In partnership with the Government Art Collection, Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 has been transforming the whole borough of Waltham Forest into an art gallery. Ways of Seeing has art work from 33 internationally-known artists in 28 unusual and unexpected venues across Waltham Forest. The collection, on loan from the Government Art Collection in can… More Ways of Seeing – until 31st August 2019
So I’ve been checking out the street art in Brixton ahead of the Street Art in Brixton Treasure Hunt. The Rhino by Louis Masai One of the pieces that I wanted to see was the Rhino by Louis Masai. This was painted for the Save The Rhino campaign and can be found at the back of the Duke of Edinburgh… More Hunting Rhino
Please Look After This Bear. Thank You. Between 2 July – 15 September 2014 Books about Town displayed 50 unique BookBench sculptures around London. One was of London’s most iconic bear – Paddington. The bench can now be found at Paddington Station. Paddington was also the subject of another art trail. 50 Paddington Bear sculptures… More Paddington
Montana Museum of Art & Culture In March the Montana Museum of Art & Culture held a treasure hunt to engage kids with art. Why use a treasure hunt? Museum docents are quoted in Dillon Kato’s report as saying:- “We really want kids and families to engage with the pieces more.” Anne Bertsche “The vision is that families… More Using Treasure hunts to engage kids with art
How about an Easter Treasure Hunt? Treasure Hunts in London have THREE EGG-CITING options available. explore Arts and Heritage in London. solve clues and puzzles, take fun photos and complete assignments compete for prizes Choose from Trafalgar Square, The Tate Britain and Brixton. Teams of 2 to 5 players – Individual tickets are £9 to £15.… More Looking for something to do with the family over Easter?
Valentine’s Day treasure hunt at The Tate. See how artists have represented love by unravelling cryptic clues and finding the paintings. … More Love and marriage at Tate Britain
Love in The Tate Archive Issue 14 of Tate Etc from autumn 2008 includes an article by Tishani Doshi. In it she describes what she discovered while exploring the correspondence in the Tate archive between Vanessa and Clive Bell prior to their marriage. Vanessa Bell, was Virginia Woolf’s sister, and an artist in her own right,… More Love and Marriage at Tate Britain
The Tate as the National Gallery of British Art In 1892 a new National Gallery of British Art, to be run under the Directorship of the National Gallery, was commissioned. The gallery was due to house the collection of British art that had been left to the nation by industrialist Henry Tate and other… More Hunting Animals at Tate Britain
Well done, Lina Munro for correctly identifying that the statue (quiz question 2) can be found in St James Square. The statue in the question is the creation of Italian artist Aron Demetz. http://gazelliarthouse.com/uk/artists-view/283-ARON-DEMETZ Aron Demetz, is quoted in Culture24 as saying the “wooden cores represent a rare spirituality in a digital age.” http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art441712… More We have our first winner!
A Christmas quiz to see how well you know some of the areas, museums and galleries Treasure Hunts in London have visited over the past year. … More Where can you find this statue?