The Watts Gallery, near Guilford, with one of very few art spaces in Britain that is basically dedicated to a single artist. Equivalents, perhaps, are Leighton House in Kensington, the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham, and maybe – just maybe – Damien Hirst’s...
The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair has moved to Vauxhall for the latest edition of this annual London art extravaganza. The intention is to re-introducing some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. This year’s theme, ‘The...
Sculpture in the City, the City of London's annual public art programme set amongst some of London's most iconic architectural landmarks, launches on 27 June. This year 16 artworks will make up the outdoor sculpture park in the Square Mile and includes works from...
Last October I was in Doha the capital of Qatar which seemed like a well-oiled machine when it came to Art, Education, and Culture. I was there for the retrospective of the London-based Iraqi-born artist Dia Azzawi whose work can only be described as ‘The Picasso of...
The David Hockney retrospective that just finished running at Tate Britain has drawn 478,082 visitors past the gate. This makes it the most visited exhibition ever held at the gallery on Millbank, either in its time as the Tate Gallery or since it became Tate...
Until the Modern epoch, and indeed right up to the present day, Hokusai was by far the most influential non-European artist to impact European art. Contemporary art stars from Japan, such as Takashi Murakama, Yayoi Kusama, Yasumasa Morimura and Mariko Mori,...
A - lister actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Will Smith turned out for the amfAR AIDS benefit that is the social highlight of the Cannes film festival. The event held annually at the Eden Roc Hotel, Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera saw...
The 57th Biennale di Venezia - was curated by the recently appointed director of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Christine Macel. Optimistically titled VIVA ARTE VIVA, this Olympian presentation of art proposes “an alternative to individualism and indifference... designed...
David Bailey is not at all what I expected. He’s imposing without being scary. He’s warm and down to earth. He speaks his mind, unafraid and not at all intimidated by the art establishment. He is knowledgeable and references all the right things. And I escaped being...