Some of the greatest British designers have been holding catwalk shows at the Victoria and Albert Museum over the past few years. Shows from Gareth Pugh to Erdem Moralioglu have gracefully been staged in the museum which is most famous for its art. These shows come under the title ‘Fashion in Motion’, and I was […]
100 years ago an icon was born. Vivien Hartley, later to be known by her stage name Vivien Leigh became a darling across Hollywood screens and is now being celebrated in a beautiful collection of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. Most famous for her role in Gone With the Wind, the exhibition includes photographs […]
The Victoria and Albert are now showing one of the most lovely exhibitions that I have seen in a very long time. It is like a love letter from the west to the east, in admiration of centuries of sumptuous Chinese art. The work on display begins from 700 to 1900 allowing us westerners a […]
When most people think about art they think about painting. The Gagosian believes however, that the era of painting is over and presents us with a more abstract view of art. The show is a modern look at abstraction. However, I think the title is wrong. Many of the images do in fact involve paint. […]
Political cartoons are not uncommon across newspaper’s today. They are humorous and often have the courage to visually express what everyone is thinking but doesn’t really want to openly admit. Honore Daumier was a French artist who is most famous for his prints of this nature in the 19th century. These are now on display […]