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I spent a month at the art’otel Battersea for my artist residency and I am so inspired!

Portfolio: Paola Minekov, Artist As an artist, few opportunities are more exciting than an artist residency. A chance to devote oneself entirely to creating art, immersing oneself in inspiration, and honing one’s craft is a dream come true. This past month, I had the pleasure of working at art’otel Battersea as an artist in residence. My time spent in the art studio at […]

How Do I Make You Feel? A solo Art Exhibition by Michelle Baharier

Maya Angelou said: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Michelle Baharier’s exhibition explores this narrative. In […]

Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery

The one rule is, there are no rules’ - Helen Frankenthaler. Dulwich Picture Gallery present the first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler. Opening ten years after her death, this exhibition […]

Julia Langley’s Studio exhibition will be showing at the Jeannie Avent Gallery

Local artist Julia Langley has a second solo exhibition starting next week at the Jeannie Avent Gallery. This is a review of her last show there in 2019 called ‘Planthunter’. Langley began painting about 20 years ago, when […]

Olive Wood - A Dulwich Artist

Mabel Olive Wood, known as Olive, was born in 1883, one of four children of James FR Wood, a printer turned artist, and Letitia Lester. In 1899, when Olive was six, the family moved to […]

Exhibition hosted by Dulwich Quilters: A feast of colour and craftmanship

Dulwich Quilters have been going for 34 years and today they have just under thirty active members. Now they are hosting a remarkable exhibition of not only quilts but also other work done by the […]

A conversation about the iconic Striding Man sculpture by Oliffe Richmond

In 1962, Oliffe Richmond’s epoch-defining, Striding Man, a large outdoor bronze sculpture, was gifted by London County Council to the presently named Charter School in Dulwich. The artwork currently resides in the school grounds boxed […]

Interview with Jennifer Scott, Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is set to reopen to the public on May 19th. Ahead of the opening, Director, Jennifer Scott, will be appearing at the virtual Dulwich Festival, where she will be discussing the Gallery’s […]