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Oct
26
Mon
Handa’s Surprise @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 26 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel to Kenya this half term and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits as a surprise – but 7 different animals have 7 very different ideas… could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!

Ages 2-6

“A SHORT, SUNSHINY LITTLE SHOW WITH A DELICIOUS CITRUS FINISH.” CRITICS’ CHOICE TIME OUT

10.30AM, 12PM, 2PM & 3PM (3PM TUE & FRI ONLY)

Oct
27
Tue
Handa’s Surprise @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 27 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel to Kenya this half term and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits as a surprise – but 7 different animals have 7 very different ideas… could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!

Ages 2-6

“A SHORT, SUNSHINY LITTLE SHOW WITH A DELICIOUS CITRUS FINISH.” CRITICS’ CHOICE TIME OUT

10.30AM, 12PM, 2PM & 3PM (3PM TUE & FRI ONLY)

Oct
28
Wed
Handa’s Surprise @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 28 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel to Kenya this half term and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits as a surprise – but 7 different animals have 7 very different ideas… could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!

Ages 2-6

“A SHORT, SUNSHINY LITTLE SHOW WITH A DELICIOUS CITRUS FINISH.” CRITICS’ CHOICE TIME OUT

10.30AM, 12PM, 2PM & 3PM (3PM TUE & FRI ONLY)

Oct
29
Thu
Handa’s Surprise @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 29 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel to Kenya this half term and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits as a surprise – but 7 different animals have 7 very different ideas… could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!

Ages 2-6

“A SHORT, SUNSHINY LITTLE SHOW WITH A DELICIOUS CITRUS FINISH.” CRITICS’ CHOICE TIME OUT

10.30AM, 12PM, 2PM & 3PM (3PM TUE & FRI ONLY)

Oct
30
Fri
Handa’s Surprise @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 30 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel to Kenya this half term and follow in Handa’s footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, in the next village. Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits as a surprise – but 7 different animals have 7 very different ideas… could you resist the sweet-smelling guava? How about a ripe red mango or a tangy purple passion fruit?

A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. Come and share in the magical tangerine surprise!

Ages 2-6

“A SHORT, SUNSHINY LITTLE SHOW WITH A DELICIOUS CITRUS FINISH.” CRITICS’ CHOICE TIME OUT

10.30AM, 12PM, 2PM & 3PM (3PM TUE & FRI ONLY)

Feb
3
Fri
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 3 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
4
Sat
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 4 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk: On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
5
Sun
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 5 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed. All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved
Feb
7
Tue
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 7 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
8
Wed
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 8 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
9
Thu
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 9 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
10
Fri
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 10 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
11
Sat
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 11 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk: On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
12
Sun
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 12 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed. All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved
Feb
14
Tue
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 14 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
15
Wed
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 15 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Feb
16
Thu
PAINTINGS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA 1950-1980 @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 16 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.

Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.

To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.

One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.

Detail from design for the circus pavilion at Sochi 1969, Evgeni Kazmin. ©John Barkes, 2016. All Rights Reserved

All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.

Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.

Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.

Jun
14
Thu
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
15
Fri
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 15 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
18
Mon
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 18 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
19
Tue
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 19 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
20
Wed
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 20 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
21
Thu
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 21 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
22
Fri
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 22 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
25
Mon
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
26
Tue
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 26 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
27
Wed
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 27 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
28
Thu
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 28 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jun
29
Fri
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jun 29 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
2
Mon
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 2 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
3
Tue
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 3 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
4
Wed
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 4 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
5
Thu
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 5 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
6
Fri
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 6 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!

Jul
9
Mon
Year of the (Rescue) Dog @ Lauderdale House
Jul 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

All Dogs Matter invite you to celebrate the Year of the Dog at a special photography exhibition at Lauderdale House.

Year of the (rescue) Dog is a tribute to the fascinating life stories of the rescue dogs at All Dogs Matter, featuring a host of photos by different photographers – including Rankin. These photos show off how wonderful rescue dogs are and how rewarding it can be to adopt one, showcasing the rescue dogs and their owners, plus a few special supporters like Ricky Gervais, Michelle Collins, Peter Egan and Rachel Riley.

All Dogs Matter are a local dog rescue and rehoming charity based near East Finchley, who take in and rehome abandoned and unwanted dogs from all over London. They receive no government funding so all donations make a difference. Prints will be available to purchase at the exhibition to help All Dogs Matter raise more invaluable funds for their dogs in need.

Year of the (rescue) Dog will being with a Private View on 13 June, with the exhibition running 14 June to 6 July in Lauderdale House’s Courtyard Gallery Space. Entry is free but donations welcome!