Julia Peyton-Jones, the former director of the Serpentine Gallery has become a mother for the first time at 64. In October 2015 she announced her departure from the gallery after 25 years of service to work independently in contemporary architecture, and art as well as travel, and return to art making, which she gave up 30 years ago to become a curator.
19 January 2017
Oh, what a year 2016 has been! Many of us won’t be sorry to see the end of it, although not to be overly pessimistic, 2017 will certainly have its challenges with both the Brexit economy and the new US President. Yes, the one with the bad haircut! On the Art front there was plenty to keep us entertained, amused and informed and here are the year’s highs and lows:
29 December 2016
If you finally have time on your hands to catch up on all the exhibitions now on in London, here’s our handy 2 part guide to what’s on.
14 December 2016
The Late Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid is honoured with a new solo exhibition of paintings and drawings at London’s Serpentine Gallery. Hadid is regarded as a pioneering and visionary architect whose contribution to the world of architecture was ground-breaking and innovative.
12 December 2016
America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s is a new RA exhibition chronicling the turbulent economic, political and aesthetic climate that dominated the decade following the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
28 November 2016
The Serpentine Galleries are two contemporary art galleries in Kensington Gardens. Comprising the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine North Gallery,… Read More
3 October 2016
The Royal Academy has announced their 2017 exhibition programme, which explores some of the most momentous developments in 20th-century art. In… Read More
2 September 2016
A solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and digital works by the late British/Iraqi Architect Zaha Hadid is to be mounted… Read More
23 August 2016
The Royal College of art Fine Art degree shows season opened In Battersea, on Friday with a strong representation of Sculpture, Painting,… Read More
26 June 2016
The Iraqi born British Architect Dame Zaha Hadid, (31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) whose work included the London Olympic Aquatic Centre, has died of a heart attack
31 March 2016
Dame Zaha Hadid has been awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture from the Royal Institute of British Architects in… Read More
5 February 2016
A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is… Read More
26 January 2016
My favourite exhibition of 2015 had to be the Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy. His love of paint, brushstrokes,… Read More
30 December 2015
The Chapman Brothers have been bringing their unnervingly twisted vision to modern British art for over 20 years, first coming… Read More
9 December 2015
Today the Serpentine opens an exhibition by Michael Craig-Martin. This is the first solo show of the artist’s work in… Read More
25 November 2015
The Victoria and Albert Museum’s annual Illustration Awards will be substantially increased for 2016, in honour of the late Moira Gemmill,… Read More
17 November 2015
The Board of the Serpentine Galleries announced today that Julia Peyton-Jones, Director and Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes of the… Read More
31 October 2015
The Serpentine gallery is presenting Palisades, the first solo show in London by Rachel Rose, American artist and winner of the… Read More
19 October 2015
This winter, the Serpentine presents an exhibition by Michael Craig-Martin (b.Dublin, 1941), one of the best-known British artists of his… Read More
7 October 2015
A new exhibition of the work of David Hockney RA titled ’77 Portraits, 2 Still Lifes’ has been announced by… Read More
30 September 2015
Performa, has announced additional Performa Commissions and Premieres to debut during Performa 15. The internationally acclaimed organisation, dedicated to live performance… Read More
14 August 2015
We recently reported on the opening of ‘The Amazing World of M. C. Escher’ in Scotland and now here is… Read More
15 July 2015
The American Feminist artist Judy Chicago will open an exhibition of historic works at Riflemaker on 14 September. Star Cunts & other… Read More
9 July 2015
The Serpentine presents the work of late American sculptor Duane Hanson in his first survey show in London since 1997…. Read More
29 May 2015
Serpentine Galleries presents Leon Golub: ‘Bite Your Tongue’, a survey exhibition of the American figurative painter, his first in London… Read More
13 March 2015
Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), which opens this week at The Royal Academy, is perhaps the most exciting painting show to be… Read More
11 March 2015
Serpentine Galleries present the exhibition Leon Golub: ‘Bite Your Tongue’. This survey exhibition of the American figurative painter, his first… Read More
4 March 2015
2014 was certainly a good year for public blockbusters: late Matisse, Turner and Rembrandt, all of Veronese, Constable, Malevich, Polke… Read More
3 January 2015
The Serpentine Galleries present two exhibitions this winter, with Julio Le Parc at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery – and an… Read More
12 December 2014
The director of the Ashmolean Museum, Dr Alexander Sturgis, has announced that an anonymous UK benefactor has pledged a seven-figure… Read More
7 November 2014
Each October during Frieze Week, Artlyst releases the Art PowerLyst, the alternative to ArtReview’s Power 100. Many think that AR’s… Read More
15 October 2014
Latitude is to present six leading Brazilian galleries at London’s Frieze Art Fair next week. Highlights include Galeria Fortes Vilaça’s… Read More
8 October 2014
