Michael Craig-Martin fills the Royal Academy‘s main galleries with a riot of colour in a full-scale career retrospective. Sir Michael Craig-Martin, RA If you’re looking for an exhibition to combat the oncoming gloom of the colder months, this might just be the thing. Sir Michael Craig-Martin, a Royal Academician known for his brightly coloured paintings […]
The Dulwich Picture Gallery‘s latest exhibition Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking showcases an artistic and technically interesting dynasty in its own floating world. Introducing the Yoshida Family It’s my own fault, really. I shouldn’t leave exhibitions to the last minute. So if my experience at the Dulwich Picture Gallery was a very crowded one, […]
My second and final event of HKPAX was Meeting In-between Time, a site-specific performance by City Contemporary Dance Company at the Pokfulam Farm. A Unique Setting In my last post, I explained a little bit about the fortunate timing that allowed me to experience the inaugural HKPAX (Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo). My first encounter […]
Time in a Bottle by Leon Ko combines music with dioramas and scent to create a truly multisensory experience. Time in a Bottle Last week I had the great fortune to be in Hong Kong at the same time as HKPAX, the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo, was taking place. Even more exciting, this is […]
Both fun and educational, Hull’s Streetlife Museum of Transport takes visitors back in time by looking at different modes of transport and how they have shaped life on the city’s streets. An Evolving Museum There isn’t too much information available online on the history of the Streetlife Museum of Transport. But what there is is […]
My recent trip to Hull allowed me to visit one of the UK’s best regional art collections at the Ferens Art Gallery. Join me to learn more about this institution, its origins, and what you can see and do there today. A Little Background First: Thomas Ferens and the Ferens Art Gallery On my recent […]
Hull, the UK’s 2017 City of Culture, has many points of interest for culture lovers. Check out recommendations below on how to spend a day in Yorkshire’s fourth-largest city. Hull: A Brief History and Orientation Let’s start with names, shall we? Hull, a city of a bit under 300,000 inhabitants, hasn’t always been called Hull. […]
Sonali Bhattacharyya’s King Troll (The Fawn) is a dark and suspenseful allegorical horror. Get ready for some jump scares, an unearthly creature and, worst of all, the spectre of the Home Office. King Troll (The Fawn) What a privilege to see something of this calibre in so intimate a setting as the New Diorama Theatre. […]
I defy anyone not to have fun at Släpstick: Schërzo, a raucous, clever and very skillful show where nothing in classical music is sacred. Släpstick: Schërzo I would be hard pressed to think of a better show to stage in Wilton’s Music Hall than Släpstick’s Schërzo. Or indeed a better venue for this show. Släpstick’s […]
Lindos is a sleepy settlement dominated for millennia by its natural citadel. Or it would be sleepy, were it not for the hordes of tourists descending on it daily (myself included). An Introduction to Lindos Today’s post is very much in the same genre as this one on Cape Verde. It answers the question “what […]
