Photographer and Doctor Who fan Paul Dykes has started a new photography project he’s calling “Ghost Monuments” – photo composites using a 3D model of a Gilbert MacKenzie Trench police box, rematerialising them in their former locations across London
Exhibitions
Exhibition news – mainly comics
Beano Time Travellers head to Mottisfont, Hampshire!
This summer, much-loved Beano characters are setting up home at Mottisfont, in Hampshire, for a vibrant new exhibition exploring 80 years of mischief and mayhem!
The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists exhibition opens in Leicester
The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists exhibition has just opened at New Walk Museum in Leicester, offering not just an insight into the art and the many books published, but a visual history of 20th Century Britain in microcosm…. Read More ›
Manchester’s National Football Museum’s 65th anniversary Roy of the Rovers exhibition opens next week
Celebrate the 65th anniversary of Roy of the Rovers with a visit to the dedicated pop-up exhibition at Manchester’s National Football Museum, which opens next week, on Friday 19th July. The Melchester Rovers legend made his first appearance in Tiger… Read More ›
Florida’s Norton Museum of Art hosts major Dwight M. Cleveland Collection film poster exhibition
If you’re heading to Florida on holiday this summer, then you may want to pop along to the Norton Museum of Art, which is presenting the first, extensive museum exhibition of classic movie posters from one of the most prominent… Read More ›
Tom of Finland Centenary exhibition announced as part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is to celebrate the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen), the world’s best loved queer artist, comics creator and gay icon with a special exhibition in… Read More ›
Bromyard’s Time Machine Museum set to close in September
There’s sad news for fans of The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction based in Bromyard, Herefordshire, which, it’s been announced, will close its doors in September – and all assets will be sold at auction
Creating Comics: A Video Interview with artist Howard Cruse
Gay Love, the first European solo art show of the work of Howard Cruse, is currently running in Brussels at the Galerie Comic Art Factory until 6th July 2019 – and the gallery has released a thought-provoking video interview with… Read More ›
Japan House London hosts Helen McCarthy’s free talk on Urasawa Naoki next week
Heading to London’s Japan House to see their This is Manga – the Art of Urasawa Naoki exhibition? Why not combine your visit with a free evening lecture on the artist by leading UK anime and manga writer Helen McCarthy… Read More ›
“Bookmarks” cartoon exhibition opens at Westminster Reference Library
Bookmarks, an exhibition of cartoons on the theme of books, literature and libraries drawn by the UK’s finest and funniest cartoonists, is running now at London’s Westminster Reference Library until 22nd June 2019.