the museum of brands, packaging & advertising spans a 120-year period in the history of consumerism, culture, design, domestic life, fashion, folly and fate, with an emphasis on british goodies ;-). the gem which u can see above makes part of a ongoing exhibition of political mugs. sounds like something that shouldn’t be missed… :-P
(ht sandman & see time out london for more info)
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stolenspace, one of the leading urban art galleries in london, organizes a group show with new work of their artists. opening thursday, 1st of july 6-9pm (ht: ukstreetart)

we’ve been passing pascal bernier‘s scull installations on several recent artfairs & they certainly caught our eye! an on-going theme in pascal’s work are dominating relationships, both among animals and between animals and humans.
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we loved the work of allora & calzadilla @ art basel. both their prints and installations really did it for us. alex from lisson gallery mentioned they’ll have a gallery show during frieze. another reason to be in london next october :=)

during the whole summer of 2010, aeroplastics contemporary has scheduled a group show with work from both confirmed artists & young talent. check out a selection of the featured works or, even better, visit the gallery!