For his latest body of work Thomas Lumley applies traditional drawing and portraiture techniques to explore the very essence of trees – exposing one in seemingly microscopic detail by using the cremated remains of another. The resulting charcoal abstractions are profoundly simple and gently poetic
This month will see the UK debut of a global collaboration to showcase the best of Chinese creativity and design, in the form of a pop-up shop introducing the UK to 32 leading Eastern brands that fuse Chinese aesthetic with contemporary design. The exhibition, in
Picpus Press is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the launch of a new publication. Called Picpus leporello, it will present mini-monographs of artists, starting with three editions dedicated to Isa Genzken, Peter Saville and John Dunkley. Editors and founders Charles Asprey and Simon Grant will
In 2010, just after the contested 2009 Iranian election, during riots urging the removal of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office, writer/director Sarah Chew went to Iran on a theatre residency. The experience changed her life. Lipstick: a fairy tale of modern Iran is inspired by
In light of recent coverage on Tracy Chapman suing Nicki Minaj over an unauthorised sample it has got more people thinking about sampling in general. The practice of sampling in the music industry, or using soundbites of other tracks in your own song, really took
The world’s largest, free, youth film festival opened today with simultaneous pupil premieres of Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’The Grinch held in Manchester, London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and London ahead of the film’s release in cinemas across the UK on 9th November. At each premiere, young audiences across the UK
London artist Joshua KYEOT has wowed in new EP She Loves Me Not! Over the last years, he’s released his two-track project, “She Loves Me” and sold out is first headline show at the Servant Jazz Quarters and performed with BBC Introducing. And now he
One of the most entertaining stylists of London Fashion Week, Emma Lehane – AKA Hair in The Chair – stepped on busy Carnaby Street to trim the hair of celebrity photographer and publisher Joe Alvarez to support Emma’s charity of choice Crisis. Hair in The
Amanda Holden looked sensational this weekend when she attended the Global Gift Gala at the Rosewood Hotel in London wearing a stunning black two piece Caroline Castigliano gown handcrafted from fluid crepe. The effortlessly glamourous gown featured a chic high neck open back loose fitting top paired
he Dark Arts took over the Fantastic Beasts: Wizarding World Wands supporting Lumos installation on Peters Hill (London), as the wands turned green for Halloween. Hundreds of Wizarding World fans gathered to hear talks on the wands & Dark Arts in between the regular evening