The world of the ‘London Look’, swinging sixties and ‘cool’ seventies comes sharply to life through the fashion design and brand brilliance of Mary Quant. An impressive show at the V&A charts the evolution of a style which liberated women, democratised fashion and defined the look of two decades.
Van Gogh and Britain – a new show at Tate Britain puts the spotlight on the way art and culture Van Gogh encountered during his three-year stay in London (from 1873 -76) influenced his life. The show also looks at the way Van Gogh’s work influenced the work and ideas of subsequent artists.
Collect 2019, the Craft Council’s annual show of art, craft and design excellence is on show at the Saatchi Gallery – a feast of imagination, ingenuity and creativity.
The Renaissance Nude at London’s Royal Academy sheds light on the fascinating role of the unclothed human figure in art history and how the evolution of the nude, between 1400 – 1530, sets up the bedrock of western art for centuries to come.
Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver. A rare opportunity to gaze, close up and personal, at faces from 400 years ago and glory in the delicate features and clever characterisation which those remarkable portrait artists achieved.
Portraits made from IKEA catalogues. A huge project for me and my www.paperface.co.uk venture. Live portraits made at speed and exhibited at Stephen Lawrence Gallery, within University of Greenwich, later shown within gallery space at the new IKEA store opening at Greenwich North on 7th February 2019!
An enlightened show on Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms at the British Library shows that the ‘Dark Ages’ were far from gloomy but actually a time of extraordinary cultural flowering; you can see rare examples of beautiful objects which date from the departure of the Romans to the invasion of William the Conqueror, early English literature, manuscripts, art and artefacts which have survived the centuries.
The 2018 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery presents a fascinating collection of portraits from around the world with a mix of studio and street photography capturing spontaneous and carefully crafted pictures.
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