Ahead of Monday’s London gig; “Great video of us playing “Coming Apart”, “We Are Not the Same”, and “Head Shrinker” at The Black Lab in Lille FR, the other night. Thanks to Ah bon? Productions / Cerbère Coryphée / Mohamed Dali for capturing it so beautifully”. So said an Extra Life via social media.. Footage…
Caitlin Keogh, Running Doggerel at The Approach, East London – Back to the Approach, as fashionably aloof as they might be up there, I do like the Approach, dubious stairs and everything else. There’s been some really good shows in their East London space over the last couple of years, never predictable, almost always rather…
Gina Birch, In My Fucking Room at Gallery 46 – It really isn’t important that Gina Birch has such an influential musical history, that her and her band are such an important cog in (post) punk’s colourful history. Her band, The Raincoats, were (and still are) one of the most significant of bands, obviously it…
Frieze London, Day one, October 12th, 2022 – Now and again you find yourself asking why? Why I we here? Why am I writing this? Why has that gallery from Shanghai gone to all the effort,of bringing that rather boring, rather conventional still life that wouldn’t stand out in a village fête art show all…
I guess Frieze Week is in full swing now, well no, like I said last time, I don’t guess, I know. I guess it is mostly about the big establishment galleries this week? Is there much going on by way of a real alternative? Much happening in the undergrowth or has the financial situation and…
Ruins of Time | Tower – St. Augustine’s Tower, Hackney – Went up a 13th century tower last night, always a challenge getting up those tighter than tight well worn stone stairs, best not to partake in too much of that private view refreshment if you want to get back down in one piece. There’s…
It is all rather uncomplicated, a simple group exhibition out in the beautiful grounds of the Wanstead Quaker’s Meeting House, a show called Freedom, part of the Leytonstone Arts Trail. The outdoor shows, curated by artists Brett Banks and Mark knight, always in the peace and quiet of the woods behind the meeting house have…
Well now, when I painted that interpretation of the Flipper cover a couple of days ago I had no idea that the remaining members of Flipper were actually on their way over for a show or two. A whole European tour actually including a London date (overseas over in the South) at the New Cross…
Six days to go now, the Art Car Boot Fair is back in terms of a real life event, it all happens this coming Saturday, here in London, at Kings Cross, back for all the fun of the fair for a 19th slightly anarchic year, an artist run thing done the right way. Here’s a…
The countdown is seriously on now, only 18 days to go until the Art Car Boot Fair, always one of the highlights of London’s art calender, return in “real life”. That’s right, as previously reported on these pages, the Art Car Boot Fair is back after an enforced Covid lockdown break, in just 18 days…
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