Phrases such as “Broken Britain” and “Euro crisis” have become familiar to us in the news in recent years, so Rich Mix is hosting “The Festival of Dangerous Ideas” to explore these concepts and more, promising a day of discussion, debate, dancing, film making and theatre. Topics debated will range from riots,…
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Just around the corner from one of London’s busiest modern day transport hubs sits a quiet house in a stately street. The old lantern outside the door hints at what lies inside: an historical time capsule that is worlds away from Liverpool Street’s hustle and bustle. Behind its doors, 18…
True Stories Told Live is a simple concept; a group of strangers gather in a pub and share a true story from their life. So far, so normal. In fact, you might think this sounds like any other night out. But there’s a difference. First of all, there is a strict 10…
David Hockney is undoubtedly one of the best British artists of the 20th century, and has a long established fascination with the depiction of landscapes. Working most recently on huge canvases filled with bright contrasting colours, his work is vibrant, bold and exciting. Thinking outside the traditional painter’s box, Hockney…
George Condo excels at doing the one thing that your art teacher always warned you not to: he paints from his imagination. And it’s the grotesquely comic, brightly coloured portraits for which he is best known which cover much of the wall space at this major retrospective of the American artist’s…
The Barbican Art Gallery has opened its doors to reveal an architectural exhibition like no other. Displaying the work of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture – otherwise known as OMA – this exhibition holds some of the most intriguing architectural titbits from collections and archives across the globe. The inventive exhibition…