Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category
Flower power blooms anew at the magic photo booth of illustrator Carolyn Gowdy during London’s Art Car Boot Fair
Love + Light = Delight (c) Carolyn Gowdy
Flower power blooms anew at the magic photo booth of illustrator Carolyn Gowdy during London’s Art Car Boot Fair, By James Brewer
What sort of flower are you? On a cold June Sunday afternoon in London, a goodly number of people were ready to answer this seemingly...
June 16th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
Register Now for WTM 2013
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has opened registration for WTM 2013.
WTM 2013 is poised to be the biggest and best WTM yet with a number of new initiatives taking place across the four day event from Monday 4 – Thursday 7 November.
The new-look WTM 2013 will...
June 10th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions | Read More
Bottle-tops, bravura and a touch of bawdiness: Royal Academy’s 2013 Summer Exhibition offers a seasonal synthesis
Bird Woman, By Carolyn Gowdy
Bottle-tops, bravura and a touch of bawdiness: Royal Academy’s 2013 Summer Exhibition offers a seasonal synthesis, By James Brewer
A sense of humour peeps through the cascade of works chosen for the 2013 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, open from June 10...
June 7th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
David Lloyd George and Eleftherios Venizelos: an enduring friendship
The personal relationship, friendship and mutual appreciation between the late statesmen of Greece and Great Britain Eleftherios Venizelos and David Lloyd George during the period 1912 – 1936 , was the central theme of a series of exhibits last night on show at the Greek Ambassador’s residence*...
June 5th, 2013 | Exhibitions | Read More
On top of the world: great art from Down Under is transported to Royal Academy for forthcoming Australia exhibition
Australian Beach Pattern., By Charles Meere, Oil on canvas, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Copyright DACS 2013
On top of the world: great art from Down Under is transported to Royal Academy for forthcoming Australia exhibition, By James Brewer
Informed and led by landscape – that is the curators’...
June 4th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
Shipping faces half trillion dollar environment costs, ICS chairman tells Nor-Shipping
Masamichi Morooka
Speaking to delegates at the opening of the Nor-Shipping event in Oslo today, the Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Masamichi Morooka, said that impending new legislation to protect the environment potentially presented an additional industry-wide cost of more...
June 4th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions, International Chamber of Shipping | Read More
Greece on track but it ‘ain’t plain cruising yet’ says global cruise industry
C. Palassis, Partner, CTM Hellas, N. Lingard, Cruise & Travel Industry Management Consultant , K. Moussouroulis, Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean, J. Fox, Vice President, Government Relations, U.S. and Europe, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. , G. Israel, Senior Vice President Port...
May 28th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions | Read More
Gold treasures unearthed by chance add lustre to the spectacular heritage of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv
Panagyurishte Gold Treasure (the original, from the National History Museum, Sofia), Courtesy of www.imagesfrombulgaria.com, Photo by Nenko Lazarov
Gold treasures unearthed by chance add lustre to the spectacular heritage of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, By James Brewer
Talk about a dish to set before...
May 28th, 2013 | Exhibitions, Paintings and Sculpture | Read More
Love and sex in Pompeii: the writing was on the wall
Love and sex in Pompeii: the writing was on the wall, Italian Academy of Art hears in London talk By James Brewer
Do come in, we are just talking about brothels, the distinguished lecturer calls out, to a couple of latecomers, prompting peals of laughter.
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum is...
May 25th, 2013 | Exhibitions | Read More
Vessel users and providers gather for TradeWinds Offshore Marine conference.
TradeWinds Events – May 21, 2013 09:54 BST
Both sides of the business table will be sitting together at the TradeWinds Offshore Marine conference this year, offering a rare opportunity to hear offshore vessel-providers and vessel-users exchange views on the sector in an open discussion.
Among the...
May 21st, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions | Read More
Marta Boros aligns her pop art with a woman’s view of the world
Marta Boros aligns her pop art with a woman’s view of the world , By James Brewer
Pop artist Marta Boros pursues the twin and sometimes combined tracks of painting and poetry. Her work has qualities that at various times are mysterious, intriguing, challenging and erotic, splashed and collaged on the...
May 16th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
Landscape painting to the fore: Angela Summerfield adds layers of meaning to elevate the genre
Landscape painting to the fore: Angela Summerfield adds layers of meaning to elevate the genre, By James Brewer
Amid the outpouring of new art forms, the day of the landscape painting might seem to have been done. Is it time to relegate the landscape to… mere landscape? Angela Summerfield, one...
May 16th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
Europort brings offshore shipbuilding into focus
ABB at Europort
Maritime exhibition offers platform for technical innovators attracted by offshore investments
The offshore market remains buoyant, with exploration and production driving new fleet investment, design innovation in vessel efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Operations in more...
