The Bruce Lacey Experience
The Bruce Lacey Experience currently on at the Camden Arts Centre showcases one of Britain’s great visionary artists. Co-curated by artist Jeremy Deller and art historian Professor David Alan Mellor, the exhibition charts Lacey’s artistic development in a career encompassing painting, sculpture, robotised assemblages, theatrical performances and installations, as well as community arts and ritual … Read more
Pipilotti Rist: Eyeball Massage
Open now at London’s Hayward Gallery is Pipilotti Rist’s first solo UK exhibition, ‘Eyeball Massage’. The provocative and sensual Swiss artist refuses to conform to the quintessentially British stiff upper lip. The show will undoubtedly rattle a few feathers, but charm, intrigue and sex appeal underpin a show that combines nipples, worms, underpants and bathing … Read more
Prolific “Hound Dog” songwriter Jerry Leiber dies at 78
Celebrated lyricist Jerry Leiber, who partnered with composer Mike Stoller to write such iconic hits as “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock” and played a key role in the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, died on Monday at age 78. Leiber died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of cardiopulmonary failure, said Randy Poe, president … Read more
‘Music Tourism’ adds plenty of notes to British economy
Summer festivals and concerts may mostly be about sex, drugs and rock’n’roll, but they also inject millions of pounds into the economy, employ thousands of people and make the UK a hot destination despite the weather, a report reveals. Around 7.7 million people spent £1.4bn in Britain last year on everything from fairy wings and … Read more
