17th August 2021
Free tours at Tate Britain and Tate Modern have restarted in a different, socially distanced form and are now called Tate Talks.
6th January 2017
A friend recently told me about this little known offer. By joining the Museums Association you get free access to virtually all the Museums
29th March 2016
Think about Ecuador. The Amazon, Andes, cloud forest and Galapagos may come to mind. Do you think of Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuador's answer to Picasso?
8th December 2015
We creative types can be very picky when it comes to presents. Here are some ideas showing you how to please your arty loved-ones.
8th December 2015
If you are in lockdown and want to relax by expressing your creativity, try colouring books. They're not just for children, they're for grown-ups too!
30th November 2015
Even though I love my job, I sometimes wish I could spend a little less time at my computer and a lot more time creating stuff
28th May 2015
On a recent trip to Liverpool, I drove to Seacombe to see Peter Blake’s Snowdrop Mersey Ferry, but nothing had prepared me for this riot of colour.
27th March 2014
If, like me, you love turquoise, Arabic architecture, patterns and scripts, you will love the Leighton House Museum. Tucked away off Kensington High Street near Holland Park,
30th December 2013
There’s a new venue in town not a million miles from the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens: a short hop up the road brings you to the
24th October 2013
Judging from the imagery in his painting, David had the gift of foresight; Hockney hints that all’s not well in his painting 'Mr and Mrs Clark'.
2nd April 2013
People think the 1970s was a cultural desert, but Glam, an exhibition of popular art of the early 70s now on at the Tate Liverpool, proves
18th July 2012
Until recently, I regarded Grayson Perry as a sartorially challenged transvestite who produced quite nice pots. After having watched Channel 4’s All in the best possible
16th April 2012
Sometimes all of us need inspiration when it comes to choosing colours, and you could do worse than turning to one of the Great Masters. One
2nd September 2010
Many of you will have heard of Oz magazine, know about the obscenity trial in 1970, and possibly even know the name of its editor, Richard