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 ...
Old Parcels Office Open, Scarborough
My first visit to the relatively recently renovated Old Parcels Office gallery and studio space in Scarborough was for the ...
Left Lion Magazine
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to write an article for the Nottingham-based Left Lion cultural magazine. The ...
Henry Moore, Museum of Making
This was a small but very well-curated exhibition of Henry Moore's drawings and early works at the Museum of Making ...
Chris Killip, Photographer’s Gallery
Another wonderful set of documentary photographs from Chris Killip in Skinningrove and on Tyneside. When he first arrived in the ...
Guggenheim & other galleries, Bilbao
A first visit to Bilbao was an exciting prospect with October chosen to hopefully be a little quieter. Spain’s economy ...
Towner, Eastbourne
A contemporary art gallery in Eastbourne you say? Oh yes. The Towner is an example of bold intervention in a ...
Glyn Philpot & permanent collection, Pallant House, Chichester
Pallant house in Chichester is described as having the finest permanent collection of art outside Tate in London. it was ...