The Leighton House Museum in London - one of the country's most remarkable 19th Century buildings and the home and studio of leading Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton - is reopening its doors next month following a £1.6 million refurbishment...
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88 days: An Exhibition of Photography by Jacob Perlmutter
The work of photographer Jacob Perlmutter will be on display at The Orange Dot Gallery in Bloomsbury this month, showcasing his work from a three month trip around the United States...
Project: City life and Urban Freshness
Here's our first 'Project' for Creative Boom - a fun and collaborative new section which aims to get all of you involved creatively. And the brief is 'City life and Urban Freshness'. What do we mean by this? Well - show us what you love about cities and what...
National Portrait Gallery hosts McQueen’s tribute to British Soldiers killed in Iraq
Queen and Country, Steve McQueen’s response to his commission as Official War Artist for Iraq, goes on display at the National Portrait Gallery during the week that marks the 7th anniversary...
Japanese Life in Colours at Nottingham Trent University
A renowned Japanese textile artist who has a design philosophy of zero waste and whose materials and dyes are taken completely from nature, is to hold his first ever UK exhibition in Nottingham. Akihiko Izukura, who follows an ancient process...
Obey @ the Centraal Station – Amsterdam
If you happen to be lucky enough to stop by the main train station in the Dam, be sure to check out the fantastic outdoor exhibition by Shepard Fairey (otherwise known as Obey)...
Happy 14th Birthday Anna Goodson Management
North America's Anna Goodson Management (AGM) - an international agency that represents some of the most celebrated illustrators from across the globe - is celebrating its 14th birthday this week. Based in Montreal, AGM was founded by Anna Goodson...
Derbyshire’s Studio 61 moves home and reopens this April
Studio 61 in Derbyshire showcases the work of around 100 British artists & designers and this April it's moving to a brand new location at Leashaw, Holloway near Matlock. Founder and artist Karina Goodman has spent the past few months preparing her new gallery...
Dundee Gallery lights up with new art commission
A stunning, luminously coloured new sculpture has taken up residence in its new home at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum, to mark the building’s £12 million refurbishment. Commissioned directly from the artist, Waldella, Dundee, by David Batchelor...
Once Viewed from Afar comes to Bristol
After receiving fantastic write ups in the London Metro; London Paper; A-N; Pluk and Art, Art, Art magazine following their Cork Street Show in London; Crew and Holman’s "Once Viewed from Afar" descends on the Centrespace Gallery in heart of Bristol...
Anonymous Artists Presents – Wonderlandism
Part gallery, part open-studio, Anonymous Artists Presents in London is a series of pop-up residencies focusing on hypothetical design movements and ways of thinking. During the course of a week, five designers explore the parameters of a given...
Birmingham Shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2013
Birmingham has been shortlisted for the first UK City of Culture title in 2013. Birmingham’s bid is led by a multi million pound capital investment programme, designed to equip the city for the creative economy of the 21st century and will include a new...
Artist Patrick J McQuade causes a Royal Flush
Check out these posters artist Patrick J McQuade has just done in collaboration with Royal Flush Magazine. One of Jay Leno and one of Conan O'Brien. You can view the process and thoughts behind the project...
Short design courses launched for industry professionals
Bournemouth University has launched 22 new short courses to provide professional development for product designers and engineers. The courses, which start between May and August, range from computer-aided design...
More creative workspace offered at The Shed in Gateshead
An empty furniture store in the centre of Gateshead has been transformed into Britain’s latest artists’ colony. Eleven of the region’s freshest creative business stars were given rent-free workspace by Gateshead Council...
Crafts Council Collective is launched to support makers
Crafts Council Collective, a new programme of Continued Professional Development (CPD) provision for makers has been launched by the Crafts Council to provide a more varied and flexible range of opportunities for makers at all stages...
























