Shops, TV adverts and children’s t-shirts galore are now stamped with colourful sporting adornments as the 2012 London Olympics draw nearer. We are in somewhat of a neon whirlwind, made evermore rich due to the locality of this year’s games. Last mirrored 64 years ago in 1948, when London was last given the role of sporting host, the Olympics were hugely successful, with the British team winning 26 medals and London swelling with celebrations. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

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Band of Skulls bassist, Emma Richardson has teamed up with Daydreaming Projects for her debut exhibition Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’. The exhibition features a series of paintings and drawings created in response to music by the Southampton three-piece. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

With 11th March fast approaching, marking the first anniversary of the Japanese tsunami, Ikon Gallery Birmingham is hosting an exclusive exhibition to mark the first anniversary of the devastating tsunami that hit Japan last year. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Images from across the globe are brought together for ‘From the Road‘ an exciting new exhibition at Eleven. From heavily populated cities to some of the most remote areas and landscapes the stunning imagery gives any wanderlust dreamer the urge to jump on a plane to discover new places. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

An entrancing entomologist and artist, Tessa Farmer engages herself in researching and exploring the life of natural history. She presents a fluttering, cluttering aesthetic of fairy creatures and magical taxidermy in her latest exhibition Nymphidia,which takes its name from Michael Drayton’s 17th century fairy poem. Influence from this book can be felt clearly in Farmer’s work, whose art is bursting at the seams with curiosities, literary references and art historical allusions. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >