Bringing skills from the past into the future


https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/encounters-giacometti-x-huma-bhabha

Huma Bhabha Encounters: Giacometti  at the Barbican

Bringing together works by Alberto Giacometti and three contemporary artists. Huma Bhabha (May 2025), Mona Hatoum (September 2025) and Lynda Benglis (February 2026). They explore themes and concerns shared by Giacometti.

An excellent way of bringing skills from the past into the future.

Art and the community

Kasuri a complex technique of weaving. A Kimono on display at  Art Without Heroes Mingei

On a dark and rainy Saturday I decided to visit the ‘The William Morris Gallery’ in Walthamstow. It was the perfect decision.

The stalls selling local produce outside, the buzz in the gallery with families visiting was inspiring. The two exhibitions on display, are wonderful, and I really recommend visiting both the website and visiting the gallery. For the first time I really felt a gallery working with the community and providing exhibitions offering something for everyone.

Well done to the team at the William Morris Gallery.

An interactive game in the William Morris Gallery Collection. I thought this was a real example of bringing history into the modern day.

Fashion at its best

Maxhosa Africa LADUMA NGXOKOLO ‘Tussles’ dress Apropriyeshin collection Spring/Summer 2017
At the Africa Fashion exhibition V&A

An amazing exhibition, with so many aspects to it. The fabrics, the colours and designs will I am sure inspire whoever visits.

Bull Doff, Laure Tarot and Baay Sooley Dress and collar Tangana collection, 2012 Daka, Senegal At the Africa Fashion exhibition V&A also Dress and hat ‘The Missing Link collection and Selly Baby Kane’Yoff’ dress