Marcel Duchamp, The Passage from Virgin to Bride, Munich, July-August 1912 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134989

LIVING LINES JUDITH BRENNER Curated by Oli Brenner 1 – 19 October 2025 Private Views: Thurs 9 Oct 6-8pm and Sun 19 Oct 12.30pm. RSVP Artists Talk: Sat 11 Oct 2.30pm. Reimagining the human figure as a dynamic, emotional landscape through expressive, gestural forms and diverse media.

⏰ Just 4 days left to register as an Arts Emergency mentor! If you... 🧑‍🎨 work in the creative or cultural industries 💬 can spare just 1 hour a month to chat to an ambitious young person 🫶 believe in making the sector fairer for all Please sign up today! 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

A wonderful weekend participating in Open House London 2025. So many people visited the gallery and heard Allies & Morrison talk about the project and see the lovely Time & Tide by Nicki Rolls. If you missed it, come next weekend!

on one of my half-frame walks i swung by 'the artist's garden', an open-air gallery/art space on the roof of temple underground station. this exhibition of abstract sculptures was called "mary mary" 📷konica recorder 🎞️kodak ektar 100 #art #photography #filmphotography #halfframe #wwhfpd #london

🎉 London Open House Festival is here! Starting tomorrow and running 13-21 September 2025, it's our favourite time of the year. C20's new Head of Casework, Laura Mark, has picked ten of the best twentieth century buildings to see during the Festival. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/2025/09/10/o...

Jess Bland ford at the Southwark Park Gallery...breaking free of the canvas

A wonderful weekend participating in Open House London 2025. So many people visited the gallery and heard Allies & Morrison talk about the project and see the lovely Time & Tide by Nicki Rolls. If you missed it, come next weekend!

There is no truth in the rumour that in my upcoming series on Sky Arts - Art’s Most Erotic - I break the world record for gratuitous TV nudity! That’s just poison spread by jealous enemies. Yes, there’s TONS of nudity - but none of it gratuitous! See Sky Arts on Sept 30! @webberross.bsky.social

Prized paintings, unburied treasures and murderous Millais – the week in art | Art and design https://www.newsbeep.com/au/120852/ Exhibition of the week John Moores painting prizeDavina Jackson, Katy Shepherd and Joanna Whittle are among the painters…

On Sat 13 September, Centre Stage, a free new multi-arts festival on George Street Richmond 11am-7pm music, theatre, food & art. Live music, spoken word & DJ sets on George Street & on Whittaker Square @OrangeTreeTheatre presents Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. www.centrestagerichmond.co.uk

We are delighted to welcome back Nicki Rolls for her second solo show at One Paved Court. Nicki Rolls has just completed a two-year residency on the River Crane and adjacent Northcote Nature reserve, making observations from the diverse habitats that envelop the river and nature reserve.

We are delighted to welcome back Nicki Rolls for her second solo show at One Paved Court. Nicki Rolls has just completed a two-year residency on the River Crane and adjacent Northcote Nature reserve, making observations from the diverse habitats that envelop the river and nature reserve.

Gloucester Factory and House - 1924 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104552

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Ivon Hitchens, Study for the Mural Painting at Cecil Sharp House, London, 1950 #artbots #tate https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124877

CH OM Henry Moore, Stonehenge A, 1973 #artbots #tate https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1115767

Denise Green, Trap #1, 1976 #artbots #moma https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137573

Final few days!

Don’t miss Brentford Creative Mile this weekend✨ Head to our Creative Enterprise zone in Hounslow to meet more than 100 artists and makers exhibiting their work in studios and a range of venues🎨 📆 29-31 August www.creativemile.org

Calling all London's creatives📢 We need your help to map and understand more about spaces where creative work is produced, made and manufactured across the city! Share your experiences and insights in our short survey ⬇️ 3mn9jevui5y.typeform.com/CIMSurvey2025

📢 CALLING ALL CREATIVES!!! WE NEED YOU!!! If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026! Applications close 29 Sep. 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

Who doesn't want to visit an all-felt chip shop? Read about that and more in my latest newsletter via @londonist.com Urban Palette open.substack.com/pub/londonis...

