t has been a while since I've taken a trip away to the big city of London. After living in London for all my years and growing up in Hackney for 20 years, I felt it was time to move up sticks for a slower pace of life. London has always been one of the most well known cities in the world. A culturally rich city, London is visited by millions each year. Currently London has several fascinating and unique art exhibits on display, one of the most impressive being a collection of Kiefer/Van Gogh drawings and paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts. This striking exhibition brings together works by Anselm Kiefer and Vincent van Gogh, exploring the unexpected ways Kiefer has engaged with Van Gogh’s intense, emotionally charged landscapes and letters. Through bold material experiments and layered symbolism, Kiefer reinterprets Van Gogh’s legacy in a contemporary key — drawing out questions of memory, trauma, and transformation.
I’ve taken up painting again, to be honest with you I never really stopped, but my life has taken me to a space…
I’ve taken up painting again, to be honest with you I never really stopped, but my life has taken me to a space, where paints brings a sense of calm, and puts so much things into prospective for me and allows for me to express myself the way my higher self wants to be seen.
Here is what I have been up too, lately. My paints have made a great addition into my home.
Isn’t that what art is all about? An expression of ones self.
Painting: WildFlower Burst By Owaken Mo
Here are a few London exhibition I am planning to go to see, whilst I’m taking my mush needed holiday break in London.
Textiles: The Art of Mankind
The Fashion and Textile Museum, 28 March – 7 September 2025
This exhibition explores the profound role of textiles in shaping human history, from everyday items to ceremonial and artistic creations. Featuring rare pieces never seen before in the UK, highlights include a Panamanian textile of a mermaid symbolizing fertility, a Sardinian wall hanging, and a ceremonial bag shaped like a hand. The show also includes Connecting Threads, a collaboration by Lynn Setterington that commemorates people and communities through stitch.
Photo: © David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts
Yoshitomo Nara
Hayward Gallery, 10 June – 31 August 2025
This wide-ranging retrospective offers an intimate view of Yoshitomo Nara’s world — from his instantly recognisable wide-eyed figures to rarely seen early drawings and personal ephemera. Spanning paintings, sculpture, and large-scale installations, the show captures the tension between innocence and defiance that runs through Nara’s work, alongside deeper themes of alienation, protest, and hope.
Photo: © Arts Distance
Millet: Life on the Land
The National Gallery, 7 August – 19 October 2025
The first major UK exhibition of Jean-François Millet in nearly 50 years focuses on his quiet, radical depictions of rural life. Around 13 paintings and drawings — including the celebrated L’Angélus on loan from the Musée d’Orsay — reflect how Millet elevated everyday labour into something lyrical and deeply human. It’s a fresh look at an artist who helped shape Realism, Impressionism, and beyond.
Photo: © Arts Distance
These exhibit in London are exceedingly captivating and will provide memories to last a lifetime. This is certainly one of the most unique exhibitions you will ever have the opportunity to see.
Like I said I’ve taken up painting again and to end this article I thought I would share with you what I have been up too.
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