Kensington Mums Motherhood Exhibition

The exhibition engaged a wide community of UK and international mums from diverse backgrounds and cultures and was in aid of increasing social awareness of mums’ creative role and value. Dina Maktabi, mother of 2, is a Kensington mum who set up the organisation in 2011. Since its launch, Kensington Mums has proved to be a vital support network for the community where Mums can connect, share parenting tips and capture all those invaluable word of mouth recommendations. Dina enjoys reaching out to local Mums, helping new Mums not to feel alone in a haze of milky delight once they come home with their little bundle of joy. When asked what is the idea behind the motherhood exhibition she replied ‘As a Mum myself, I can relate to the ups and downs of Motherhood. To me motherhood is the most exhausting yet most rewarding job. So what better way to share the ...

Nash, Nevinson, Spencer, Gertler, Carrington Bomberg: A Crisis of Brilliance

Exhibitions

The title of this gem of an exhibition comes from the legendary teacher of drawing at the Slade, Henry Tonks, whose description ‘the second and last crisis of brilliance’ was of a group of young artists, which included Edward Wadsworth, Ben Nicholson, Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot, Adrian Allinson and John Currie. The first ‘crisis’ occured a decade earlier, and they were Harold Gilman, Spencer Gore, Augustus and Gwyn John, Percy Wyndham ...

Strindberg's Dances of Death showing at Gate Theatre in Notting Hill

Exhibitions

The Gate Theatre in Notting Hill has put together a production of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s Dances of Death. The darkly funny portrait of a long suffering couple stars Michael Pennington and Linda Marlowe and will run from 30th May to 6th July. Novelist and biographer, Sue Prideaux, who first dissected Edvard Munch in Behind the Scream, recently turned her inquistive gaze to Strindberg. Her subsequent biography, Strindberg: A Life, was ...

Visions of the Universe at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich

Exhibitions

The National Maritime Museum is preparing for exciting cosmic journeys throughout the summer! The new Exhibition entitled Visions of the Universe will launch on June 13th, 2013 with a free event which you will be required to book. On launching day, a host of events have been organised with Camp Bestival featuring exciting happenings such as listening to the space! Events are as follows: Visions of the Universe Late Thursday 13 June| 18.00 ...