missed some fantastic work by renowned sculpter Anish Kapoor.  Best known for his large scale works of art in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall and in Chicago, Kapoor is the first living artist to have a major solo [...]

October 17, 2009

Bodies in Urban Spaces

Today saw a really odd event hit London – Bodies in Urban Spaces, by Willi Dorner.  Basically its a piece of public art/dance where around twenty dancers explore a part of a city, in this case the London Bridge area of London, creating human sculptures along the route.

It’s quite a frantic event really with each [...]

September 29, 2009

photomonth 09

So we’re about to head into October and in London that means one thing – the UK’s largest photography festival, photomonth hits East London.  The festival boasts over 150 different events and exhibitions and is spread across East London.  Somehow last years photomonth completely passed me by and I didn’t attend one single event, terrible [...]

July 6, 2009

One and Other in Trafalgar Square

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square has been empty since 1841 when it was first built.  Things started to change in 1999 when the Mayor of London created the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group which was to find temporary art work to put on the plinth.  Over recent years artists featured on the plinth have included [...]

October 19, 2008

The Revolution Continues – New Chinese Art

I ventured down the Kings Road in Chelsea today to visit the new Saatchi Gallery that opened not too long ago.  I never visited the original Saatchi Gallery on the Southbank so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  I was pleasantly surprised.

The main exhibition is a showcase of modern Chinese art and it contains some [...]