Juergen Teller @ ICA

February 6, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Walk into the ICA anytime between now and the next week and you will be confronted straight on with a nude image of a 68 year old Vivienne Westwood grinning at the camera. No-one can deny that Juergen Teller knows how to make an impact. His new show at the ICA is a display of […]

Surrealist Afternoon Tea @ Sotheby’s

February 2, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Until Tuesday only, the date set for the upcoming Surrealist Art Sale at Sotheby’s, the London auction house is hosting a ‘surrealist afternoon tea’ which I was lucky enough to attend this afternoon. On the menu were earl grey cupcakes iced with dali’s clocks, scones with goats cheese and chilli jam and marshmallow clouds. The […]

Valentino @ Somerset House

January 28, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

137 garments designed by Valentino Garavani are currently on display at Somerset House. A space well regarded for its support of fashion has been transformed into an Italian showroom, presenting us with the work of the master of couture’s fifty year career. As with many of the world’s greats: Twiggy, Madonna and Iman to name […]

Sanja Ivekovic @ South London Gallery & Calvert 22

January 21, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

The second wave movement of feminism throughout the 1960s and 1970s saw a new approach to art history and criticism. Among those embracing change were Linda Nochlin, The Guerrilla Girls and Suzanne Lacy. An artist seldom talked about in Britain, Sanja Ivekovic is another artist who centres her work on how society views women. She […]

Royal Couture @ Fashion and Textiles Museum

January 14, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

2012 was not only the year Britain hosted the Olympic Games, but it was also the Diamond Jubilee. Following a year of decadence and celebration the Fashion and Textiles Museum are playing host to an exhibition celebrating the fashion designers to the Queen: Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies and Frederick Fox. Of the 50 or so […]