In 2019, travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer spent four months retracing the Silk Road, the historic trade route. Over a period of four months, he travelled 40,000 km overland by car, bus, train, ferry, horse and camel, traversing sixteen countries. He began his journey from London’s King’s Cross, where the show is staged (8th April 2021 until 16th June). The exhibition, which is sponsored by the Aga Khan Foundation and presented in partnership with King’s Cross […]
Interview | Karen Ashton on Viral Art Car Boot Fair
Eric Block Karen Ashton on Viral Art Car Boot Fair The first ever digital Viral Art Car Boot Fair on…
News | Southbank’s Everyday Heroes art and poetry project to celebrate key workers
The Southbank Centre has announced a new public art and poetry project celebrating the invaluable contributions of key workers who have kept the country running during the COVID-19 crisis. Everyday Heroes will comprise original portraits – whether in the form of paintings, drawings, photographs and texts – reproduced as large scale posters for a dynamic display across the Southbank Centre from mid August to November 2020. The portraits are to be shown […]
News | Rachel Bower, on winning The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2019
I am thrilled to have won The London Magazine Short Story Prize, and would like to thank the panel of judges and everyone involved for their time and energy in making this happen, especially during such challenging times. I am sorry not to be able to offer my thanks in person, but hope to meet everyone in the future, when we are through the current crisis […]
Review | Young Rembrandt & Nicolaes Maes: Dutch Master of the Golden Age
The similarities between the life paths of the 17th century Dutch painters Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693) and Rembrandt (1606-1669) are intriguing. Both grew up in small town Holland, both were apprenticed to local painters at an early age, both moved to Amsterdam to work with a master, both returned to their home towns to perfect their own style, both ended their lives in Amsterdam to which each had returned as their careers began to burgeon […]
Interview | Keith Burstein: Tonality, Beethoven and Memories of Bonn
A new work by composer Keith Burstein, marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, will be performed by the London Chamber Orchestra at the Cadogan Hall in March. Burstein is renowned for his fervent championing of tonal music, as opposed to the atonal style which has dominated classical music teaching and composition for over a century, and Memories of Bonn looks set to ignite the ongoing controversy surrounding the on-going pre-eminence of atonality […]
News | Imtiaz Dharker leads “emergency poetry” event for the planet
Poet Imtiaz Dharker is to lead a host of writers during a day of ‘non-stop emergency poetry for the planet’…
Interview | Keith Coventry: The Old Comedy
Eric Block Keith Coventry: The Old Comedy This month sees the opening of UPSTONE SOHO, a new gallery in the…
Interview | Cecilia Brunson Projects Founder on I Am Awake by Feliciano Centurión
Eric Block Cecilia Brunson Projects Founder on I Am Awake by Feliciano Centurión Cecilia Brunson opened her eponymous Bermondsey-based gallery…
Review | Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits
Throughout art history, the self-portrait has remained a point of captivation. From Velasquez to Van Gogh, the artist’s rendering of selfhood provides a fascinating insight into the psyche of a figure often shrouded in mystery, revealing to the viewer traits which even the photograph fails to capture […]
Interview | Quentin Blake: Anthology of Readers
Best known for his illustrations of Roald Dahl’s books — including Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory amongst others — Quentin Blake’s latest exhibition, Anthology of Readers, turns his eye to book-lovers […]
Interview | Bahia Shehab: At the Corner of a Dream at the Aga Khan Centre Gallery
Eric Block Bahia Shehab: At the Corner of a Dream at the Aga Khan Centre Gallery The acclaimed Egyptian-Lebanese artist, designer,…
Interview | Richard Baker on winning the 2019 HIX Award
This year’s HIX Award attracted more than 600 entrants and, as founder Mark Hix admits, it was very tough trying…
Review | Robyn Denny: Works on Paper
Charlie Dixon Robyn Denny: Works on Paper Robyn Denny’s work soared with the post-war momentum of 60’s London, helping to…
Interview | Elise Ansel: yes I said Yes at Cadogan Contemporary
As arguably the biggest week in the London art-world calendar sets in, there is a striking exhibition on display at Cadogan Contemporary in which the acclaimed American artist Elise Ansel reclaims female identity from the old master paintings […]
Interview | Cultural Traffic founder Toby Mott on Arts Fairs and Counter-culture
Eric Block Cultural Traffic interview: Arts Fairs and Counter-culture The roving global arts and publishing fair, Cultural Traffic, will hold…
Interview | AlanJames Burns on Entirely Hollow Aside from the Dark
This September sees a powerful art event transform the unique setting of Cresswell Crags Cave, Nottinghamshire. In complete darkness, visual and environmental artist AlanJames Burns stages a psychoacoustic sound artwork entitled Entirely hollow aside from the dark […]
Review | 58th Venice Biennale
Venice, that city of dreams and the inspiration for artists and writers from Turner to Italo Calvino, sees its 58th…
News | The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year
Adam Weymouth was announced as the winner of The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year…
Review | Summer and Smoke at The Duke of York’s Theatre
Briony Willis Summer & Smoke A poetic vision of human nature and our existential struggle to forge the middle ground…
Preview | The Turning of The Leaves at Union Chapel
Following last year’s immersive multi-screen audio-visual installation for Remembrance Day, artist and poet Jack Miguel, filmmaker Taz Tron Delix and…
Review | Medusa at Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Briony Willis Medusa Through beautifully poetic movements and engaging drama, Jasmin Vardimon has created a unique choreographic voice that enables…
Preview | Phoebe Dickinson: Journey Through Landscape at Tessa Packard Showroom
British painter From the 12th of November, BP Portrait Award 2018 nominee Phoebe Dickinson will unveil her new exhibition “Journey…
Event | New River Press vs The London Magazine at Burley Fisher Books
On Thursday at Burley Fisher Books in East London, The London Magazine will be collaborating on an evening of poetry and spoken word with the poetry publishers New River Press.
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