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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. -
![Billed as the UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics, Comics Unmasked tracks the British comics tradition back from modern works to 19th-century illustrated reports of Jack the Ripper and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/comics-unmasked-british-library-011-115x115.jpg "Comics Unmasked, Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at the British Library, London")
Comics Unmasked, Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at the British Library, London
Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 | 1 CommentBilled as the UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics, Comics Unmasked tracks the British comics tradition back from modern works to 19th-century illustrated reports of Jack the Ripper and […] -
Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London
Posted on Friday, Apr 25, 2014 | No CommentsLocated in a dark, curved corridor at the Barbican, Momentum’ is a fascinating installation that makes for a wonderfully disorientating experience. -
New York’s famous Pearl Paint art and craft shop closes for good
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014 | No CommentsI was saddened to hear that the legendary downtown New York art-supplies store, Pearl Paint, has closed down. -
Hysteria & Disaster art show at Maison Bertaux, Soho, London
Posted on Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 | 1 CommentLast night, I went along to the private view for the Hysteria & Disaster art show in the splendid Maison Bertaux gallery/ patisserie in Greek Street, Soho. -
A giant blue cock on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 26, 2014 | No CommentsLooking fabulously daft is this giant sized cock which currently occupies the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in central London. -
![I loved the amazing independent art show that was put on in a Cavendish Square car park in central London in October last year, so when I heard of a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/q-park-chinatown-art-exhibition-012-115x115.jpg "Photo report – 100 artists at the Q Park, Chinatown, London, 3-9 Feb, 2014")
Photo report – 100 artists at the Q Park, Chinatown, London, 3-9 Feb, 2014
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 | 2 CommentsI loved the amazing independent art show that was put on in a Cavendish Square car park in central London in October last year, so when I heard of a […]