Life in the Arts Lane - Week 26 - Rooster Soup

20.05.2013
You know you are in a foreign country when you bite down and enjoy your first rooster testicle soup. Okay the rest of the rooster is in...

The Books I Love and How They've Shaped Me

20.05.2013
University introduced me to writers I would never have read of my own accord. Sam Selvon, Angela Carter, Ballard etc etc. By now I was...

Margaret Harrison's 'On Reflection' and George Bellows: 'Modern American Life'

20.05.2013
The gentle line of her candy coloured watercolours clash against the harshness of her themes to great effect. She says "The images, which...

John Walter

19.05.2013
Vitrine Bermondsey Street's latest exhibition features new paintings by John Walter and encapsulates the ornate, bold and iconoclastic...

The Future in an Instant

19.05.2013
A recent exhibition of what organisers have termed the University of the Arts London's 'brightest and best students' has provided a refreshing...

Genesis by Sebastião Salgado: Exhibition Review

19.05.2013
Genesis, an unfathomable eight-year long work, that took the Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado to 32 countries, explores...

Love Alive in Art: The Passion of Lovers

18.05.2013
My Lovers sculpture emerged as a tribute to the transforming power of Love. I was moved to capture Love as a timeless and elemental force,...
Capturing the Best Holiday Snaps

Capturing the Best Holiday Snaps

16.05.2013
There's no doubt about it having beautiful imagery and inspiring photos on the walls is a sure way to brighten up a room, make these images...
A Bottle of Inspiration Please

A Bottle of Inspiration Please

15.05.2013
So if inspiration is so important - how do we find it? And more importantly - how do we give it to others? Well finding it is easy. It...
Anne Damer: Georgian Transvestite, Lesbian, & Sculptress

Anne Damer: Georgian Transvestite, Lesbian, & Sculptress

13.05.2013
One dank Saturday afternoon last year, I snapped up the Georgian portrait you see here in a near-empty Northamptonshire junk shop. I haggled...
Life in the Arts Lane - Week 25 - New York, New York

Life in the Arts Lane - Week 25 - New York, New York

13.05.2013
The taxi ride is worth every penny. The traffic, the terrible roads that make the car bounce and shake in a bone jangling fashion, then...
Kerry Ellis at the London Palladium a Review

Kerry Ellis at the London Palladium a Review

13.05.2013
There's no point pretending that I am unbiased in writing this review because you all know that I have personal connections with some of...
'On the Streets'  A Weekly Round Up of the Freshest Global Street Art

'On the Streets' A Weekly Round Up of the Freshest Global Street Art

13.05.2013
Our world wide selection of art entitled 'On The Streets'returns this week headlined by a new mural by DALeast. The quickly painted amazingly...
Female Warriors of Art at Tate Modern

Female Warriors of Art at Tate Modern

10.05.2013
As I was sitting at the Buying Committee of the Tate Modern, my eyes were arrested in awe and also complete ignorance by a piece from an...