OF THE MIND Violet Mareck 6 – 31 August 2025 Private View: Thurs 7 Aug. 6 – 8pm. Email gallery to RSVP. Q & A with the Artist: Sat 30 Aug 2.30pm. Just drop in. An exhibition exploring the complexities of our minds through storytelling, imagery and a variety of mixed media.

Brilliant production of Poor Clare @orangetreetheatre! So funny and relevant. Arsema Thomas as Clare was excellent, many congratulations to everyone!

OF THE MIND Violet Mareck 6 – 31 August 2025 Private View: Thurs 7 Aug. 6 – 8pm. Email gallery to RSVP. Q & A with the Artist: Sat 30 Aug 2.30pm. Just drop in. An exhibition exploring the complexities of our minds through storytelling, imagery and a variety of mixed media.

New show opening today at 12 noon with a Private View tonight, Thursday 3 July, 5.30 – 8pm. Come and join us and Alexandra Pullen to celebrate her beautiful new solo show, ‘imagine, two wild seas’ The exhibition draws together intense, intricate ink drawings, texts, almost-poems, photography…

A brand new David Bowie museum comes to London this September - and it's just been announced that The Last Dinner Party and Nile Rodgers will curate londonist.com/london/museu...

New show opening today at 12 noon with a Private View tonight, Thursday 3 July, 5.30 – 8pm. Come and join us and Alexandra Pullen to celebrate her beautiful new solo show, ‘imagine, two wild seas’ The exhibition draws together intense, intricate ink drawings, texts, almost-poems, photography…

The Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival is set to return from Friday, 13 June to Sunday, 29 June 2025, across various locations in the borough of Richmond

£2 is a HUGE amount to our community. Here are 7 reasons why (please read and share) and here is the link to give: www.arts-emergency.org/donate%F0%9F...

Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival returns with exciting headliners for 2025 www.londondaily.news/richmond-art... #news #london #londonnews

“There was an outcry recently in Berlin because of a threat to reduce the city’s arts funding to about €800m [£674m]. The total we have for the whole of England is £450m.” Arts Council England chair Sir Nicholas Serota has said the arts are at a ‘tipping point’. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Sea Harrier, 2010 by UK artist Fiona Banner #womensart

Portrait II https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/portrait-ii

The funding was pulled due to the current US federal administration’s ‘new priorities’ artreview.com/national-end...

SIGN and SHARE our petition to remind Rachel Reeves: The arts create happier lives and stronger communities. NOW is the moment to invest in them 🌱👇 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

This Spending Review, we urge the Chancellor to: 🛟 RESTORE the funding removed from DCMS 🌻 SUSTAIN growth in funding 🤸 EXTEND support of schools and councils

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🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤 Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp... 🧶👇

The US government’s application portal for Venice Biennale proposals now features Trumpian guidelines emphasizing “American values” and restrictions on promoting DEI.

Frank Bowling, Giving Birth Astride a Grave, 1973 #artbots #moma https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134899

Brighten up your grey Bank Holiday Monday with a visit to Daydreams & Laser Beams by Sandra Beccarelli which opens today! An installation of large and small reconstructed abstract paintings connected by neon lights. Daydreams are ‘a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake’….

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

Brighten up your grey Bank Holiday Monday with a visit to Daydreams & Laser Beams by Sandra Beccarelli which opens today! An installation of large and small reconstructed abstract paintings connected by neon lights. Daydreams are ‘a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake’….

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES! Richmond Arts & Ideas Festival: 13-29 June 2025 Returning this year with the theme of Cultural Reforesting. An amazing series of artist-led, multi-disciplinary projects, events & performances will take place across the borough, set in the context of the ecological crises.

🌴 Desert Island Drama 🌴 Join Anthony Horowitz, Patricia Allison & Fay Ripley for stories, song & cultural picks they can’t live without – all in support of the OT. 📅 Sun 11 May | 2:30pm 📍 Richmond Green 🎟 £50 (including fizz!) 🎫 Book now → orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/des...

Ben and Imo at the Orange Tree is not to be missed; my review here: www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES! Richmond Arts & Ideas Festival: 13-29 June 2025 Returning this year with the theme of Cultural Reforesting. An amazing series of artist-led, multi-disciplinary projects, events & performances will take place across the borough, set in the context of the ecological crises.