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The Feminine Sea

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MUSE GALLERY: LUKE FOREMAN – “THE FEMININE SEA” 10-27 April 2025. 269 Portobello Road. W11 1LR info@themuseat269.com www.themuseat269londonCheck opening times before you travel. Closest tube – Ladbroke Grove. Also quite close to Notting Hill tube  and a wide network of buses. Using a purpose made printer for this photographic project, artistically composed (lighting/settings/form) hand printed  images of items coming from the sea are displayed in black and white as oak framed  artworks created by the talented photographic artist, Luke Foreman. Subject matter includes shells, octopuses, and other objects related to the marine theme. All artworks at the exhibition are Hand Printed on Ilford Warm Tone FB … Continue reading The Feminine Sea

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Ultimate vigilante story

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The Feather men is the riveting story of a secret organization whose efforts by a private British vigilance committee, founded in England in the late 1960s.  Their 14-year attempt to eliminate a band of coldblooded contract killers of a number of British ex-servicemen in Britain and abroad. From 1977 to 1990, three hired assassins known as the Clinic tracked down and murdered four former British soldiers, one at a time. Each of the assassinations was carried out in such an ingenious fashion that there would be no hint of foul play, but one clue these killings has in common was that … Continue reading Ultimate vigilante story

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Swimming with dolphins…

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A English girl named Ishmaelle “born in a windswept cottage in the coast of Kent in the year  1843,” where she grows up swimming with dolphins. After the death of her parents and infant sister, her brother, Joseph, leaves to find work as a sailor. Call Me Ishamelle reimages the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. Guo was inspired by a real-life story of 18-year-old Rebeca Ann Johnson who sailed out of Nantucket to Massachusetts, as the American Civil War breaks out in 1861, as part of the crew of the Nimrod, … Continue reading Swimming with dolphins…

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“Britain’s passion for esoteric Black music”

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After the world war, the UK and America were the dominant forces responsible for emergence and evolution of nightclubs and electronic dance music from the 1950s onwards. Transatlantic Drift traces the rhythmic journey of dance music, following the pulse as it bounced between Europe, North America and Caribbean. Music, dance styles and nightclub spaces are not created in isolation; they are shaped by collective influences and shared experiences. Two British academics, Milestone, a sociologist, and Morrison, music journalism lecturer, reveals the interconnected story of dance music, taking in hotspots such as New York, Detroit, London, Manchester, Chicago, Düsseldorf and Ibiza. Britain’s love … Continue reading “Britain’s passion for esoteric Black music”

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ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITS MICHELANGELO, DA VINCI and RAPHAEL

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ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITS MICHELANGELO, DA VINCI AND RAPHAEL ALONG WITH OTHER GREATS OF THAT ERA. (1500’s) UP TO FEBRUARY 16 2025 Now you can venture to see a collection of originals which includes a large collection of pen and ink drawings covering figures looking lithe and toned, as well as horses imaginatively finely sketched to the hilt. Also included in the relatively small (for the Royal Academy) exhibition  are awe inspiring oils framed in breathtaking magnificent  frames of the Virgin and Child, the Virgin with Saint Anne and child and Saint John the Baptist – spend some time taking in how wonderfully … Continue reading ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITS MICHELANGELO, DA VINCI and RAPHAEL

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AI to replace photoshop and filters

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Have you ever used photoshop or filters to create online profile pictures. Now artificial intelligence (AI) is the new trend for creating online profile pictures by replacing photoshop and filters. A TikTok video watched by over 52.3million times, a young woman created the professional-looking headshot photos using an AI-powered app called Remini. Alongside she shows how she looks in real life.  Remini, Try It On AI, and AI Suit Up, use AI-based software to create slick profile photos that aim to look as if they were taken by an expert photographer. Remini asks you to upload eight to ten selfies, … Continue reading AI to replace photoshop and filters

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Muse Gallery Portobello: Celebrating 20 years

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Muse Gallery Portobello 269 Portobello Road London W11 1LR (Nearest Tube – Ladbroke Grove)21 November – 15 December 2024 http://www.themuseat269.comA group show which includes conceptual art and 3 dimensional pieces by anarray of wonderful artists so do expect to see exhibits which are very attractiveand varied including a self portrait and an enchanting traditional oil of boats andbuildings as well as awe inspiring modern pieces. Artists include Jayson Singh,including a self portrait, Camilla Hanney – porcelain pieces and Yole Quintero– including chromogenic prints.Celebrating 20 years of The Muse Gallery with the launch of their newestproject – XYZ – a dynamic … Continue reading Muse Gallery Portobello: Celebrating 20 years

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Catriona Robertson at The Muse Gallery

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Catriona Robertson at The Muse Gallery 269 Portobello Road W11 1LR until20 October 2024.www.themuseat269.com – prices range from £20 to severalthousand.An interesting background story to the creation of these works of art…readon… Catriona is fascinated by the idea of the urban landscape as a collage. She is inspired by how over time architecture forms an urban geology where layers of history are built on top of foundations. Her work responds to theinterconnectedness of nature and the city as a landscape resulting in sculptures that embody an architectural imprint. There is a subterranean network of hidden cities beneath us, organic intertwined … Continue reading Catriona Robertson at The Muse Gallery

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Britain’s venal ruling elite meets Russian dirty money

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How does a secret service confront its past, when its secrets must never be revealed? Buried deep in MI6’s digital archives is the most classified directory of all. It doesn’t contain war plans or agent profiles, but shame: the misdeeds of politicians, royalty, business leaders and the service’s own personnel.  There are seven decades’ worth of images and recordings, usually acquired for the sake of assessing risk, sometimes as a guard against betrayal, often engineered by MI6 for their own purposes. They are the most sensitive two thousand terabytes of data in the Service’s possession. When material from the archive … Continue reading Britain’s venal ruling elite meets Russian dirty money

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Raindance Festival 2024: “CICAVERZUM” OR “CAT CALL”

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“CICAVERZUM” OR “CAT CALL” BY ROZALIA SZELECZKIA film which defies you not to laugh, cry, and sit up and take notice!Very especially suited to cat lovers, “Cat Call” has been described and interpreted both as a Rom-Com and as “author driven drama”. It’s a moving, partly surrealistic and sensitively humorous saga which is presented in a way which makes it realistic and credulous though deep down most viewersknow that much of it is a playful fiction done in a style which keeps the audience enchanted and fixated.“Cat Call” or “Cicaverzum” (Hungarian for Alternative Universe) is the debut feature of Rozalia … Continue reading Raindance Festival 2024: “CICAVERZUM” OR “CAT CALL”