Visual Art
London's visual art scene is famous for being on the cutting-edge of the art world. This section gives an overview of visual art venues, from the more prestigious venues like the Royal Academy of Arts to the wonderfully formed White Cube in Hoxton.
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Utilising the city of Berlin as site for exploration, 'a here and a there' is a photographic exhibition exploring how fourteen photographers affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths, University of London combine their photographic practices with the activity of 'walking'…
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Politics & Olympics: Ideals and Realities
At the heart of the Politics & Olympics: Ideals and Realities project is an exhibition at the Free Word Centre featuring historical and contemporary photographs including previously-unseen images which highlight political aspects of the Games. The exhibition will be simultaneously staged at Newcastle Central Library…
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From the riotous colour and noise of Rio to the more cerebral rhythms of Hay, festivals offer an escape route from the everyday to the urgent and boisterous celebration of harvests, music, books, tomatoes, and bog snorkelling. As we approach a summer of unprecedented festivity,…
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Animated Environments: Graham Gussin
Visual artist Graham Gussin presents new and existing works which focus on painting, film, photography and text as platforms for performance. The friction of visual art and dance is a defining aspect in all of Siobhan Davies’ own work and commissions, allowing each art…
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This exhibition is the largest ever of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the human body. Leonardo has long been recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, but he was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. …
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The Design Museum’s Design Awards, ‘the Oscars of the design world’, showcases the most innovative and progressive designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics and Transport and Product. A high profile judging panel will decide…
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The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career to date and showcases twenty years of designs and inspiration,…
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For much of his distinguished career, Kennington was regularly classed by leading critics as belonging to the ranks of such exceptional portraitists as: Hans Holbein the Younger; Albrecht Dürer; Franz Hals; Van Gogh and Augustus John. Furthermore, many of his artistic contemporaries rated…
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Felicity Powell - Charmed Life: The solace of objects
'Charmed Life: The solace of objects' is the result of the artist Felicity Powell’s engagement with a collection of 1400 amulets assembled by the Edwardian amateur folklorist Edward Lovett. One of the few people to have had access to this curious collection of &lsquo…
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