Visions of the capital
We all have our favourite spots in London; a corner we adore that others walk right by, a park bench that conjures up a happy memory, or a quiet street that encapsulates the melting pot [...]
Cornell’s Adventures in Wonderland
“What kind of man is this who from old brown cardboard photographs, collected in second hand bookstores, has reconstructed the 19th century grand tour of Europe for his mind’s eye more vividly than those who [...]
Portraits of an icon
Hers is one of those faces that everyone knows, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana. Who hasn’t seen that famous picture of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, wielding a cigarette and an enigmatic smile? [...]
Street Art meets design-Mark McClure
Mark’s work has significantly developed since my last visit to his Dalston studio 18 months ago. Though he is exploring different materials in his work, his roots are in street art. Uphoarding / Olympic Park [...]
From solidity to fragility
The summer is often a great time for sculpture exhibitions. Tate Britain just opened a major retrospective of Hepworth’s work including her large-scale bronzes from the 1960s. The Fine Art Society is currently showing an [...]
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
“I wish they’d put the prices next to them,” I overheard a woman saying to her friend as she walked around the V&A’s new Shoes: Pleasure and Pain exhibition. It’s a fair point; an entire [...]
A London Assembly-Mark Fairnington at Delahunty Fine Art
The exhibition of Mark Fairnington’s work, A London Assembly, can be seen at DELAHUNTY FINE ART. The painter/collector has also exhibited at the Wellcome Trust Collection, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and Galerie Peter Zimmermann, [...]