Amsterdam As Never Seen Before
By David Wienir With Eurostar launching its direct service to Amsterdam this year, traveling from London to Holland is now easier than ever. In just three hours and 41 minutes, you can be transported to a world full of coffeeshops, canals, and the red light district – Europe’s most notorious tourist attraction. But for those […]
The Rise of the Soviet New Wave
KINO KLASSIKA PRESENTS The Rise of the Soviet New Wave Regent Street Cinema II 2nd May – 27 June Kino Klassika creates programs of restorations, publications, art commissions and events to spotlight Russian language cinema – a tradition that remains largely invisible to audiences outside of Russia. Acclaimed film curator and cinema critic Konstantin Shavlovsky […]
Must Have Summer Wines
By Charlie Young, Co-Founder of Vinoteca Summer wines are coming. And just what are we going to be faced with? Shelves packed full of rosés and super-fresh whites such as Loire Sauvignons, teeth-grindingly acidic Vinho Verdes and Rieslings that taste like lime juice? Even some light and flowing reds, maybe served from the fridge, with […]
Chris Milligan’s Brave New World of Work
“When are you going to get a real job?” As a 20-year-old contractor, that was what I heard from my friends and family when the conversation shifted to work. Even though that 20-year-old was earning $150,000 a year moving from contract to contract, being paid on a day rate, I had no “job security”. What […]
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
A story of war and what comes after By Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil Clemantine Wamariya is a gifted storyteller, public speaker, social entrepreneur and human rights advocate. At the age of fled the Rwandan massacre in 1994 with her sister, spending the next 6 years wandering through 7 African countries, searching for safety. They […]
Tomás Baleztena at Maison Assouline
Tomas Baleztena exhibits at Maison Assouline One night – Private Invitation only – April 18th 196A, Piccadilly, London On April 18th, Londoners will have the privilege, for one night only, to watch the latest work of critically acclaimed artist Tomas Baleztena at Maison Assouline. Paintings from Baletzena’s latest body of work (oil on canvas) will […]
The Royal Academy Of Arts from 1768 – 2018
250 Summer Exhibitions THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 1768-2018 2018 celebrates the 250th anniversary of The Royal Academy of Arts, Britain’s foremost artist and architect-led institution and undoubtedly one the closest to Britons’ hearts. Founded by King George III in 1768, the Royal Academy has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution […]
Mark Dziewulski, Layers Of Self
An internationally renowned architect, Mark Dziewulski received a Masters of Arts degree from Cambridge University, and was a Fulbright scholar at Princeton. He has been praised for his large-scale site-specific sculptures including an aerodynamically inspired sculpture at the Warsaw national war memorial, for which the Republic of Poland presented him with the Gold Cross Order of Merit […]
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life Tate Britain, until August 27th By Lavinia Dickson-Robinson This awe-inspiring exhibition gives us an insight of two incredible British artists whose painting revolutionised the way the human form was depicted in the most intimate manner. To quote the Tate “this landmark exhibition at Tate […]
Aboriginal Art , the magic of Dreamtime
By Alexandra O’Brien Aboriginal art is the world’s oldest art making tradition, spanning at least 60,000 years. Australia is both the inspiration and the canvas. The artistic tradition was used to convey practical knowledge and ceremonial practices drawn from the Dreamtime with interweaving stories of historical significance, map making, cautionary tales, love stories and law. […]
