Handmade
Everyday most of us enter a new environment, a shop, an office or the home of a friend. These spaces have been designed and built, filled with artefacts, machines and decorative accessories. On the most part, we focus on the people we are with and don’t think of the individuals who have helped construct the […]
The Old Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College is the centerpiece of Maritime Greenwich, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has become one of London’s most popular venues and visitor attractions (including the Cutty Sark and the Royal Observatory), attracting over 1.2 million visitors every year. Originally a Tudor palace (known as Greenwich Palace at the time), this […]
All Over – Philippe Favier
Working closely with curator Thierry Raspail, the highly original Philippe Favier has devised an exhibition “all over” the 45 rooms of the magnificent former episcopal palace, overlooking the Rhône. Born in 1957 in Saint-Étienne, Philippe Favier now lives and works between Paris, Nice and the Vercors, his personal haunt. This unusual artist is one of […]
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is the first UK solo exhibition by Dutch-born, Mexico-based visual artist Jan Hendrix. The landmark show at Kew Gardens includes new works in a number of mediums, conveying the artist’s response to the transformation of a particular landscape known as Kamay Botany Bay, in Sydney, Australia. Kamay Botany Bay was once beautiful and […]
Totally Thames 2020
Totally Thames 2020 is back celebrating the river at the heart of the city, which connects us to places far and wide. Now in its 24th year, Totally Thames is one of the world’s most important river festivals. As part of this summer’s reimagined festival, there will be an exciting new Totally Thames online hub […]
Honorato Del Hierro
A Brilliant, modest, and with a great sense of humour, Honorato del Hierro is an artist with an eclectic career behind him, including IT Engineer and local Chief of Police, but the constant in his life has been painting. As he says, “I just have to paint.” Now a highly recognised artist in the region, […]
The Last Man
Simon Norfolk photographs the naked soul of London. The COVID-19 Visual Project is a virtual exhibition created by the Tuscan based Art Festival Cortona on the Move and designed to bare witness to the changing world with the onset and spread of coronavirus across the world. The work across a range of photographers in […]
Hidden Figures
In the midst of the racial tension currently filling our world with such conflict and turmoil, I found it a delightful coincidence to be asked to watch and review a film that shines a spotlight on black struggles, in turn allowing me to appreciate the efforts and difficulties that my people faced back some decades […]
Alfie Bowen
Recognised as one of the most talented young wildlife photographers in the scene, Alfie Bowen’s art comes from the tenderness of his soul and the sharpness of his mind, which allow him to see and appreciate details that most of us would miss. Diagnosed with autism as a child, he was bullied and ostracised in […]
Cristina Mittermeier
Rewriting the manual for planet Earth This is the year of social distancing and remote living, in which we feel a global common purpose to beat a virus that is sweeping the world. Therefore conservation has become an afterthought as we concentrate on our own immediate survival. But, what happens in the aftermath? What lessons […]
