I like walking down the Regent’s canal, just for a stroll but also to spot street art. Many famous street or graffiti artists such as Banksky or Team Robbo have let their spray cans go wild on the walls of the surrounding buildings or bridges along the path. Come to the canal this summer and … Continue reading The Regent's canal art festival
Catlin Art Prize (www.artcatlin.com) When: Wednesday 16 April 2012 Where: Londonnewcastle Project Space, London, E2 7DP The winner of the 2012 Catlin Art Prize is Julia Vogl, a 2011 graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London. She is the sixth winner of the annual Catlin Art Prize, a competition showcasing … Continue reading Catlin Art Prize 2012
Last week The Barbican Centre opened its doors to a major exhibition about the highly influential Bauhaus movement. The show explores the German art and design school that ran between 1919 and 1933 and made a profound impact on our contemporary world by uniting art, craft, design and technology. Bauhaus: Art as Life brings together … Continue reading Bauhaus: Art as Life
Gaston Gouron is a visual media artist based in Brussels. His work caught my attention at a show about art books. Not by surprise, yet I think more by design, I had picked out each of Gaston’s three artworks on display before swooping in to catch a word with him. I arranged to meet two … Continue reading When just interesting isn't enough – breathing new life into the artbook. An interview with French-Belgian media artist Gaston Gouron
I have always loved the saying “you learn something new everyday”; mainly because it is a saying my grandfather always drummed into me and also because I think it is a very accurate description for the ‘art world’. This was especially the case when I met David Genty. Genty Fine Art mainly work with established … Continue reading French artists at Genty Fine Art’s Christmas Show
