Exhibitions in London, February 2014
Image Villariica by Samantha Gare
Having just realised that it is already the end of February, I'm not sure we've made the most of 2014 so far, so I think this weekend we all get out. Here are our top 5 suggestions to get you moving.
Curio-City
Our first show of 2014 is now open! With a jam packed private view last night, we know we've chosen a few gems for your perusal this weekend. From street art to etching, and a sneak preview of Roy's People new work before his solo show this April.
Exhibiting artists:
20th - 28th March
Curious Duke Gallery
173 Whitecross Street
London
EC1Y 8QP
Open Monday – Friday 11:30 – 6:30, Saturday 12-4, closed Sunday.
Nearest Station: Old Street exit 6, and Barbican.
Free
United Visual Artists: Momentum
If you've ever wondered about the history of your house, or who lived there, then get to this quick. On show are buttons, letters and toys found buried in gardens, dropped between floorboards and names scrawled behind wall paper. Go for the storytelling alone.
Now - 1st June
The Curve, Barbican
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Open Saturday – Wednesday 11-8, Thursday – Friday 11-9.
Nearest Station: Barbican
Free
Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance
Now this could be my ignorance at large, but I'm never paid much attention to the German Renaissance, thankfully the National Gallery has pulled out a show to rectify this. Albrect Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Holbein the Younger grace the walls in their heavy paint that contrasts the lightness of the Italian Renaissance.
Now - 11th May
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
Open daily 10- 6, Friday 10-9
Nearest Station: Charing Cross
Tickets ï¿¡8, concessions apply, buy tickets here .
Parallax Art Fair
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In its ninth edition, this international art fair brings artists under one roof to question art conventions, and how to break them. Experimental and ground breaking all in one weekend.
Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd February
Chelsea Town Hall
King's Road
London
SW3 5EE
Open Friday 1-8, Saturday 11-5.
Nearest Station: Sloane Square
Free
Rich Mix Readers
Sometimes all you want to do is sit and read, but when you finally get to sit down all you want to do is sleep. So Rich Mix have a cunning plan: meet with a group of people and read together, that way you've got it in the diary and you get to sit down. And it isn't your usual reading group, because there isn't reading to be done, or questions set, you actually all come together on a monday evening and read there and then. Win win.
Monday 24th February 7pm
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London
E1 6LA
Nearest Station: Shoreditch rail.
Happy weekend! - Sinéad