Categories
Tag cloud
-
Recent posts
- The canals and stunning architecture of Comacchio at night, northern Italy’s ‘Little Venice’
- London Gay Pride 2017: faces, street scenes and smoke bombs – in photos
- The beauty of London at night: a summer stroll along the South Bank, July 2017
- Music, art and machinery, Klanghaus: 800 Breaths at Southbank Centre, London
- Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! at the Serpentine Gallery, London
Recent comments
- amon on London Gay Pride 2017: faces, street scenes and smoke bombs – in photos
- Brixton street scenes June 2017 – market views, night scenes, Station Road and more on So, goodbye Brixton Woolies…
- amon on London Gay Pride 2017: faces, street scenes and smoke bombs – in photos
- mark randle on Tidal Basin Tavern, east London – Shootings, Siouxsie and The Leather Boys
- Get your bike fixed for free – Dr Bike is in Windrush Square, Brixton tonight (Weds 5th July) on Here’s what happens when you don’t lock your bike properly outside Brixton tube
Twitter
My Tweets
art Archive
-
Music, art and machinery, Klanghaus: 800 Breaths at Southbank Centre, London
Posted on Thursday, Jul 6, 2017 | No CommentsLocated in the usually hidden rafters of the Royal Festival Hall, ‘Klanghaus: 800 Breaths‘ is a site-responsive immersive experience that merges art, music, machinery and performance. And it’s bloody brilliant. -
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! at the Serpentine Gallery, London
Posted on Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 | No CommentsThis major exhibition of British artist Grayson Perry at the Serpentine Gallery in London was bloody fantastic. -
![Here’s the striking sight of the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, as designed by Francis Kéré, the seventeenth architect to accept the Serpentine Galleries’ invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/serpentine-pavilion-2017-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Serpentine Pavilion 2017, designed by Francis Kéré, Kensington Gardens, London")
In photos: Serpentine Pavilion 2017, designed by Francis Kéré, Kensington Gardens, London
Posted on Friday, Jun 30, 2017 | No CommentsHere’s the striking sight of the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, as designed by Francis Kéré, the seventeenth architect to accept the Serpentine Galleries’ invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its […] -
![London is blessed with loads of free museums and art galleries, and yesterday I took shelter from the blazing heat to take a pleasing stroll around the National Portrait Gallery […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/national-portrait-gallery-01-115x115.jpg "National Portrait Gallery, London – a quick photo tour")
National Portrait Gallery, London – a quick photo tour
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 20, 2017 | No CommentsLondon is blessed with loads of free museums and art galleries, and yesterday I took shelter from the blazing heat to take a pleasing stroll around the National Portrait Gallery […] -
![It’s been a while since I’d been along to the Tate Modern, and a lot has changed since my last visit, with the new Switch House extension being built and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tate-modern-tanks-05-115x115.jpg "Tate Modern Tanks and Switch Room – and a wonderful audio installation")
Tate Modern Tanks and Switch Room – and a wonderful audio installation
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 7, 2017 | No CommentsIt’s been a while since I’d been along to the Tate Modern, and a lot has changed since my last visit, with the new Switch House extension being built and […] -
![I love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist Chris Ofili currently on show at the National Gallery. Admission is free. Commissioned by the Clothworkers’ Company (a livery company in the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Weaving Magic by Chris Ofili at the National Gallery")
In photos: Weaving Magic by Chris Ofili at the National Gallery
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2017 | No CommentsI love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist Chris Ofili currently on show at the National Gallery. Admission is free. Commissioned by the Clothworkers’ Company (a livery company in the […] -
![Currently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chelsea-ma-textile-design-01-115x115.jpg "Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms")
Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2017 | No CommentsCurrently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […] -
![Looking like a mix between an elaborate multi-tiered wedding cake and a spinning UFO, this zoetrope by Mat Collishaw is a fantastic piece of art, and it’s currently on display […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/centrifugal-soul-blain-southern-01-115x115.jpg "The optical wonder of The Centrifugal Soul by Mat Collishaw at Blain|Southern, London")
The optical wonder of The Centrifugal Soul by Mat Collishaw at Blain|Southern, London
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017 | No CommentsLooking like a mix between an elaborate multi-tiered wedding cake and a spinning UFO, this zoetrope by Mat Collishaw is a fantastic piece of art, and it’s currently on display […] -
Neon galore at the Tate Britain’s new light display by Cerith Wyn Evans, ‘Forms In Space’
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017 | No CommentsI love a bit of neon art, and there’s a splendid display on at the Tate Britain in London right now, created by Welsh artist, Cerith Wyn Evans. -
Slow-moving, compelling cinematic visions with Amie Siegel: Strata at the South London Gallery
Posted on Monday, Feb 20, 2017 | No CommentsCurrently on show until the 26th March 2017 in Camberwell’s South London Gallery is some compelling work by New York-based artist Amie Siegel. -
Some people really want to believe: Conspiracy Week at the Photographer’s Gallery, London
Posted on Monday, Feb 13, 2017 | No CommentsAs part of #ConspiracyWeek, London’s Photography Gallery is hosting a series of events until the 19th February 2017, exploring the increasing confusion between fact and fiction in a post-truth world. -
![Last week we went along to check out the Winter Lights Festival at Canary Wharf. Sadly, we made the mistake of arriving on a Saturday which seemed to coincide with […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/winter-lights-london-01-115x115.jpg "Winter Lights festival in Canary Wharf: crowds, selfies galore and disappointment")
Winter Lights festival in Canary Wharf: crowds, selfies galore and disappointment
Posted on Monday, Jan 23, 2017 | 2 CommentsLast week we went along to check out the Winter Lights Festival at Canary Wharf. Sadly, we made the mistake of arriving on a Saturday which seemed to coincide with […] -
![London is a great walking city, and there’s plenty of interesting strolls you can take, even when the weather is a bit crap. On a damp and misty Sunday, we got […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vauxhall-chelsea-saatchi-16-115x115.jpg "A grey and misty walk from Vauxhall to Chelsea and the Saatchi Gallery, London")
A grey and misty walk from Vauxhall to Chelsea and the Saatchi Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Jan 12, 2017 | 2 CommentsLondon is a great walking city, and there’s plenty of interesting strolls you can take, even when the weather is a bit crap. On a damp and misty Sunday, we got […] -
Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams’ The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London
Posted on Friday, Oct 14, 2016 | No CommentsI’ve seen a fair few shows at The Barbican’s unusual Curve gallery, but The Gulch by Bedwyr Williams proved to be one of my favourites. -
![There’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-01-5-115x115.jpg "What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London")
What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 | No CommentsThere’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […]