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Pitzhanger Manor acquires Julian Opie’s walking man

15-04-2024 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A walking man who has approaching Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery since 2021 but never arriving will remain stuck in place as the digital artwork has been bought by the gallery to go on permanent display.
(c) Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Julian Opie’s LED sculpture, Curly Hair, 2021 was first shown at Pitzhanger in 2021 as part of Julian Opie’s solo exhibition, coinciding with the reopening of the gallery post-COVID lockdown.
The acquisition of Curly Hair was made possible by the ge

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Dalston’s Kingsbury Road pedestrian and cyclist bridge has reopened

15-04-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

An important cycle and pedestrian route over the London Overground in Dalston has reopened after Network Rail completed bridge replacement works.
The reopened Kingsbury Road bridge (c) Network Rail
The bridge, originally built in 1913, closed late last year as it need to be replaced as the iron girders that supported it were becoming corroded. Engineers demolished the old bridge over Christmas 2023 and then lifted in the replacement with a crane over the last weekend of January 2024.
Now that it

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Umbro 100: Exhibition looks at sports clothing’s cultural impact

15-04-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Down a goods delivery ramp and past the bins is an unexpected location for an exhibition about football shirts — but that’s what you can find underneath a Marylebone building at the moment.The exhibition marks the centenary of the British sportswear brand Umbro, which was founded in 1924 by brothers Harold and Wallace Humphreys. The company’s name is a portmanteau of um, from Humphreys, and bro, from brothers.
However, it’s not entirely a look back at the history of the c

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London’s Alleys: Cavendish Court, EC2/EC3

15-04-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a narrow winding alley close to Liverpool Street station that’s been here in some shape or form since Tudor times.This part of London is just on the outskirts of the old Roman Wall around the City of London. The name of the road the alley leads off on the western side, Houndsditch, comes from the “moat” that ran around the outside of the Roman wall, where it’s suggested feral dogs scavenged from rubbish dumped in the ditch.
The land was fairly undeveloped and used

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