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The ArcelorMittal Orbit rises in the Olympic Park [video]
Posted on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway. -
The Lost Collection: unclaimed art from the Lost Property Dept
Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2011 | 1 CommentAlmost 200,000 items were left behind on London’s tubes, buses, overground trains and black cabs last year, with books and brollies being some of the most common lost property items.... -
London Life: Piccadilly Art Market, Green Park
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 | No CommentsEvery Saturday and Sunday in central London, a huge and rather ramshackle art market rises up on the railings surrounding Green Park, on the south side of Piccadilly. -
A trip to the South London Gallery and No 67 cafe, London SE5
Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2011 | No CommentsOne of London’s lesser known art galleries, the South London Gallery lurks in deepest Camberwell – right next to Camberwell School of Art – and is well worth a visit. -
The bronze passengers on Brixton Station
Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2011 | No CommentsFollowing on from my original feature of the three bronze passenger statues on Brixton railway station, I’ve grabbed a few more photos and some contemporary views of the rather more... -
Brixton Nuclear Dawn mural turns 30, a party follows
Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 | 1 CommentA large crowd of around 60 folks turned up to celebrate the 30th birthday of one of Brixton’s most iconic murals, “Nuclear dawn,” a slowly fading 50ft high mural featuring a... -
Whitechapel Gallery – buzzing light bulbs and coffee
Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | 1 CommentFounded in 1901 as one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in the capital, Whitechapel Gallery is a free gallery, located right next to Aldgate East tube station,... -
Waiting passenger sculptures, Brixton railway station
Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 | 3 CommentsCondemned to an eternity of waiting for trains that they can never board are these life-size bronze sculptures of three passengers on Brixton railway station, south London. -
Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh
Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010 | 3 CommentsOver the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 - but Ai Weiwei’s work, called... -
Brixton’s lost Banksy graffiti
Posted on Friday, November 5, 2010 | 1 CommentAppearing opposite the Brixton Academy at the back of the Backstage Bar (on Astoria Walk, SW9) was this “Thug For Life” graffiti by Banksy. -
It’s Summer! Some of my old art school work…
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s summer! Back in the day when an 2MB RAM-packing Amiga A1200 and a copy of DPaint was as good as it got in the computer graphics department, a lot... -
Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle and Gay Pride, Trafalgar Square
Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | No CommentsStanding above the crowded square and immune to the thumping cheesy Eurodisco of the Gay Pride celebrations below is the latest artwork on the Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square. -
My mate Marcus at the ICA
Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2010 | No CommentsMy mate Marcus Oakley is an ace artist so we popped along to the ICA by Trafalgar Square to watch him do a live drawing thing with two of his... -
Tate Modern: Miroslaw Balka’s ‘How It Is’ sculpture
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | No CommentsPolish artist Miroslaw Balka’s sculpture – entitled ‘How It Is’ – dominates the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, standing 13 metres high by 30 metres long, and balanced on... -
Revolution Paper, Mexican Prints at the British Museum
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThis is only on until the 5th of April, so get down to the British Museum sharpish if you want to check out some superb political posters from the great...