The Brick Lane Gallery: Open Eyes exhibition

The Brick Lane Gallery can be considered one of the many hidden gems of London. It has been around since 2006 and since then, it has been offering an eclectic variety of contemporary and street art by British and International artists, focusing mainly on exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists. Situated incredibly close to Liverpool Street, this alternative art studio is also fortunate enough to be near to East London’s most famous market. So far, they have worked with renowned street artists such as Banksy, Four Five and The Krah. Other positive aspect that can be added is that they tend to mix up and coming artists with famous ones.

Travelling around trough Flickr

San Francisco, USA – North America

Mexico – North America

Colombia – South America

Peru – South America

Italy – Europe

Moldova – Europe

Ethiopia – Africa

South Africa – Africa

Israel – Asia

Laos – Asia

New Zealand – Oceania

Fiji – Oceania

Vibrating with samba in London

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I arrive at Waterloo station wondering what I can expect from this journey. When I asked him if I could meet him in person, the voice coming from the earphone was cheerful, colourful, just going around through my ears like a dance. Romero de Mangueira is that and a lot more when you see him. The samba prince has been teaching all over the world, but became renowned when joining Rio de Janeiro’s famous Mangueira School of Samba. He’s now teaching at the London School of Samba (LSS) and performing as a dancer.

Picasso to Julie Mehretu: British Museum Collection’s Modern Drawings

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The slide show above shows a series of drawings from The British Museum exhibition From Picasso to Julie Mehretu. Unfortunetly, I wasn’t able to take photos of the amazing art works. Only the first five ones are mine and I thought that if you could see some examples of famous names such as Picasso, Henri Matisse, David Milne or Kiki Smith you would be smitten and take a look at the exhibition.

Tomorrow in CosmoLondon: Picasso to Julie Mehretu

Preview

Julie Mehretu

Perfect for cosmopolitan explorers, this exhibition presents “an unparalleled collection of graphic art from across the world, and actively
collects modern and contemporary works today.” Featured in The British Museum, it brings to life drawings from artists of the 20th century, like Picasso, Matisse and the recent Ethiopian discovery in contemporary art, Julie Mehretu. The modern works will be in display until 25th of April with free entrance.

Matisse (1938)

Completely Bardem: a remarkable performance in a hostile context

The cinema of the mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu has changed. Biutiful is the first film that Iñárritu directs all by himself, without his long time partner, the screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (from this union popular films emerged like Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros); this is his first film without complex, overlapped stories, with crossed narratives and several characters.

It’s a linear film, straightforward, made for the viewer’s heart. Centered in one only, breathtaking character. Uxbal (Javier Bardem) is a lonely father, taking care of his two children and trying to live by one’s wits. He’s portrayed has a decent man, a concerned father. Nevertheless, he often struggles to make the most honest options while living in Barcelona’s underworld.

Introduction

As part of my Journalism course, the module Advanced Web requires each student to create their individual project: I decided to do mine about cultural aspects of London. So, what makes it different? What makes you, the reader, not follow all those pretty, shiny guide websites?

Well, you’re right to think that because I’m Portuguese, I’m interested in the cosmopolitan side of the city. Thus, I will gather a collection of news, reviews, new events, concerts and art exhibition  but all related to different cultures and countries.