Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop
For a second year, I entered the Dark Peak Photography festival, based in the lovely Glossop, on the western slopes ...
London gallery trip
A long overdue trip to London and a whirlwind tour around some of the best current exhibitions on offer. Firstly, ...
Berlin & Dresden galleries
A trip to Germany to support my athletic partner at the World Transplant Games meant we had the opportunity to ...
Sujata Setia & Joseph Wright, QUAD & Derby Museum
Sujata Setia is of South Asian origin and is a survivor of domestic abuse. The QUAD in Derby had an ...
Harland Miller XXX, York Art Gallery
Harland Miller is another artist I had never heard of, but that has now been rectified. An exhibition by this ...
Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery
Another powerfully moving exhibition at the Photographer's Gallery. This time it was Letizia Battaglia, who put herself in the firing line ...
Melbourne & Sydney galleries
A blast around the best that Australia's two major cities have to offer the art lover. A simple post this ...
Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery
I wasn't accepted to the Ferens Open this year (my entry was possibly a little dark, even for Hull folk) ...
Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop
We meandered over the Derbyshire High Peak to the first Dark Peak Photography Festival in the wonderfully positioned market town ...
Sarah Lucas, Tate Britain
Sarah Lucas has attitude and has been distorting everyday life since her emergence in 1990 as a key member of ...
Daido Moriyama, Photographer’s Gallery
I had not heard of Daido Moriyama before visiting the Photographer's Gallery this time. He is a Japanese photographer with ...
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy
This was our third trip down to see the annual summer exhibition at the esteemed Royal Academy. This is the ...
London Group, Old Parcels Office
The London Group of artists was formed in 1913 by an amalgamation of the Camden Town Group and the English ...
David Lowther, Buxton Museum
A rainy post-walk visit to Buxton Museum was very rewarding. The space was almost empty which is so often the ...
Sketching at the Ashmolean
Every time I summon the courage to sketch in public I kick myself that I don't do it often enough ...