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Size is everythingSize is everything
12:37pm Thu 19 Jun 08
Aisha Khalid's paintings may be small, but she is big in Pakistan. One of her homeland's leading artists - which has an exciting new generation of younger artists breaking through - Aisha is now celebrating having her first solo show in the UK, at the Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park.

Sort your life out!Sort your life out!
3:02pm Thu 22 May 08
Perhaps I know the wrong people, but it seems humans are pre-designed to have worries and insecurities, regardless of their situation. Much of England may have more disposable income, more freedom and more empowerment than they did in - for example - the starchy 1950s, but are we any happier?

Room with two viewsRoom with two views
8:49am Thu 3 Apr 08
The many-differing landscapes of the world come into focus at Fountain Gallery this week when the work of local artists Mandana Khonsari and Lucinda Stephen are exhibited in Two Perspectives.

King of the HillKing of the Hill
5:03pm Wed 2 Apr 08
For a lad brought up on a Shropshire farm with no artistic background in his family and even less artistic talent in his fingertips (his own assessment), John Bloxham has done pretty well in the art world.

30 years of hurt30 years of hurt
8:03am Fri 28 Mar 08
Photography nuts will already know Peter Kennard as one of the most influential photographic artists alive. For others, think of an artist along the lines of Michael Moore, John Pilger and Banksy - left wing, high-profile and politically motivated.

Is this art?Is this art?
10:03am Fri 14 Mar 08
At first glance, it is hard to know whether to eat them or sit on them. Two succulent red cherries on a waxy green stalk, they form the centrepiece of the latest group show at Twickenham's Karen Taylor Gallery, entitled Larger Than Life.

Teenage superheroes exhibit at new Manga showTeenage superheroes exhibit at new Manga show
12:15pm Wed 5 Mar 08
Comics - childish or cult pastime?

Taylor made art in Twickenham Taylor made art in Twickenham
3:12pm Thu 21 Feb 08
Most artists are lucky if they sell enough work to keep them in rolling tobacco and clean underpants. Not so Guildford-based painter Frank Taylor.

Spring has sprung at Pepperton's gallerySpring has sprung at Pepperton's gallery
9:37am Sat 16 Feb 08
Like night follows day, the visual delight that was the Pepperton's winter exhibition has been replaced by the spring exhibition. Twelve artists are on show at the Crystal Palace gallery, showcasing a smorgasbord of styles and genres in painting, print, photography, glass sculpture and installation.

War, wisdom and walksWar, wisdom and walks
3:23pm Thu 7 Feb 08
A picture speaks a thousand words but Brian Harris will be adding a few of his own when he visits Richmond and Twickenham Photographic Society next week.

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