Lyuda Kalinichenko: “I represented Britain at the Balkan Textile Biennale in Serbia”
I wouldn’t call it fate, but in London it was almost impossible for me not to meet the artist Lyuda…
Culture
Schiaparelli: Art Reduced to Decoration
To say that the exhibition dedicated to the house of Elsa Schiaparelli at the Victoria and Albert Museum has been…
London Theatre in April: Demons and Lovers
Hooray, April! The Easter holidays, the first real warmth (typically arriving just after the break!), and of course — premieres.…
A guide to global design events: spring 2026
The spring season of 2026 is filled with events that reveal how the design industry is evolving. The context in…
Dream on, Monet, dream on: the musical A Mirrored Monet explores the artist’s impossible choices
Carmel Owen’s musical was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe three years ago. Since then, it has travelled a long…
TEFAF in Maastricht: a Changing of the Guard
The season of European art fairs and major exhibitions kicked off with BRAFA in Brussels back in January. Now we…
Stations of Life: the Way of the Cross — an exhibition on «personal crucifixions» in Emmanuel Church West Hampstead
This Lent, Stations of Life: the Way of the Cross opens a space for reflection. It invites all — believer,…
Jump over the stream! At the National Theatre they have staged Gorky’s Summerfolk
Director Robert Hastie, Deputy Artistic Director at the National Theatre, seems to have only just finished Hamlet with Hiran Abeysekera…
Before She becomes an icon, She is someone’s child. Before She carries the world, She carries her own love
From 6–12 March artist Anna Kiparis presents Every Madonna Was Once a Child, a solo exhibition at Arc Space and…
London Theatre in March: Romance and Raw Nerve
What’s happening on the London stage this March? Not a huge amount — but what’s there is bright and intense.…
Morning Comes Unexpectedly: A staged reading of Vasily Zorky’s text took place at ARC.SPACE
“Night Conversation” is not a play but a film script that Vasily Zorky wrote before the war. The action unfolds…
Loyalty Costs a Life: The premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s Bird Grove has opened at Hampstead Theatre
This is a play about the making of the famous George Eliot — or rather about the days when Eliot…
“The Conversation That Never Happened”: how to Choose and Not Make a Mistake?
On February 10, the theatrical reading with percussion “The Conversation That Never Happened” took place at Arc Space. It was…
Power — and How to Rid Oneself of It: London Theatres in February
What does February 2026 have in store for us? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Theatres have shaken off…