Painting the French Riviera, Royal Academy
We hurtled down to this exhibition at the RA and met our good London friend and fellow artist, Stuart. The ...
Sarah Cunningham & Julia Isídrez, Nottingham Contemporary
Visiting Nottingham Contemporary to see Sarah Cunningham and Julia Isídrez’s exhibitions gave me a chance to reflect on my own ...
Ai Weiwei, Factory International
It was a struggle to fit this trip in, but we just had to go to Manchester for Ai Weiwei's ...
General Strike 1926 Centenary, Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough
The exhibition provided an opportunity to reflect on the history of collective action, working-class solidarity and resistance. Marking one hundred ...
Chico Da Silva, Nottingham Contemporary
A bit of Latin America came to Nottingham Contemporary in the form of Chico Da Silva (1910-1985), who was a ...
Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell & Emma Kay, Djanogly Gallery
Yet another splendid exhibition at Djanogly gallery showing the work of Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell and Emma Kay in an ...
Alicante art gallery
A visit to the strangely quiet Alicante gallery in the back streets of the town, away from the hordes of ...
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, ...
Megalopolis, Wireworks Project
Ivan Smith and his colleague Anthony Shepherd are behind the wonderful and local Wireworks Project, which is one of my ...
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 ...
Alison Lambert, Derby Museum
Alison Lambert has a unique drawing style that gives her human figures a fractured and ghostly appearance. I really enjoy ...
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 ...
