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I am… now a London-based cultural producer with a focus on visual arts exhibitions and special projects. I moved from New York City just two years ago. The area in London I call home is… Hackney. I live near London Fields and enjoy the vibrancy of this area. I’ve got…
Shunt may have been around for over a decade, but their work is still as fresh as the day they started out. If you haven’t had the pleasure before, they are a band of live performers curating projects in unusual places. After a couple of years break they return this…
The Southbank definitely suffers from a constant influx of tourists, forcing Londoners to share one of the most beautiful areas in the capital with screaming European teenagers you’ll struggle to dodge. But it’s undoubtedly worth a visit for amongst the chain restaurants are some hidden gems of bars and cafes. While…
If I were to say to you ‘the Middle East’ – many associations may come to mind but chances are contemporary art would not be one of them. A major exhibition at the V&A is attempting to redress the underrepresentation of photography in the region (in both our minds and…
If you are thinking that the festival season was well and truly over two months ago and you’ve packed your tent away until next year, then rest assured, this is not the kind of festival that requires the usual napsack of overnight paraphernalia. Housed in three venues in East London’s…
Art went through a fascinating change during the first half of the 20th century, if that isn’t underestimating it a little. It moved towards the abstract, which still fascinates and preoccupies art enthusiasts today. For all its highbrow exclusivity and outdated attitudes, the insular soul-searching of this period helped create…