Well, the first half of 2020 is officially in the rear-view mirror (phew!) and the summer season is upon us. Here in the UK we are ever-so-warily beginning to crawl from out our enforced hibernation; and with word now that many ‘non-essential’ establishments such as pubs, res…
With many of us still cooped up in our rooms like naughty children, we are still grappling to find new and engaging ways to feed our creative minds... Here in London, since the government-enforced lockdown at the end of March, it has certainly been a balancing act trying to wa…
Basel by Berlin tries to "substitute" the face-to-face —for those who were in the VIP lists of course— notorious, exclusive, luxurious, but of course Berlin style, the preview days of Art Basel 2020, which canceled and was transferred to online under name Art Basel OVR (Onl…
Media arts question boundaries and definitions of societal concepts, including notions and conceptions of gender. Gender*uck presents a next generation of artists investigating boundaries of gender concepts. These young artists investigate gender fluid representation in diverse m…
Artists have always gone hand in hand with the time they lived in, making use of the tools and advantages that each era provides. Thus from the 1920s, they started to use photography and video cameras to create their artworks. In the 1960s and 1970s performances and happenings al…
London-based artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell have most certainly etched out a creative niche for themselves over the years... Former classmates and fine arts graduates, the pair have been exhibiting regularly on the international circuit since the 1980’s. With a wide medium…
As I’m writing this, one-fifth of the world’s population are under lockdown; with the streets of once sleepless cities now eerily bereft of the vibrant life that once pulsed through it’s veins. Here in London the museums and galleries have closed to the public until further not…
Sashaying through town with all the flamboyant vivacity and frivolity of a high-society ball, Bright Young Things has finally touched down at London’s National Portrait Gallery, and will be on public display until June 2020. With a good portion of the 170 works being exhibited …
After years of freefall, the Berlin International Film Festival has new leadership and not only the fall has been retained but also the ascent begins. Ten days of multifariousness cinema left behind. The 70th iteration of the Berlin International Film Festival (February, 20 …
Love painting but find that you’re only ever concerned with works from the classical period? Well then don’t. A new generation of painters are using the figurative form to challenge the way in which we perceive the world that we have inherited; invoking timely social and politica…