The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired a three-story section of Robin Hood Gardens, the contentious Brutalist social housing estate designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. The salvaged fragment, comprising both exterior facades and interiors of a maisonette flat, is 8.8 metres high, 5.5 metres wide and 8 metres deep. Completed in 1972, Robin Hood…
For the second in Blain|Southern’s new series of exhibitions, collectively titled Lodger, its curator Tom Morton has invited the artist Sophie Jung to develop a new sculptural installation, accompanied by a performance that exists as both a live event and a looping video work, jointly entitled Come Fresh Hell or Fresh High Water. Luxembourg-born Jung…
In a somewhat unexpected partnership, Vice and Vogue are teaming up to collaborate on a new project in 2018, bringing the best of both publications onto a new and unified temporary platform. The iconic fashion magazine and pioneering digital-media dynasty are creating a pop-up website called Project Vs that will feature photos, videos and articles…
In the last decade, Shoreditch has established itself as a creative centre and more recently, a popular shopping destination with the flourishing of independent fashion retailers around Shoreditch High Street, Redchurch Street and Calvert Avenue. Now, cult luxury fashion store Browns have opened the doors to Browns East, a new 4,000 sq ft boutique, its…
Launched this month, a talented group of London chefs have come together to form the new Kitchens at Old Spitalfields Market. The ten traders are cooking an exciting mix of contemporary dishes in the site’s relaxed communal environment. Nuno Mendes, of Chiltern Firehouse and Taberna do Mercado, which sits on the edge of the market,…
One Star House Party, dubbed “the world’s most travelled restaurant,” is a pop-up concept which has spent 20 months in 20 different countries, developing diverse restaurants in each location using what they discover along the way. Inspired by the ingredients and techniques around them, they have previously created temporary restaurants in Airbnb’s, night trains through…
Lisson Gallery opened on Bell Street in 1967; in celebration of this anniversary, the gallery has partnered with The Vinyl Factory to stage ‘EVERYTHING AT ONCE’, an ambitious group exhibition running until 10 December 2017 at 180 The Strand. Through new and historical works by 24 of the artists currently shown by Lisson Gallery, this…
Following a busy summer, the Serpentine Galleries host an invigorating programme of new exhibitions and events this autumn, including the first UK solo presentation of Torbjørn Rødland, an exhibition of confounding paintings by Wade Guyton, as well as an off-site project at 180 The Strand with filmmaker Arthur Jafa – Something Curated takes a closer…