Galleries - April 2010

a ABBOTT & HOLDER 30 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH April Selected Group is 15 works by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon NEAC (1821–1906). ‘List’ introducing 200 watercolours, drawings, oils and prints to stock, Fri Apr 23. gallery@abbottandholder.co.uk www.abbottandholder.co.uk t 020 7637 3981 f 020 7631 0575 b AUSTIN/DESMOND FINE ART Pied Bull Yard 8/69 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3BN Stephen Buckley: Selected Works 1972–1990. Apr 21–May 26. At London Original Print Fair, Apr 28–May 2, Stand 21. Mon–Fri 10.30–5.30, Sat 11–2.30 (during exhibs) tubeHolborn, Tottenham Court Road gallery@austindesmond.com www.austindesmond.com t 020 7242 4443 f 020 7404 4480 c COCHRANE THEATRE GALLERY Southampton Row, WC1B 4AP TP3+3 Presents ‘ERA’. Apr 9–May 21. Captivating, contemporary glass exhib- ition celebrating Central Saint Martins’ rich glass history. Presented by TeePee Glass, featuring Caroline Swash, Helen Maurer & Hildegard Pax. *ad Mon–Fri 10–6 Weekends correspond with Cochrane Theatre listings www.teepeeglass.com www.cochranetheatre.co.uk t 020 7269 1600 d CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ARTS 2 Percy Street, W1T 1DD The Honey Bee & The Hive – curated by Wendy Ramshaw. Mar 20–May 1. The vulnerable, beautiful, industrious bee, is the inspiration for never-seen- before work from 24 of Britain’s top designer/makers. Downstairs Gallery: Focuses on Joseph Harrington (glass), Cecil Jordan (wood), Sarah Denny (silver), Matthew Harris (textiles), Suleyman Saba (ceramics). Mon–Sat 10–6 sales@caa.org.uk www.caa.org.uk t 020 74362344 e CURWEN & NEW ACADEMY GALLERY 34 Windmill Street (off Charlotte Street) W1T 2JR Brendan Hansbro: ‘Babylon Apocalypse’; Juliet & Jamie Gutch: mobiles. Mar 31–Apr 24. Mon–Fri 10–6, Thur 10–8, Sat 11–5 tubeGoodgeStret www.curwengallery.com t 020 7323 4700 f 020 74363059 f DÉBUT ART & THE CONINGSBY GALLERY 30 Tottenham Street, W1T 4RJ Sibling Rivalry. Apr 25–30. Painting & Prints by David Storey & Eric Storey. Mon–Fri 9.30–6, Sat by appt coningsbygallery@debutart.com www.debutart.com www.coningsbygallery.com t 020 7636 7478 41. GALLERIES APRIL 10 O L D GL OUC E S T E R S T G TORMONDST R E D L I O N B S Q U A R E B EDFORDPL M U S E U M C OL N 'S I N N FIE W I N D M ILL C H ENI E SS T TO T T E N H A M S T S T S T SQ U A R E R U S S E L L MO N TAG U E ST REE T S TO R E S T HOWLAN D ST MO NT A GU E P L G R E A T R US SE LL S T GUI L FO R D STREET G T S T J A M E S S T B L O O M SBU RY KIN B E R N ERS S T N E W M A N S T B Y N G P L A C E DFORD W AY M A L ET ST R E E T M APLE S T R E ET WH IT FIELD S TR E ET GR AFT ON WA Y M ORTIMER S T G O O DG E S T C H A R L O T T E S T GOWER STREET L AC E S OU T HAM PTO N R O W T H E O B A L D S R O A D L A MB' S C O NDUIT ST RED LION ST W A Y CLEV E L A ND S TREET GT . TITCHF I ELD ST G R E A T PO RT L A N D S TR E E T OXFORD STREET N EW O XFOR D ST RE E T HOLB O R N TOTT E NHA M CO U R T ROAD E U S BRITISH MUSEUM Russell Sq Holborn Goodge St a e g d f c b h i i MAP 25 LONDON BLOOMSBURY & FITZROVIA g THE GALLERY AT 94 94 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia W1T 6NW Caroline Hall - Helen Brough - Nadia Kisseleva. Feb 4–May 4. This new exhibition brings together the diverse talents of three leading female artists, with their distinct styles. Caroline’s vivid abstract colours, Helen’s seductive pastel forms, and Nadia’s startling figurative and landscapeworks. Mon–Fri 10.30–5.30, all other times by appt only info@galleryat94.com www.galleryat94.com t 020 7388 7868 h OCTOBER GALLERY 24 Old Gloucester Street WC1N 3AL Kenji Yoshida – A Celebration of Life. Apr 15–Jun 5. Works from throughout his career, including etchings made at Atelier 17 in theearly 60s, inks, calligraphy and paintings on paper from the 70s, and oils on canvas that arehis contribution to contemporary art, deftly-sketched portraits of the created universe itself. Tue–Sat 12.30–5.30 tubeHolborn/Russell Square art@octobergallery.co.uk www.octobergallery.co.uk t 020 7242 7367 i REBECCA HOSSACK ART GALLERY 2a Conway Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 6BA Petra McCarthy: Fast Forward. Mar 19–Apr 12. rebecca@r-h-g.co.uk www.r-h-g.co.uk t 020 74364899 REBECCA HOSSACK ART GALLERY AT CHARLOTTE STREET 28 Charlotte Street, W1T 2NA Ian Penney: In a Spring Garden. Apr 8–24. Mon–Sat 10–6 Art Fairs: Art Melbourne, Apr 22–25, London Original Print Fair, Apr 29–May 2, Art Chicago, Apr 30–May 3. rebecca@r-h-g.co.uk www.r-h-g.co.uk t 020 7255 2828 THUMB nail Curated by Wendy Ramshaw "The Honey Bee and the Hive" ( Contemporary Applied Arts) was inspired by a speech given by Michael Wolff to 2009 RCA graduates, the central theme of which was Einstein's remark that, if bees disappeared completely, man would haveno morethan four years to live. She has consequently asked 28 crafts- men and women across a wide range of disciplines to consider this proposition. It's a splendid idea – bees, bee-keeping and honey are so profoundly embedded in our collective memory after all – and she has been rewarded with some memorable things in return. NU Vicki Ambery-Smith, ‘Bee Hives’, silver & gold stick pins, (approx H.5cm)