Articles tagged ‘Oxo Tower’
Britain on View
By Chris | February 15th, 2008 |
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Britain on View.com is a specialist online photographic library that offers unique images of Britain and British life. Starting next Thursday from 21 February-9 March they are staging a free photographic exhibition called Britain on View: A Photographic Exhibition of Countryside & Coastline 2008 at the.gallery@oxo on the
Seeing is Believing: Poverty in the UK
By Chris | December 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The children’s charity Barnardo’s has opened a major photographic exhibition at the Bargehouse in the Oxo Tower building called Seeing is Believing: Poverty in the UK which looks at how vulnerable people in modern Britain cope with debt, sexual exploitation, homelessness, unemployment, isolation, violence and disability.
At the beginning of this year Barnardo’s commissioned photographic artist [...]
Tsunami - face to face
By Chris | December 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Three years ago this December an earthquake off the coast of northern Indonesia set off a massive tsunami wave that devastated the Aceh province of Sumatra along with parts of Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, killing almost 250,000 people.
This week a photographic exhibition opened at the.gallery@oxo on the bottom floor of London’s Oxo Tower [...]
The Mayor’s Thames Festival
By Chris | September 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The biggest event in London this weekend 15-16 September (apart from Tottenham v Arsenal) is The Mayor’s Thames Festival, two days of music, street theatre, open air art, pyrotechnics, special food and craft markets and river events all taking place along a three mile stretch of the Thames from Westminster to Tower Bridges with some [...]
Rivers of the World
By Chris | August 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The gallery@oxo on the ground floor of the Oxo Tower building has a new exhibition opening tomorrow called Rivers of the World featuring artwork by young people from 64 schools in London, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chongqing, Cape Town and Cairo inspired by the rivers which flow through these cities, the Thames, Ganges, Yangtze, Liesbeek and Nile.
This [...]
African design on show in London
By Chris | July 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Oxo Tower’s gallery@oxo has a new exhibition starting next week called BAD:Best of African Design - 100% Zulu which shows a selection of work by some of the most prominent comtemporary designers and artists from the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa.
Turkish Fest
By Chris | July 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London’s Turkish population has expanded rapidly over the last 10-15 years, especially in the North London area with Turkish owned businesses opening all over the place. You can experience a slice of Turkish culture along the banks of the Thames this week when for the fourth year running Turkish Fest takes place as part of [...]
Mary McCartney Celebrity Photographic Exhibition
By Chris | July 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Paul McCartney’s photographer daughter Mary has a short public exhibition at the.gallery@oxo on the ground floor of the Oxo Tower Wharf this week. Its in support of the charity Cancerbackup and features pictures she’s taken of celebrities and their backup teams to highlight the value and benefits of having a strong backup team of specialists [...]
Photographs by Uganda’s refugee children
By Chris | June 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Next week the gallery@oxo, on the ground floor of the Oxo Tower building along the banks of the Thames near Gabriel’s Wharf, has a short two week photographic exhibition called Through the Eyes of Children:Life as a Refugee in Uganda.
Its the result of a project where 60 refugee children were given cameras to document their [...]
An English Ceilidh in London
By Chris | May 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Saturday 2 June there’s a chance to see some traditional English dancing when a free to attend English Ceilidh takes place along the banks of the Thames as part of the Coin Street Festival. The event is happening at the Bernie Spain Gardens, the area between the Oxo Tower and Gabriel’s Wharf on the [...]
