Anselm Kiefer at White Cube
Epicurus, the Hellenistic sage, constructed a philosophy upon a “life according to nature”, a materialistic and individualised existence in which pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain were the only viable tenets. This outlook had its foundations in Epicurean atomic [...]
2012 Preview
With the coinciding of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a little-mentioned event called the Olympics, galleries are going all-out this year, meaning some astonishing exhibitions from many of the biggest artists in the world. In 2012 fantastic art is going [...]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Review 2011
What: Exhibition Where: Natural History Museum Price: £8/£4 conc Walking up to the first photo, a close up of an evil-looking insect, you are drawn in by how beautifully focused, and composed it is. Let alone the mindblowingly incredible subject [...]
Anselm Kiefer at White Cube
Epicurus, the Hellenistic sage, constructed a philosophy upon a “life according to nature”, a materialistic and individualised existence in which pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain were the only viable tenets. This outlook had its foundations in Epicurean atomic [...]
Zarina Bhimji at Whitechapel Gallery
Following Waldemar Januszczak’s now-infamous outburst on the subject of video art (as discussed here last issue), this exhibition, from the 2007 Turner Prize nominee Zarina Bhimji, features the first major piece of video art of 2012. Yellow Patch, which is [...]
Da Vinci at the National Gallery
A Very Human Desire for the Metaphysical I had every intention of rocking up at some ungodly hour in Trafalgar Square to queue with the rest of the world for my Da Vinci prize. Only, as if by Immaculate Conception [...]
2012 Preview
With the coinciding of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a little-mentioned event called the Olympics, galleries are going all-out this year, meaning some astonishing exhibitions from many of the biggest artists in the world. In 2012 fantastic art is going [...]
Building the Revolution
The common Londoner, bussing (or maybe even walking) down Piccadilly, is at present time struck by an uncanny sight: past the splendid façade and gilded gates of the Royal Academy rises high a scale model of the Tatlin Tower.This red [...]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Review 2011
What: Exhibition Where: Natural History Museum Price: £8/£4 conc Walking up to the first photo, a close up of an evil-looking insect, you are drawn in by how beautifully focused, and composed it is. Let alone the mindblowingly incredible subject [...]
Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures 2011 Review
Theatre tickets: £30/£20 junior; Library tickets: £6/£4 junior; BBC Four, December 27, 28, 29: free! Feast your eyes and ears on this year’s Ri Christmas Lecture series entitled Meet Your Brain, aired on BBC Four and recorded in front of [...]
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011
The Institute of Contemporary Art’s gallery space is notably quiet inside compared to other times I have visited. I wonder whether there are, perhaps, less people than usual here but on entering the lower gallery space, I am surprised to [...]
This Place is Everything: Pablo Bronstein and Ryan Gander in London
If you were ever sceptical about the power of the placebo effect you need only spend half an hour in Ryan Gander’s new creation the Locked Room Scenario, a meticulous case study to the power of suggestion. The whole exhibition [...]
Pretty Young Things: Yang Fudong’s One Half Of August at Parasol Unit
It is difficult to know where to begin with Chinese artist Yang Fudong. That is not to suggest his work is unapproachable. It is just that most of his works in this new exhibition involve up to eight HD wall [...]
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.