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Unlocking London's cultural world... For you. Private tours for groups of fewer than 6 visitors.
We are part of the same professional network; and have come together to deliver high quality, specialist tours for small groups of creative visitors and residents of London. We deliver tours for families with children as well as for adult groups. Our tours focus specifically on the Capital’s rich and vibrant arts sector; covering the fine and visual arts, architecture, fashion, jewellery, theatre, music and literature.
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8 Famous Artists Who Were Self-Taught
These days, the road to art world success is professionalized—and often involves an advanced degree. But artists like Henri Rousseau and Yoko Ono went their own way.
How to Teach Children to Care about Art
What is it about art that commands a child’s attention? What impact can art have on a child’s development? And more broadly, what can be done to instill an appreciation of art in children?
Our co-founder Davinia Gregory will be sitting on a panel at Tate Modern on June 12th as part of a series of events on Truth, Justice and History in critical art and academic practice. These events see the University of Warwick collaborating with Tate to mark the instatement of Coventry as the UK's new City of Culture. If you go along, do introduce yourself; she'll be happy to meet Arts Unlocked people!
Join us as we ask challenging questions about truth, justice and history. In particular, we will interrogate the bigger political questions about what it means to engage in critical art and academic practice, in the contemporary context of universities, galleries and cultural debate – and we don.....
Westminster Abbey’s lofty new museum reveals ‘the best view in Europe’
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open in hidden triforium, 50ft up
Happy New Year from London! 🎉
[photo by Tareq M Photography]
V&A Shenzhen has opened to the public! We look forward to seeing it one day; congratulations to the V&A! https://www.archdaily.com/884849/chinas-first-dedicated-culture-and-design-center-design-society-opens-in-shenzhen
China’s first dedicated cultural design museum, Design Society, has opened to the public in Shenzhen.
All of our congratulations go to the wonderful Lubaina Himid for winning the Turner Prize! https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-42244324
Lubaina Himid is the art award's oldest winner and the first black woman to win.
Soutine's Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys - a tour with ...
We'll be headed to Dulwich Picture Gallery for this very soon!
Perfect Post-Halloween news: We are looking forward to this!
Neil Gaiman’s much loved story Coraline is coming to the stage - as an opera. The Royal Opera’s new production, created by Mark-Anthony Turnage, will have its world premiere at the Barbican next year.
Timeline Photos
Happy birthday to the late Mark Rothko! Cigarette in hand, he struck a tense pose before his colour-blocked, crimson-hued 'No. 7' in 1960.
We are looking forward to this!
The Victoria and Albert Museum has this morning announced its major fashion exhibition for 2018, dedicated to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s famously vibrant wardrobe.
Winnie-the-Pooh heads to V&A for big winter exhibition
Victoria and Albert museum to stage first big show about Winnie-the-Pooh, targeting families with young children
100 Artists Were Invited to Paint an Entire School Before Its Renovation
100 graffiti artists were allowed to take over a dormitory in Paris, painting it for three weeks and leaving it visible for a month before renovations.
Once again, our city has suffered. But we stand united as always, and carry on. If you have a tour booked with us this week, you will have already had an email from us letting you know that your tour remains scheduled as normal, and will be as fun and informative as ever in joyful defiance of last night's events. If you have any concerns whatsoever, do call us at any time to discuss them. We're here, and London remains open.
British Museum presents: Hokusai | Cinema trailer | 4 June 2017
Magical UK places to take the kids before they grow up
This year's Turner Prize nominations were publicized today, and we are so happy that the age cap has been lifted so that a broad range of artists can be recognized for their work in this way. Congratulations to Lubaina Himid, who at 62 is the oldest Turner Prize winner to date!
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/03/not-young-british-artists-2017turner-prize-nominees-aged-40/amp/
The Turner Prize is no longer the preserve of the Young British Artist, with everyone on the 2017 shortlist aged over 40 - and the oldest aged 62.
Wonderful, National Portrait Gallery!
Look who's joined the A-Team... We're delighted to have acquired Colin Davidson's portrait of singer Ed Sheeran for the Collection. See it on display at the Gallery from tomorrow.
"Success is a series or problems solved". Happy birthday to architect IM Pei.
Kintsugi: The Centuries-Old Art of Repairing Broken Pottery with Gold
British Museum permanently installs first Caribbean art commission
Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie sculptures now stand in the Africa Galleries
The UK’s top ten tourist attractions are all in London
London is such a hit with out-of-towners that all of the ten most popular attractions in the UK are based in the capital.
Yesterday was a sad day for many here in the U.K., including many of us from the art world, who believe that #londonisopen
British-Indian artist is among raft of leading cultural figures who oppose Brexit
John Legend playing piano at St. Pancras Station
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Tours include, but are not limited to, the following:
The Skyline Drawing Tour
Introducing the British Museum,
Introducing the National Gallery,
Down the Rabbit Hole at the V&A (family tour),
A Right Royal History Tour of the National Portrait Gallery (family tour),
The 3 Day Arts Weekender.
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