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Nancy Fouts show extended until end of July. A must see. 52 Oakley Square, NW1
Archives: Posted: 2009
Notes from the Underground
It all started in Stockholm in February 1995, when the first freesheet was released on their metro system. In 1999 Associated Newspapers replicated the idea with Metro in the UK. Then at the start of September 2006 came London Lite and News International's The London Paper for the evening......

Posted: Feb 27 2009 | More...

A few ideas for this week...
A new week and as sure as the climbing morning sun here are a new selection of art events happening over the coming few days. Opening on Tuesday 24th and running all week until the 28th at La Galleria is an exhibition of artwork and prose by adults with autism.......

Posted: Feb 23 2009 | More...

Interim Photography at the London College of Communication
I had a look in at the Well Gallery for the interim show of the LCC photography MA last night. The final show will be in November, but interesting to see the work in progress so if you have some spare time this week and can face the near-death......

Posted: Feb 20 2009 | More...

Melodie Mousset at artbelowzero?
We attended the artbelowzero? monthly art and music event last night. The concept behind what they are doing is an interesting one, geared as it is squarely at art being seen by other artists, rather than buyers. Their goal is to respond to "the need for artists/designers to come......

Posted: Feb 19 2009 | More...

The Originals 09 - prints that don't outprice
Billed as the UK's most prestigious printmaking exhibition, the Originals '09 is certainly going strong in its sixth year. Everyone from the big names (Sir Peter Blake of St Pepper's album cover fame) to art school students jostle together on the walls of the Mall Galleries. It's a real hodge-podge......

Posted: Feb 18 2009 | More...

A few ways to spend an hour this week...
The final traces of any city snow have now long gone and with it so have the cellophane wrapped Valentine's Day sentiments slapping the faces of the high street wanderers. Hooray to the latter. Here is as usual the pick of some of the art events happening in the......

Posted: Feb 16 2009 | More...

Mark Wallinger's Bridled Passion
Turner prize-winner Mark Wallinger 50 meter high white horse was announced as the winner of the Ebbsfleet Landmark Project earlier this week. By all accounts it was the overwhelming public favourite for the project whose search for a giant gateway installation at the crossover point of road and rail......

Posted: Feb 13 2009 | More...

Toby Smith opens Light After Dark at Tender Pixel
His photography is a powerful meditation on human interaction with nature, and not in the overt rape-and-pillage way that you might expect. The collection going on show tomorrow is a series of moody brooding power stations shot a night through slow exposures, but rather than getting snagged on the......

Posted: Feb 11 2009 | More...

Altermodern at the Tate Britain Triennial
It is usually best not to spend a review labouring over the conceptual coat hanger that holds an exhibition together (that's what press releases are for), but in the case of the Altermodern it is such a Big Idea (with capitals) that the show would be hard to......

Posted: Feb 10 2009 | More...

Art events this week
With the snow now drowned by the dreary drizzling grey skies what colourful exhibitions can one peruse over the coming week? Here are a few plucked proposals for you. This evening, Monday 9th, is the date for the private view of 'Moistworks' at the Hold and Freight Gallery. This looks......

Posted: Feb 09 2009 | More...

Boo Saville - 'Butter Sunk'
A morbid childhood encounter with an interred family hamster is said to have prompted artist Boo Saville's interest in death and decay. Saville's solo exhibition at the Trolley Gallery contains images of mummified bodies, bog men, cadavers and skulls. The exhibition's name, Butter Sunk, is taken from the poem......

Posted: Feb 06 2009 | More...

Do Saatchi and the BBC have the Art-Factor?
So Saatchi wants to create the art X-Factor - should we really be surprised? It's one of the most staggering successful formats of recent years, creating unprecedented peaks in record sales and making a huge amount of money for the industry operators who stand behind the overnight artists (who,......

Posted: Feb 03 2009 | More...

The week ahead...
A new week and a bunch of new shows. Last week was a great week as I saw Laura Oldfield Ford's superb exhibition at the Hales Gallery and also Boo Saville's solo show at the Trolley Gallery. Both surpassed my already very high expectations. This week sees the private view......

Posted: Feb 02 2009 | More...