Coming Up Roses, January 26th

No Meaning – Deptford art show features Turner Prize winner

'5 months in Deptford' is a temporary art space in Faircharm studios,  set up by artist Linda Persson. It opened last month and will continue until April 2014.On Saturday 11th January, there's a new exhibition 'No Meaning', opening there. It  features works by Persson as well as other artists including 2013 Turner Prizewinner (and former ...

The Deptford Diamond

This other Eden - the roof is made of the same stuff as the Eden Project's biomesThe Deptford Dame has a great article about a new building that sprouted in her manor over Christmas:A new artist's studio, designed by De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects, has just been revealed at the southern end of Comet Street. ...

Mere Baubles

Baubles have appeared across the trees in Hilly Fields. Thanks to Lep Recorn for the photo.

The Brockley Art Heist

Sergey has fallen prey to the preternaturally efficient domestic recycling system that greases the wheels of the conservation area. He writes:I moved to Brockley (Wickham Road) on Saturday 7 December. I had unloaded this painting along with a few boxes onto the pavement outside Jasmin House, and went into the building with a few items. ...

North London’s hand-drawn domination

Courtesy of @YourButler comes this Vettriano-esque @glplondon map of London, starring the Rivoli, the Big Red Bus and the Deptford Project, sadly on ice. Click here for details.

57 varieties of art kick off next week

I am looking at you. Michael Brown, 2013Number 57, 57 Loampit Hill, SE13 7SZwww.57arts.co.ukBrockley's latest art space, Number 57, opens for its first exhibition next week.Michael Brown's solo show runs at Number 57 from 22 November until 1 December. They are open on Saturdays and Sundays and they open 10am-6pm on Fridays, or by appointment ...

Looking Up in New Cross

The people behind the 1,000 Sunflowers project in New Cross are back with a new art project and trying to raise funding via Kickstarter. If BCers can fund a pizza oven, they can raise money for public art. Here are the details.With thanks to Ophelia.

David Grandorge photography in Deptford

Now showing at the Peter von Kant gallery (25 Tanners Hill SE8), David  Grandorge's Without Sun. The core of the exihibition is a remarkable series of photographs taken at Svalbard Satellite Station in the Norwegian zone of the Arctic Ocean, where NASA, the European Space Agency and others have installations.For those of us brought up ...

The Secret Art Salon

After ten months of successful exhibitions “Sunday Art Salon” is re-launching this Sunday weekly as “Secret Art Salon”. It remains Brockley’s best kept secret due to its location and has a growing following of genuinely curious art lovers who, largely by word of mouth, are starting to discover this hidden art market on their doorstep ...