As Catching Flies with Honey, Joy Gregory’s first major UK retrospective, opens at Whitechapel Gallery, the celebrated British artist reflects on four decades of creative inquiry — and the enduring power of dialogue. For Joy Gregory, art has always been a conversation. Not just between artist and audience, but between past and present, image and…
In South London, architecture doesn’t just shape space — it shapes possibility. The new campus expansion at Goldsmiths, University of London is a striking example of how built form can influence cultural renewal, especially in a neighbourhood like New Cross, where art, activism, and urban grit coexist. The Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), designed…
In the ever-evolving landscape of London’s creative culture, the most compelling stories are no longer told in isolation. They emerge from intersections — between sound and image, rhythm and line, emotion and form. Collaborations between musicians and visual artists are reshaping how we experience art, not as separate disciplines, but as unified expressions of contemporary…
In a city that often feels like a collage of futures — some hopeful, others fractured — Alfa Mist and James Rueben have found a way to translate dystopian visions into something tangible: sound and ink. Their recent collaboration, spotlighted at the Rose Lipman Building in East London, is more than a cross-disciplinary experiment. It’s…
In Brixton, resistance doesn’t always wear a banner. Sometimes, it’s a book archive. Sometimes, it’s a pop-up kitchen. Sometimes, it’s a TikTok poem filmed on a rooftop. The soul of Brixton’s resilience lives in its spaces — physical and digital. Institutions like the Black Cultural Archives, nestled on Windrush Square, offer more than historical preservation….
In Brixton, music isn’t background — it’s architecture. It builds memory, holds grief, and pulses with joy. The legacy of Brixton’s sound systems is woven into the fabric of its streets. From the thunderous bass of reggae parties in the 1970s to the grime cyphers echoing through community centres today, sound has always been a…
The bassline rolls thick through Electric Avenue, vibrating against the pavement like a heartbeat. A mural of Olive Morris gazes out from the wall, her eyes steady, her presence defiant. Brixton doesn’t whisper its history — it sings it, paints it, cooks it, and dances it into the streets. Here, art isn’t decoration. It’s declaration….
As artificial intelligence reshapes visual culture, a new agency reclaims space for human illustrators — with care, clarity, and conviction. In an age where algorithms generate images faster than thought, the act of illustration becomes a quiet form of resistance. Gildlings, a newly launched agency dedicated to representing illustrators, emerges not as a nostalgic gesture,…
London, a city that constantly blends tradition with the avant-garde, is currently hosting a powerful visual narrative at the Francis Crick Institute. The winners of the global Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 have been unveiled, showcasing extraordinary works that resonate deeply with the human experience, and offering a unique perspective on health, science, and our collective…
TypeClub, now two years old, offers students a vital space to experiment, take risks, and play, providing invaluable lessons for the workplace. This spirit of deep dive into a niche passion, especially in typography, feels perfectly at home in South London’s thriving creative ecosystem – particularly when viewed as a laboratory for broader cultural and…