Another powerfully moving exhibition at the Photographer’s Gallery. This time it was Letizia Battaglia, who put herself in the firing line of the Sicilian mafia again… Read More »Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery
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
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
My first visit to the relatively recently renovated Old Parcels Office gallery and studio space in Scarborough was for the private viewing of their second… Read More »Old Parcels Office Open, Scarborough
This was a small but very well-curated exhibition of Henry Moore’s drawings and early works at the Museum of Making in Derby which is a… Read More »Henry Moore, Museum of Making
Another wonderful set of documentary photographs from Chris Killip in Skinningrove and on Tyneside. When he first arrived in the bleak fishing village of Skinningrove… Read More »Chris Killip, Photographer’s Gallery