5 Galleries to visit in London this Spring

5 Galleries to visit in London this Spring

In this blog post I share my recommendations for 5 art spaces worth visiting this Spring, starting with a double dose of Gilbert and George at their newly-opened Centre in the East End of London, and over on the other side of the city, at White Cube Gallery in...
Go see: Fred Tomaselli at White Cube Mayfair

Go see: Fred Tomaselli at White Cube Mayfair

I must confess that I knew nothing about American artist Fred Tomaselli before I stepped down to the imposing space that is the basement of the Mayfair branch of White Cube gallery. My interest in him was because he was billed as a mixed-media artist, and I’m...
Josef Frank at The Fashion & Textile Museum

Josef Frank at The Fashion & Textile Museum

On a grey February day, the unabashed colours and energetic shapes that characterise Josef Frank’s patterns provided a welcome contrast with the outside, and it was a pleasure to walk into the Fashion and Textile Museum to visit this compact showcase of...
Oh we do love to be beside the seaside

Oh we do love to be beside the seaside

A short while ago I visited the Turner Contemporary for the first time – a stunning interior full of art and flooded with coastal light. It’s the perfect setting for “Atmosphere”, the Edmund de Waal exhibition which runs until February...
What’s inside your head?

What’s inside your head?

I often use images of phrenology heads in my work so I was delighted to discover this rather fabulous one at an exhibition called  “An idiosyncratic A to Z of the human condition”,  on at the Wellcome Collection until 12 October and well worth seeing. Many...

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