South London Women Artists is an exciting and dynamic group of 100 artists. Take the opportunity to view their contemporary art during Southwark’s Celebrating Women Month in March.  read more »

The perception of landscape and sense of place or location has, in the last decade, undergone many changes.  It is now possible to visit the Mongolian village, to look at its terrain, its panoramas and communicate with local people in real time while being on a train from Lyon to London.  read more »

Channel 4’s BIG 4, a 50-foot high metal ‘4’ outside the Channel 4 Head Office, has become something of a London landmark since it was erected in 2007 for the Channel’s 25th anniversary.

Since its construction it has been customised by the Photographer Nick Knight, Turner prize winner Mark Titchner, the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, and most recently by Stephanie Imbeau, an Art Graduate, whose Shelter design constructed with used umbrellas was the winner of a competition run last year for Art Students and recent Graduates.  read more »

 1. Please, Please, Please, Jeppe Hein, January 30 – March 29th 2009, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada

3. Protect Protect, Jenny Holzer, March 12 – May 31, 2009, the Whitney, New York, New York, USA  read more »

The chaotic, haphazard and bizarre nature of modern art is easily explained: The painter finally settles for whatever satisfaction may be involved in working not as an independent member of a society that needs him, but as a retainer for a small group of people who as a profession or as a hobby are interested in the game of comparing one mutation with another.
- John Canaday (former art critic of the New York Times)

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.
- Claes Oldenburg

By now, though, let's hope you are convinced that you need to see this show for yourself. It isn't to be missed, even if you have only a casual interest in contemporary art.  read more »