Melbourne & Sydney galleries
A blast around the best that Australia’s two major cities have to offer the art lover. A simple post this one, without labels and artist… Read More »Melbourne & Sydney galleries
A blast around the best that Australia’s two major cities have to offer the art lover. A simple post this one, without labels and artist… Read More »Melbourne & Sydney galleries
I wasn’t accepted to the Ferens Open this year (my entry was possibly a little dark, even for Hull folk) but a trip north to… Read More »Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery
I remember seeing hedgehogs in the garden almost every night as a child but we hardly ever see them now. Between 30% and 75% of… Read More »FURZE-PIG LINEAGE
I’ve been a competitive fell runner for several decades and I find many parallels between running in the hills and making art. In both, I… Read More »FELL RUNNING
We meandered over the Derbyshire High Peak to the first Dark Peak Photography Festival in the wonderfully positioned market town of Glossop. Historic mills and… Read More »Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop
Sarah Lucas has attitude and has been distorting everyday life since her emergence in 1990 as a key member of the Young British Artists (YBAs).… Read More »Sarah Lucas, Tate Britain
I had not heard of Daido Moriyama before visiting the Photographer’s Gallery this time. He is a Japanese photographer with an incredible portfolio of documentary… Read More »Daido Moriyama, Photographer’s Gallery
This was our third trip down to see the annual summer exhibition at the esteemed Royal Academy. This is the world’s largest open submission show… Read More »Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy
The London Group of artists was formed in 1913 by an amalgamation of the Camden Town Group and the English Cubists. Early members included Walter… Read More »London Group, Old Parcels Office
A rainy post-walk visit to Buxton Museum was very rewarding. The space was almost empty which is so often the case with these provincial museums,… Read More »David Lowther, Buxton Museum
Drawing has it all. It is the root of an artist’s creative process and however frustrating it can be and pointless it can seem, it… Read More »DRAWING
Every time I summon the courage to sketch in public I kick myself that I don’t do it often enough. It can be a very… Read More »Sketching at the Ashmolean