May 13th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions | Read More
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pompeii, Bay of Naples, Italy, 2012. Copyright Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei/Trustees of the British Museum
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum — how the title of this major exhibition was agonised over at the British Museum
By Rosa Maria Letts*
Life,...
May 6th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions, Maritime History and Museums, Paintings and Sculpture | Read More
Paintings and bronzes that flow from the subconscious: artist Sangeeta Sagar’s intriguing oeuvre
Marine Land, By Sangeeta Sagar
Paintings and bronzes that flow from the subconscious: artist Sangeeta Sagar’s intriguing oeuvre
by James Brewer
For artwork that Sangeeta Sagar says originates from the subconscious, her paintings and sculptures possess a particularly forceful and acute quality. ...
May 5th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions, Paintings and Sculpture | Read More
An open book. London artist Mali turns up the volume with a new chapter in his Book series
A good read. Part of Mali’s series of women with books.
An open book. London artist Mali turns up the volume with a new chapter in his Book series,
By James Brewer
For the London-based conceptual artist Mali, the book is the thing, the great symbol of communication in an incoherent world. It remains...
April 27th, 2013 | Anniversaries, Art and auctions, Books, Clubs, Events, Exhibitions, Maritime Art | Read More
LISW appoints official Board of Advisors
Doug Barrow
LONDON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WEEK APPOINTS OFFICIAL BOARD OF ADVISORS
The industry-led Steering Group running the inaugural London International Shipping Week (LISW) has established an official Board of Advisors which will act as guardians of the event to ensure it maintains objectivity...
April 18th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions, Trade and Commerce | Read More
Design in the limelight as London awards its ‘Oscars’ for innovative projects
Olympic Cauldron, Designed by Heatherwick Studio
Design in the limelight as London awards its ‘Oscars’ for innovative projects, By Oxana Andrienko
Eclectic as a collection, and with its selections variously practical and whimsical, the Designs of the Year exhibition, currently running at the Design...
April 10th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Awards, Events, Exhibitions | Read More
AfrikDelta Marine Ltd
ADML Chairman Anwar Jarmakani (right) with Andrew Yakubu, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, at Nigeria Oil & Gas 2013.
For 10 successful years, the Jagal Group has been in partnership with Lamnalco Limited in Nigeria. This partnership was designed to meet the industry’s...
April 5th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions, Markets, News | Read More
LISW welcomes UK government support
LONDON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WEEK WELCOMES UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Britain’s Coalition Government has put its weight behind London International Shipping Week (LISW) with three Whitehall departments following the lead already set by the Royal Navy and signing up as supporting organisations.
The Department...
April 4th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions, Politics and Government, Shipping Centers | Read More
A magnificent mural by artist Bernice Tackley lauds the engineering wonder that is the historic Anderton Boat Lift on the River Weaver in northern England
Nightshift -Winnington Works, by Bernice Tackley
A magnificent mural by artist Bernice Tackley lauds the engineering wonder that is the historic Anderton Boat Lift on the River Weaver in northern England, By James Brewer
One of the greatest maritime engineering feats along England’s extensive inland...
March 31st, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
New gallery by the Thames at Battersea revels in Chinese contemporary art and launches its latest show for dynamic artist Le Guo
Multichrome Painting – English Red, Chinese Rouge, and Indian Yellow, Ink and pigment on paper, By Le Guo
New gallery by the Thames at Battersea revels in Chinese contemporary art and launches its latest show for dynamic artist Le Guo, By James Brewer
Chinese contemporary art needs space to breathe...
March 23rd, 2013 | Art and auctions, Exhibitions | Read More
5th Annual Cool Logistics Global Conference
5th Annual Cool Logistics Global Conference – 24-26 September 2013 | SS Rotterdam | Rotterdam
Transparent, efficient and fair: Charting a new course for global perishable supply chain operations
The 5th edition of Cool Logistics Global – the only conference dedicated to global perishables...
March 23rd, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions | Read More
Commercial life of Mumbai firmly in the frame in stunning London show by one of India’s most talented painters
Commercial life of Mumbai firmly in the frame in stunning London show by one of India’s most talented painters, By James Brewer
Vegetable stall, Oil on canvas, By Tina Chandroji
A window on Mumbai – or Bombay as the artist Tina Chandroji was brought up to call the teeming metropolis of 20 million...
March 20th, 2013 | Art and auctions, Events, Exhibitions | Read More
Free Registration open online for Oceanology International China 2013
Six months before the inaugural Oceanology International China 2013, the only event for marine science and ocean technology in the Asian region, opens at INTEX in Shanghai (3-5 September 2013), registration is now open at www.oichina.com.cn/en/index_en.html . Attendance at the exhibition is free of charge...
March 18th, 2013 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Exhibitions, Oceanology | Read More
