Art of the city: London as seen by painters

  • 📰 The Guardian
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 53%

Entertainment Entertainment Headlines News

Entertainment Entertainment Latest News,Entertainment Entertainment Headlines

An exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, opening on 31 May, brings together works from the 17th century to the present day to show how the city’s architecture has inspired resident and visiting artists

John Gypkin, 1616. This is a rare Jacobean view of London and one of the first British paintings of a historic monument.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 84. in ENTERTAİNMENT

Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

The art deco pub, the library and Poldark manor: Britain’s architectural gems at riskAs Save Britain’s Heritage campaign highlights historic buildings that could be lost to the nation, Cornish estate owners vow to take action Knock it down Great article on the beauty to preserve the architecture of these buildings. Bringing them to life with new creativity. Thanks You're lucky to have such gems.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Tiananmen Square: Iconic 'tank man' image recreated as inflatable artThe photograph of an unarmed man standing in the path of tanks is one of the 20th century's most famous images. News of China launching missiles at Taiwan to follow shortly. Socialism and Communism are evil. the chinese military gunning down unarmed protesters is almost as bad as the british army firing into crowds at a gaa match
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »

Hogarth and The Art of Noise review – London's whistles and wails, drums and dogsThis invigorating exhibition shows how the artist’s appetite for life bursts off the canvas and makes you see, hear and smell his time – don’t miss the soldier pissing against a wall or the one pinching an aromatic pie
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Where machismo meets tiny gold pants: the bodybuilding art of Alix MarieWith her show Shredded, full of bulging bodies sweating under bright lights, the artist lays bare the fascinating, surreal world of inflatable musclemen
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Brushes with the law: how teaching art to women in prison changed their outlookMim Skinner spent two years teaching prisoners. Now she’s written a book, Jailbirds, to change our view of incarcerated women – and how we can support them on the outside We need more middle class women to lead the way on this and have their findings turned into a BBC series.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Highland spring: escaping to an art hotel in the CairngormsTaxidermy, tartan walls and modern art give the revamped Fife Arms hotel, in Aberdeenshire, a shot of wild drama
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

‘Short of imagination’: Germaine Greer scorns Leonardo da Vinci’s artThe prolific author says the Mona Lisa looks ‘half-dead’ while speaking at Hay festival Ma n'y White Machines !!! I bet that went down well. Um. No.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Small talk is cheap: Finland could teach us the art of keeping quietLessons in idle chit-chat are taking off among Finns, but what are they filling their lovely, wintry silences with? There are approximately 1.5 million registered small firearms in Finland & estimates of around a million illegal firearms kept since the end of WW2. I would keep quite if I didn’t know my adversary might be carrying a deadly weapon. I’m not surprised they don’t gab too much up there, most of them are usually too drunk to form a sentence... When I visit Newcastle or Liverpool I get lots of small talk from strangers and it's always funny . Ask directions and the locals end up almost taking you there ...
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »