Gorkha: in focus Documenting livelihoods in a changing climate by Jasper Wilkins Gorkha is based west of Kathmandu, Nepal and was the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake killing nearly 9000 people and destroying thousands of houses and businesses. This project explores stories of hope in a rural community located in Gorkha and demonstrates the importance…
A show of recent works by painters who have been on the Turps Studio Programme during 2015-17 and will be leaving the studios this Summer. About Turps Studio Programme is a one year mentoring programme with the option to say for a second year, based at Turps Studios in South East London. Uniquely painters work…
Anything Goes? Contemporary British Painting An Exhibition of Works by Members of Contemporary British Painting Selected by Anna McNay 25 July – 5 August 2017 Despite, and perhaps because of, the global, mass and social medial world in which it exists, contemporary British painting is and remains something complexly personal, defined as much by its…
TRAVELLING LIGHT – WANDER MORE Drawn to geometric architecture and the often ignored design that surrounds everyday life, OLYMPUS Ambassador Martina Govindraj aims to use her latest exhibition, Travelling Light – Wander More to explore the idea of isolation and our connection to mobile technology in densely populated urban spaces. This unique exhibition consists of…
You Rise, Then You're Gone The Verve: Photographs by Chris Floyd 5-16 September 2017 It has been two decades since the colossal success of The Verve’s era-defining Urban Hymns, and it remains one of the biggest selling British albums of all time. You Rise, Then You’re Gone is an exhibition by the photographer Chris…
Dafydd Jones A Weekend in Washington - January 2017 19-23 September 2017 I travelled to Washington for the weekend of the Trump Inauguration. -What was later called the inauguration that wasn’t. Everywhere there were protestors. Protestors intermingled with the supporters. -It was impossilbe for Trump supporters not to notice the protestors. Lone people holding…
The Hemming and Marr Show Recent Paintings 3-14 October 2017 Adrian Hemming on Andrew Marr I FIRST ENCOUNTERED Andrew (or rather I didn’t but used to observe him), rapt with attention, painting on Primrose Hill and I knew that the last thing an artist wants in those situations is a twat like me interrupting him…
Gibraltar As Seen By Five Artists Paul Cosquieri | Shane Dalmedo | Nina Danino | Carolina Santos Floriano | Karl Ullger curated by Philippa Beale 17-28 October 2017 Phillippa Beale, an English artist and curator, has chosen Paul Cosquieri, Shane Dalmedo, Nina Danino, Carolina Santos Floriano and Karl Ullger, to showcase their work on Gibraltar. The exhibition highlights the…
Canada Now – The Tip of the Iceberg Sonny Assu | Patrick Bérubé | Simon Bilodeau | James Nizam Jannick Deslauriers | Karine Giboulo | Guillaume Lachapelle | Laurent Lamarche| Cal Lane Marie-Ève Levasseur| Nadia Myre | Karine Payette curated by Anaïs Castro Director of Art Mûr Germany 1-25 November 2017 Art Mûr celebrates its first year in Europe…
'A Beautiful Silence' Photography exhibition by Steve Gosling 28 November - 2 December 2017 In November 2016, Steve Gosling travelled to South Georgia and Antarctica as an instructor on a Luminous Landscape workshop which gave him the opportunity to capture the landscapes that appear in his photographs. My son tells me that I have the…