Nathan Sawaya – The Art of the Brick
Over fifty years ago, when the colourful interlocking toy bricks were created in 1949, no one would have believed the strength of brand love that was to follow for LEGO. However, to this day this perpetual love affair shows no sign of abating. In The Art of the Brick, an exhibition at the Discovery Times … Read more
The Sketchbook Project
The Sketchbook Project is a crowd-sourced art project which sees artists turn a small 32-page grey sketchbook into a living, breathing piece of art. Each sketchbook is then catalogued and becomes part of a traveling exhibition of the handmade books, before eventually ending up in the permanent collection at Brooklyn Art Library in Williamsburg. Allowing … Read more
Dave Cole – Patriot Games
New Hampshire-born, Rhode Island-based conceptual artist Dave Cole mixes craft with political messaging, often making the viewer rethink their thoughts on national identity and patriotism. Cole’s protean craftsmanship gives voice to both a scholarly knowledge of this nation’s past and a conscientious understanding of what it means to be American in today’s society. His work is a poetic inquisition … Read more
Hiromi Hirasaka’s Kokeshi Matches
Japanese artist Hiromi Hirasaka has created a series of matchsticks which feature facial expressions on their heads, igniting a bit of a humour to what is typically seen as the mundane. Aptly named ‘Kokeshi Matches‘, the fire starters already have physical attributes similar to the Japanese dolls which have long cylindrical bodies and spherical heads, … Read more
Les Bains – Street Art Makeover
A derelict nightclub in the heart of Paris has been turned into an evolving gallery space with the help of fifty of the world’s finest street artists. Les Bains-Douches, a stone’s throw from the Pompidou Centre in Paris was built in 1885 as a municipal bathhouse. More recently, as Les Bains, it became one of … Read more
Light Show – Hayward Gallery
The immensely popular Light Show at London’s Hayward Gallery is the latest in the Southbank gallery’s great succession of entertainment shows. The exhibition shines bright with series of art that twinkles, glistens, glitters, radiates and glows. For anyone that loves neon lights or even that horrible 90s office strip lighting – this will blow your … Read more
Lucy + Jorge Orta – Cloud: Metéoros
St. Pancras International is fast becoming one of London’s most iconic public art spaces and last week saw Lucy and Jorge Orta’s Cloud: Metéoros, two 2om wide magical nebulae float high above the Eurostar concourse. Set amid the glass-vaulted architecture of the listed Barlow Shed, Cloud: Metéoros resembles vast cumuli populated with travellers, a ‘magic carpet’ … Read more
Sarah Anne DiNardo – Tape Artist
Sarah Anne DiNardo is no ordinary artist; she has a unique skill born from a curious childhood love of Chiquito banana stickers. DiNardo’s love of the tactile feeling of tape evolved and manifested itself in her adult life into a creative passion for making intricate tape sculptures. The talented artist, creates one-of-a-kind tape sculptures with … Read more
Martin Usborne – The Silence of Dogs in Cars
East London-based artist Martin Usborne’s has turned a childhood memory of waiting in a car whilst outside a supermarket into a series of photographs that focus on the ever-curious relationship between humans and man’s best friend, the dog. The series, entitled ‘The Silence of Dogs in Cars’ showing now at The Little Black Gallery in … Read more
Hanksy – More Than Just Tom Hanks
New York-based artist Hanksy uses the streets as his canvas, employing clever puns and turns of phrases to delight fans and observant passersby. Shortly after moving to New York in 2010, Hanksy began noticing the city’s vibrant street art scene, in which hand painted works of art, elaborate stencils, and detailed screen prints enrich blighted … Read more
Billboard Street Art by Ox
Parisian street artist Ox is brightening up the streets of France with his project Poster Time. Ox takes on the classic billboard with a refreshing, humourous take on the surroundings, creating optical illusions with the original pieces of work painted on paper. As with all billboard adverts, the works only last for a short amount … Read more
Nike Air Max Reinvent
To celebrate 25 years of the iconic Nike Air Max, the sportswear brand has partnered with five up-and-coming London creatives to launch Air Max Reinvent. The exhibition, at Arch 402 Gallery in Hoxton, showcases Matt Box, Bruno Drummond + Gemma Tickle, Rosy Nicholas, Oscar Bolton Green and Sam Coldy’s creative reinterpretations of the classic sneaker’s … Read more
Yinka Shonibare – Fabric-ation
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has brought a splash of his typical lighthearted colour to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with his installation Fabric-ation. The exhibition, his largest yet, showcases over 30 of Shonibare’s art amongst the expanse of cedars and firs in the idyllic landscaped gardens. The show includes sculpture, film, photography, painting and collage, with … Read more
PRISM – Mario Testino
PRISM gallery in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, is hosting the first gallery exhibition by Mario Testino in the United States in seven years. One of the most celebrated photographers in the world, Testino ingenuity lies in his capacity to cement the cultural, social and commercial impulses of the moment and distill them into lustrous images. … Read more
Jake and Dinos Chapman – The Sum of all Evil
London-based artists Jake and Dinos Chapman present their first ever solo exhibition ‘Chicken’ in Ukraine at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev. The show includes the artists’ latest piece ‘The Sum of all Evil’, four miniature landscape dioramas charting significant historical events with their typical subversive humour. The works play to the central themes of the Holocaust, … Read more
Jaume Plensa – Wonderland
Barcelona-born sculptor Jaume Plensa is one of the world’s most celebrated public artists. Plensa’s work is best known for the monumental figurative sculptures that are seen across the globe. The Spanish artist was commissioned by Calgary’s The Bow plaza to create two artistic legacies for the space. Plensa’s Wonderland, a 12-metre tall bent-wire portrait of … Read more
Single Fare – MetroCard Art
Single Fare is New York’s third annual display of underground art, with an exhibition of over one thousand works that have used the city’s famous MTA MetroCard as a canvas. Combining all the great elements of New York’s art scene – from the galleries in Chelsea and the up-and-coming Bushwick – founders Michael Kagan and Jean-Pierre … Read more
Tracey Emin – New York Times Square
British artist Tracey Emin is currently illuminating New York’s Times Square every evening as part of the Midnight Moment series. As a Valentine’s Day treat for New Yorkers, Emin’s famous neon signs with romantically-charged messages will appear over more than 40 advertising screens every night this month at 11.57pm. At midnight, however, they will then … Read more
Bruce Nauman – Mindfuck
Saville Row London is not just home to fine tailors, it is also where you will find the Hauser and Wirth gallery which is currently presenting ‘Mindfuck’ from the renowned American artist Bruce Nauman. The exhibition features a selection of works throughout his career that, in his own way, takes visitors on a journey through … Read more
Chiharu Shiota – Synchronizing Strings and Rhizomes
Japanese Berlin-based artist Chiharu Shiota has created a monumental site-specific installation at Casa Asia Headquarters in Barcelona, Spain entitled Synchronising Strings and Rhizomes. Shiota weaves yarn into a cocoon-like environment interweaving a dress, mirror and suitcase in order to examine the concept of space. In her work, these threads are veins with tears, fear for … Read more
