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![This dazzling display of neon art at the Sprüth Magers gallery in Grafton Street caught my eye as I was wandering around town on the weekend, so I had to go […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-011-115x115.jpg "A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Sprüth Magers, London")
A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Sprüth Magers, London
Posted on Monday, Feb 16, 2015 | No CommentsThis dazzling display of neon art at the Sprüth Magers gallery in Grafton Street caught my eye as I was wandering around town on the weekend, so I had to go […] -
![December is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/christmas-london-2014-011-115x115.jpg "An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch")
An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014 | No CommentsDecember is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The […] -
![Late Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nov-2014-london-park-walk-14-115x115.jpg "An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street")
An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street
Posted on Monday, Nov 10, 2014 | No CommentsLate Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube […] -
![I really enjoyed last year’s art show in the Cavendish Square underground car park, so I made sure I got along to the new show in the same venue, this […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/we-could-not-agree-art-011-115x115.jpg "London car park artshow – We Could Not Agree at the Q Park, Cavendish Square")
London car park artshow – We Could Not Agree at the Q Park, Cavendish Square
Posted on Monday, Oct 20, 2014 | No CommentsI really enjoyed last year’s art show in the Cavendish Square underground car park, so I made sure I got along to the new show in the same venue, this […] -
![Billed as the “UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition, “Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination” opens today at the British Library in central London. Displaying two hundred rare objects, the exhibition traces 250 years of the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/terror-wonder-british-library-011-115x115.jpg "Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination at the British Library, London")
Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination at the British Library, London
Posted on Friday, Oct 3, 2014 | No CommentsBilled as the “UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition, “Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination” opens today at the British Library in central London. Displaying two hundred rare objects, the exhibition traces 250 years of the […] -
![Located between the Strand and the River Thames, the current Somerset House dates back to 1775, with the neo-classical building being centred around a beautiful courtyard. Formerly the home of the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/somerset-house-london-011-115x115.jpg "A trip to Somerset House and the Return of the Rudeboy Exhibition, Strand, London")
A trip to Somerset House and the Return of the Rudeboy Exhibition, Strand, London
Posted on Monday, Aug 25, 2014 | 2 CommentsLocated between the Strand and the River Thames, the current Somerset House dates back to 1775, with the neo-classical building being centred around a beautiful courtyard. Formerly the home of the […] -
Phyllida Barlow’s mad furniture factory explosion and British Folk Art at the Tate Britain, Millbank, London
Posted on Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014 | No CommentsThis year’s Tate Britain Commission is a real feast for the eyes, with Phyllida Barlow’s massive ramshackle wooden constructions almost filling every inch of the gallery’s voluminous Duveen Sculpture Court. -
The amazing upside down house of Blackfriars Road, London
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 15, 2014 | 1 CommentCreated by Hackney artist Alex Chinneck, this striking installation of an inverted house can be seen turning heads on Blackfriars Road. -
![Located betwixt Euston and King’s Cross stations, the Crypt of St Pancras Parish Church was built in 1822 and used for coffin burials until 1854, when the crypts of all London […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crypt-gallery-st-pancras-11-115x115.jpg "A look inside the Crypt Gallery in St Pancras: ShoShoShow sculpture exhibition")
A look inside the Crypt Gallery in St Pancras: ShoShoShow sculpture exhibition
Posted on Friday, Jul 11, 2014 | 2 CommentsLocated betwixt Euston and King’s Cross stations, the Crypt of St Pancras Parish Church was built in 1822 and used for coffin burials until 1854, when the crypts of all London […] -
![Last month, I went for a long walk to Fishtown, Philadelphia, and I was astonished to come across the iconic artwork for Kurt Vile’s, “Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze” on a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kurt-vile-mural-artwork-philadelphia-3-115x115.jpg "Kurt Vile artwork in Fishtown, Philadelphia gets painted over in bizarre circumstances")
Kurt Vile artwork in Fishtown, Philadelphia gets painted over in bizarre circumstances
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 1, 2014 | No CommentsLast month, I went for a long walk to Fishtown, Philadelphia, and I was astonished to come across the iconic artwork for Kurt Vile’s, “Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze” on a […] -
The Serpentine Pavilion – a futuristic, doughnut-shaped ‘broken egg’ lands in London
Posted on Monday, Jun 30, 2014 | No CommentsSince 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park has commissioned a temporary summer pavilion by a leading architect, and this year’s offering is perhaps the oddest – and best – one yet. -
![Waking up with a fierce hangover after a busy Offline club night, I felt the need to immerse myself in some art, so hot footed into the National Gallery in Trafalgar […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/national-gallery-george-bellows-115x115.jpg "A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows’ wonderful ‘Men Of The Docks’")
A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows’ wonderful ‘Men Of The Docks’
Posted on Sunday, Jun 1, 2014 | No CommentsWaking up with a fierce hangover after a busy Offline club night, I felt the need to immerse myself in some art, so hot footed into the National Gallery in Trafalgar […] -
A symphony in glass: The Sun by Dale Chihuly in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014 | No CommentsThis striking sculpture by the American sculptor Dale Chihuly was first unveiled in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square on the 3rd April 2014, and it’s still attracting attention a month later. -
Intriguing Rainforest pavilion goes up in Bedford Square, central London
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014 | No CommentsCreated by the Chilean-German architecture practice GUN Architects, this ‘public pavilion’ called Rainforest stands in the south western corner of Bedford Square in central London. -
Lynn Chadwick steel beasts sculptures at the Royal Academy courtyard, Piccadilly, London
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2014 | No CommentsYesterday, I was fortunate enough to stumble across these fantastic sculptures which were on display at the Royal Academy, off Piccadilly in central London.