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View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern
Have you joined the crowds yet to see Tate Modern’s cheerful and popular Lichtenstein retrospective? On display is Roy Lichtenstein’s early work, some sculpture and ceramics, and plenty of the ‘comic strip’ pop art for which he is famous. I’m not a big contemporary art fan, and while I found Lichtenstein’s work rather shallow, it was more interesting […]
Outsider II: Brian Sewell @ V & A
December 10, 2012
Art historian and Evening Standard critic Brian Sewell appeared in the V & A‘s gorgeous Lydia & Manfred Gorvy theatre on Friday 7th December, to promote the second instalment of his autobiography, Outsider II: Always Almost: Never Quite. Sewell entertained the audience with all the witty asides, personal snipes and colourful anecdotes that we have come to expect from the […]
View of the week: Museum of Curiosity
November 24, 2012
Mike Snelle’s pop-up Museum of Curiosity in Soho is what you would get it you threw the Natural History Museum, the Soane Museum and Lassco into a cooking pot, and seasoned the mix with pinches of Keith Lo Bue, Adbusters, Lewis Carroll and VAST. There’s a distinct whiff of the Museum of Jurassic Technology about the place too, which my mate Physicus just reminded me of. […]
Leonardo da Vinci @ Queen’s Gallery
July 10, 2012
Recently, we tagged along on a tour of the Queen’s Gallery’s current exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci – Anatomist, led by its impressively knowledgeable curator, Martyn Clayton. We highly recommend this exhibition to you all, but for those who can’t make it, here’s what we learned. The exhibition begins with a short introductory film. Nature has also produced an excellent video […]
View of the week: Hirstmania
May 18, 2012
Tate Modern is currently hosting a Damien Hirst retrospective, which has attracted a lot of mixed publicity. I’m no art critic, but I know what I don’t like. Thanks to a borrowed Tate Member card, I was able to disapprove of the artworks in person, at no cost. It goes without saying that photography is not allowed inside […]
History of science mini-marathon
April 26, 2012
Coming to London for the 2012 Olympics? Keen to see more than back-to-back sporting events? Grab your camera and walking shoes, and check out these history of science hot spots, all within a short distance of Piccadilly Circus. If you’re really keen, you can get this mini-marathon done in a single day. Be sure to […]
Plaque spotting: Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890)
March 29, 2012
Earlier this week, we took advantage of the stunning spring weather and walked from Bloomsbury to the Kennington/Stockwell area in south London. Here, at 87 Hackford Rd SW9, is a blue plaque to the artist who surely needs no introduction, Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890). The house is currently for sale for over £400,000, but is […]
View of the week: Gold dust woman
January 11, 2012
When these shots were taken, the Kate Moss sculpture was only a room or two away from the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum. Quite a juxtaposition, don’t you think? The phrase “from the sublime to the ridiculous” comes to mind… Kate Moss by Marc Quinn Photos by Sven Klinge (please credit photographer & website […]
Plaque spotting: Canaletto (1697 – 1768)
October 25, 2011
The artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697 – 1768), better known as Canaletto, is most famous for the delightful scenes he painted of his birthplace, Venice. A plaque to Canaletto can be seen at 41 Beak Street W1, his former residence, in the area between Soho and Mayfair (see map below). As a boy, Canaletto helped […]
Hampstead Heath & Kenwood House
May 28, 2011
Kenwood House, a stately home and art gallery managed by English Heritage, sits on the edge of Hampstead Heath in north London. The original house dates from the 17th century but has undergone many additions and changes, including a remodelling by architect Robert Adam (1728 – 1792) in the 18th century. The Adam Library (below) is probably the […]
Bloomsbury Bytes
- Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill @ Doughty St May 16, 2013
- In Search of Classical Greece April 3, 2013
- View of the week: UCL’s Institute of Making March 16, 2013
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