Slinkachu, creator of the wonderful Little People, has launched a new site: Inner City Snail - a slow-moving street art project. I thought the inclusion of ‘Tox08′ was a particularly nice touch - there can’t be many Londoners that haven’t spotted one of his tags around the city over the years.
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I had time to pop up to Tate Modern to have a look at their Street Art exhibition at lunchtime today. It’s the first commission to use the outside of the building, and consists of 15-meter high wall mountings by six international street artists, plus a Street Art Walking Tour around Bankside.
I was sorry to hear that Beryl Cook had passed away today, at the age of 81. I really do think people will look back and recognise her as one of the great British artists of the 20th century. I loved her affection for her subjects, her mischievousness and the joie de vivre that was [...]
I had an unexpected email yesterday, from someone at the Evening Standard who’d read my take on the best british sitcoms (written in 2004) and wondered if I’d be interested in writing a few words on Gavin and Stacey winning a BAFTA and the state of sitcoms in general. Despite not exactly being an avid [...]
I’m looking forward to going to see the Walker Evans exhibition at the Photographers Gallery (15th May–12th July) at some point this week. Although Evans is best known for his work documenting America’s rural south during the 1930s (for the Farm Security Administration, and his book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men), this exhibition also [...]
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