Posts Tagged ‘Art and design’
Food in Art – book review: a peek inside the great larder of art history
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at gastronomy in art down the centuries in her new highly illustrated book
Read MoreStratford group Assemble is first collective to receive Turner Prize nomination
Project that transformed a street of neglected terraced houses in Liverpool singled out by judges
Read MoreHackney WickED art festival is cancelled
Organisers to re-think the festival due to rising costs and the changing nature of Hackney Wick
Read MoreEast London Painting Prize shortlist announced
23 East London artists will be vying for the annual prize when their work goes on display in Wapping later this month
Read MoreINIVA Gallery evening courses begin with A Revisionist History of Art 1946-2015
Five-week programme offers an introduction to art history, covering topics from identity politics to institutional frameworks
Read MoreNurse from St Joseph's Hospice scoops top photography award
Amateur snapper beats competition from 20,000 entries to win International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition
Read MoreMary Barnes: Boo-Bah – art review
Mary Barnes became a successful painter following therapy for schizophrenia in the 1960s. A new exhibition looks at a crucial five-year period in her work
Read MoreSex Shop exhibition to open this month
Transition Gallery is to be decked out with dildos and fetish objects for Sex Shop exhibition
Read MoreBob and Roberta Smith: 'Wealthy kids don’t tend to make terribly interesting art'
The Leytonstone artist running for Michael Gove’s seat in the general election outlines his views on art in schools
Read MoreThe White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Read MoreOlympic Park’s former artist in residence to deal with disillusionment
Neville Gabie’s next project will ‘explore how far away we might have moved from the original spirit of the Games’
Read MoreThe Olympic Park – review
The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…
Read MoreStreet VU: Shoreditch to get outdoor art gallery
The Hackney Citizen unearths a new and unusual art venue tucked under the iconic tube carriages on Great Eastern Street
Read MoreOlympics Aquatic Centre – review
Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space
Read MoreLondon 2012 park sparks architectural argument between old and new names
Design Council chief celebrates Prince Charles’ lack of involvement as traditionalists complain about ‘overt prejudice’
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic gold medals glitter in public for the first time
Design by British artist David Watkins in line with London 2012 logo but fails to impress branding experts
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do
IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget
Read MoreBarbican unveils Olympics arts festival
Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibition
Read MoreYes, but is it drawing? London 2011 Biennial Fundraiser
The best works auctioned at east London’s Drawing Room, by Turner prizewinners and younger artists alike, are self-regarding, silly, and muse on the nature of drawing itself
Read MoreStreet art tours reveal hidden treasure
For those who don’t know their Stik from their Roa, a guided tour around London’s East End is the way to uncover works by artists on the verge of mainstream recognition
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