Mark Birley’s timing was always impeccable. After a decade or so of post-war gloom, in 1963 London was ready to party, and the party was at 44 Berkeley Street. At…
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One of the nice things about my move to the States is reconnecting with old friends. Take Anne Hardy. Anne lived in London in the nineties where she was the…
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When I lived in London full-time I used to love going to London Art Studies’ monthly talks about upcoming exhibitions. The speakers not only were experts in their field, but…
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As I get older I only want to spend time with people I really like. So it was a delight to meet and work with photographer Jane Beiles who is…
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Earlier this week I popped into a shoebox sized gallery on the Upper East Side. I remember reading somewhere on-line about an exhibition called Stone Walls by Mariana Cook. I…
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McQueen, the documentary, is a searingly honest, funny, sad and thought-provoking film airing on British screens next week (June 4). Don’t miss it. The life story of this East End boy…
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There are easily a dozen paintings in Victoria Miro’s latest sensational show Surface Work that I wanted to smuggle home. Over 50 female abstract artists from across the globe over the…
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Hi and Goodbye, Most of my blogs, I sweat over. But seeing as I have an 8am flight to Portugal and I haven’t packed (or even unpacked from my last…
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I was telling my talented stylist friend Nancy (who I will be blogging soon) that I was going to Milan, a city that I don’t know very well. You’re going to…
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I just bumped into a neighbour and we agreed how pleasant and tranquil London is in the summer. No one is here, she said. I can zip around the city,…
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