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New showroom, work from 20 artists inc Adam Thompson, David A Smith, Adam Bainbridge, Gareth Cadwallader showing upstairs 20 Hoxton Sq now
Archives: Posted: 2009
Funhouse at the Hayward Gallery
As I enter the Hayward Gallery's project space, Matthew Derbyshire's new installation has me momentarily discombobulated. In fact, I wonder if I have stumbled into the wrong part of the building. Because, the thing is, it doesn't look or feel like art, just an uncannily familiar array of those......

Posted: May 27 2009 | More...

Terra Nihilus at Madox Arts
The risk with a small exhibit incorporating a wide variety of media, is that the resulting collection will either be a half-baked response to the theme, or it will indulge in extreme naval-gazing on the part of the artists. Fortunately Terra Nihilus which opened last week at the Maddox Art......

Posted: May 26 2009 | More...

This Week!
At long last the summer degree shows are starting to open across the city, showcasing the next generation of future artists. If London is supposed to provide the world's best art colleges, and recessions are supposed to inspire the best culture, then this summer should hopefully be a golden......

Posted: May 25 2009 | More...

Jenny Holzer at Between Bridges and Henry Hudson at Trolley Gallery
Thursday night saw the opening of two new shows either side of Brick Lane showcasing two very different talents: an exhibition of the established conceptual artist Jenny Holzer's early work at Between Bridges, and a new show from the promising painter Henry Hudson at the Trolley Gallery. Between Bridges......

Posted: May 24 2009 | More...

Tunnel 228 by Punchdrunk and the Old Vic
A cheerful queue marked the entrance to 'Tunnel 228' at dusk last night, the pop-up brainchild of The Old Vic and Punchdrunk. Muted by the monotone order of silence from a balaclava-ed usher, visitors patiently filed forward, donning regulation surgical masks. With no further guidance, individual exploration......

Posted: May 22 2009 | More...

Mute and Impotent before the Boot at Post Box Gallery
What is or might be The Boot? poses the catalogue to Grant Foster, whose solo show it accompanies for the next month. The Boot, capitalised, iconised, formalised leads into multiple intrigues in his work - war, the uniform, protection, violence, sadism, masochism, the seedy and the sexual - all......

Posted: May 21 2009 | More...

Skart: On the Origins of Wishes at Space
Literally translated as 'trash' or 'scraps', Skart peppers a canvas of t-shirts, schoolbooks, photos and papers, with crayola scrawlings to create a visual tantrum. The confused and childlike array of media that forms the opening piece in a retrospective of the Belgrade Art Activist group is more petulant than......

Posted: May 19 2009 | More...

Opening this week...
THURSDAY Maddox Arts in Mayfair will be opening Terra Nihilus, a group show curated by emerging artists Hugo Wilson and Chris Roantree. All six artists share "an interest in a romantically dark vision of nomadism, where ideas and practice drift somewhere between the seen and the unseen worlds." Their works......

Posted: May 18 2009 | More...

Passing through at the James Taylor Gallery
Josie Breese visits the opening night of the James Taylor Gallery's latest group show of emerging artists producing artwork that draws the viewer in

Posted: May 15 2009 | More...

One Hand Clap at Ada Street Gallery
Goldsmith graduate collective Dial Zero take over the Ada Street Gallery

Posted: May 14 2009 | More...

Okkyung Lee / Christian Marclay / Steve Beresford / John Butcher at Café Oto
An Evening of poetry

Posted: May 12 2009 | More...

This Week!
On Thursday evening the massive and amazing James Taylor Gallery in Hackney will present Passing Through, an exhibition of interactive audience-responsive works by sixteen emerging artists/artist collectives.

Posted: May 11 2009 | More...

Who Owns Art?
Who Owns Art? is the deceptively straightforward question at the root of a recent talk at Chelsea College of Arts. Own-it, the event's organisers, specialise in advising arts professionals on issues of intellectual property - their website is an excellent resource for those making and/or commissioning art, and is......

Posted: May 06 2009 | More...

Spill Feast at Toynbee Studios
SPILL festival of performance challenged, invigorated and stretched perceptions of performance art. Its accessible and wide ranging programme delighted Londoners throughout the month April at a variety of locations.

Posted: May 05 2009 | More...

4 openings this week
Firstly I'd like to recommend a visit to Performing Localities, which is organised by 1st year students from my course, Curating Contemporary Art MA at the Royal College of Art.

Posted: May 04 2009 | More...