2013: A lot of Exhibitions, and the Art Fund Pass
The new year is always the time when galleries announce their upcoming big blockbuster exhibitions, and this year is no exception. There are so many great shows coming up that I will inevitably miss some (if not all); I ended up never going to the V&A Hollywood Costume exhib which I am gutted about. It’s...
Exciting Happenings: Shipshape Illustration Forum
Some really exciting news to announce; on Sunday 15th April I’ll be on the panel at Shipshape Studio’s Illustration and Design Forum! “A panel discussion and networking event on careers in the design and illustration industry, with Emma Block, Alice Potter and Rachel Lewis. During this intimate event, the panel will discuss careers in illustration...
Review: Outline Editions ‘Clear Your Head Every Day’ Exhibition
On Thursday 9th June I was invited to the Private View of Anthony Burrill’s new show atOutline Editions, which is situated on Soho’s Berwick Street Market in a former second-hand record store; I’ve written about it before, here. Following on from its debut show ‘Into The Forest’ and the recent ‘Joys of Spring’, Outline Editions is now...
Hand Drawn London: Maps Exhibition
The Londonist’s exhibition of hand-drawn maps opened at the Museum of London on April 21st, and I can’t wait to go and check it out. The exhibition brings together eleven of the best maps from their ongoing series, Hand Drawn London. They asked readers to draw their local neighbourhoods, or sketch out the whole of...
Review: Pick Me Up 2011 at Somerset House
Last Sunday I went to Pick Me Up, Somerset House’s contemporary graphic art fair, now in it’s second year after 2010 being so successful (read last year’s post here). I went with fellow Crayonette Rachel Price and met up with some awesome illustrators, including the lovely Jo Cheung, Emma Block, Emma Cowley and June Chanpoomidole...
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Exhibition: Outline Editions presents ‘The Joys of Spring’
Really looking forward to this one. Following its hugely successful winter show, Outline Editions is on a seasonal cheer-up mission, with a new exhibition of specially commissioned, Spring-themed prints at their buzzing pop-up gallery in Berwick Street. The show will include work from some of Britain’s most in-demand image-makers. Anthony Burrill, Kate Moross, Noma Bar,...
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Review: Dior Illustrated – René Gruau and the Line of Beauty
On the 18th November, I went to the ‘Dior Illustrated – René Gruau and the Line of Beauty’ exhibition at Somerset House, and attended the ‘From Gruau to Now’ talk with Cally Blackman, Jaspar Goodall and Sonnet Stanfill. It was a really lovely evening and the gallery was open late so I could see the...
Illustration’s in Fashion: Upcoming Exhibitions and David Downton’s new book
There’s a plethora of fashion illustration related goodness coming your way in the next few months. Fashion illustration is truly enjoying a bit of a resurgence at the moment; a few factors are probably at play but I think it’s stemming from the whole DIY/amateur journalism/blogging that of course is now at the forefront of...
Glug Notworking at Pick Me Up, Somerset House
Last wednesday I hauled a tired and stressed body over to the Embankment for another Glug Notworking session. You remember I reviewed the last one at The Book Club, and said I’d prob go the next one. I really wanted to go see Pick Me Up so it was great they held Glug there –...
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Van Doesburg & The International Avant Garde – Exhibition Review
During my regualar London shenanigans I always make a point to visit an exhibition or two. As soon as I heard about Van Doesburg & The International Avant Garde at the Tate Modern, I knew I had to go. That period of art history (early 20th century, up to second world war) is my favourite;...
Selfridges Museum Of Small Things Review
On friday I popped into London for the day, and one of the things I did was visit Selfridge’s M.O.S.T exhibition, as I promised I would. The first thing I’ll say is that it was dark. Very dark. All the walls were black, some covered with fake black leaves (a strange decision) and there was...
Selfridges M.O.S.T – Museum Of Small Things
I heard about this via The Brighter Sparks blog (which is good, btw) and it’s instantly caught my imagination. It’s a new exhibition in the Selfridges Ultralounge in London, running from 5th february to 7th march. Visit the Museum of small things blog to have a look at some behind the scenes preparations, and to...
