Category Archives: travel

JR The 2011 TED Prize Winner

JR’s Wish: ‘I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and togethr we’ll turn the world…Inside out.’ http://www.tedprize.org/jr-2011-ted-prize-winner

Leave a Comment

Filed under News, Street Art, travel

Carnival Week-End in Barcelona

We were lucky with the weather it was sunny and unusually warm for the Carnival weekend in Barcelona. People and particularly children were out for the stroll down the Ramblas dressed in wigs extra noses and feathers and or fairy … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under News, Poetry, travel

Aware Art Fashion Identity

Royal Academy GSK 02.12.10 – 30.01.11 Aware demonstrates how Art and Fashion amalgamate to show that clothing is a powerful instrument for communicating identity in many different ways. I was particularily struck by Alicia Framis installation in the show. Alicia … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Bejing, Fashion, News, Street Art, travel

Oxo Gallery Rosl Arts

The 2010 annual Scholars Exhibition brings together work in a variety of media by winners of the 2009 Travel Scholarship: Anikpe Ebene (Nigeria) Chan Kok Hooi (Malaysia) Leo de Feu (UK) Keegan Simon Trinidad and Tobago) and Todd Stratton (New … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Current Exhibitions London, Events in London, travel

Star City at Nottingham Contemporary

Star City At Nottingham Contemporary http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/art/star-city An Exploration back into the future under the influence of communism. A look at the monuments memorabilia and once highly secretly kept plans and places that shaped the idea’s and visions for the future … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Art and Space, News, travel, Un-answered

Arabian Love Story

I met Paul Wadsworth at the Majlis Gallery while in Dubai last month. He divides his time between a studio at the Majlis in Dubai and his studio at Trewidden Gardens in Penzance. A book of prints with the romantic … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under News, travel

Raskols and Sing-Sing

Stephen Dupont at JACK BELL GALLERY 276 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD LONDON SW1 March 25th – April 25th 2010 http://www.jackbellgallery.com Over the past six years, Stephen Dupont has traveled to Papua New Guinea, photographically documenting its changing face and the impact … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Art in London, Current Exhibitions London, Events in London, travel

In conversation with Nelda Gilliam

In Conversation with: Nelda Gilliam At Bastakiya Art Fair 2010 N: I do art because I have to. I am an artist and that’s how I think, but I don’t think things through as to what I am going to … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Art Fairs, Artists Profile, travel

Bastakiya Art Fair Dubai 2010

Bastakiya Art Fair is now in its fourth year and complements Art Dubai. The independent Fringe Fair is organised by the XVA Gallery in Dubai’s historic Al- Bastakiya area. Mona Hauser and Rosie Hayes bring together and promote emerging artists … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Art Fairs, News, travel

When in Dubai/Art Dubai 15-21 March 2010

My first impressions of Dubai were driving along in a taxi on the very long El Zahid Road that is the main artery of the City. I was trusting the taxi driver to take me to an address in a … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Art Fairs, News, travel