Category Archives: Culture Vulture

Exhibitions, events, book and antiques fairs, festivals and other happenings in London, UK.

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Festival de Jerez Preview

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The Programme for the twentieth edition of the Festival de Jerez is out and the flights are booked. There is already a lot of discussion, both virtual and vocal, of who is performing this year and what their sets will … Continue reading

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Artist and Empire

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…is the title of a new exhibition at Tate Britain (Pimlico tube station, Victoria Line). It is well worth a visit, as the reviews suggest. I went yesterday and found it interesting and thought-provoking. It seeks to explore ways in … Continue reading

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In Another Part of the Forest

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So to the National Theatre’s current production of Shakespeare’s perennial As You Like It. The Olivier theatre was almost full (it looked like a large party had failed to show up, but otherwise all seats were taken). This production has garnered some … Continue reading

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Two English Masters

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People who happened to live in or visit London during Autumn 2014 were fortunate enough to be able to see exhibitions of three remarkable masters – Rembrandt, Constable and Turner – at the National, the V & A and the Tate Galleries respectively.  I went … Continue reading

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Frank Auerbach

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Frank Auerbach (1931 – ) has lived and worked in North London, painting the people and urban landscapes near his studio in Mornington Crescent since the fifties. Born in Berlin but shipped to the UK in 1939, aged seven, by his parents … Continue reading