Gallery Magazine

Inside Job

What’s the story behind your band name? Not very glamorous really, but the band’s founder members were listening to a Don Henley album of the same name when the idea of forming the band first came up. We both liked the name so stuck with it, and we’ve never come up with anything better that [...]

What’s on in The Smoke

Our London based insider Nina Hervé, enjoyed the capital’s snowfall last month with a trip up to Hampstead Heath to check out John Gay’s photography. Along with a few visits to some of the smaller museums the city has to offer, a drive to Walthamstow to see the Wood exhibition was also on the hit [...]

Letter From London

If you could… Each year, for the past three years, London design studio HudsonBec has invited contemporary image-makers to respond to the question – ‘If you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be?’ 2008’s image-makers were a carefully chosen group which included the likes of Genevieve Gauckler, Kate Moross, Luke Best and Rob Ryan [...]

AHOY!

Jersey Boat Show 09 is a three day event promoting Jersey’s marine businesses and highlighting Jersey’s many attractions, on and off the water. Held over the May Bank Holiday it’s an ideal event for seasoned boaters to kick off their season and for new enthusiasts to dip a toe in the water. In fact anyone [...]

Harmonious

At Gallery we love rock, adore breakbeat, work to drum and bass and love a bit of hip hop but we think there’s always room for some Jazz. A true blues legend is stopping in town for one night only this month and this Grammy Award-winning artist sure is sweet . . . Sugar Blue, [...]

ALL THE LATEST FROM THE BIG BLACK SMOKE…

Former Beaulieu student Françoise Guerrier moved to London in 2007 after living in Manchester where she completed a degree in performing arts. I caught up with Fran to talk about her life in the arts. How did you get into the arts? Ever since I can remember I was always getting involved in performing. I [...]

Matthew Porteous

Photographer Matt Porteous, has come to the forefront of photography in Jersey with his dynamic architectural shots, travel photos and expressive portraits. With a passion for photography from a young age, he was awarded a Double Distinction in his City and Guilds Photography course in 2000 and whilst travelling took his camera. The rest has [...]

twist of fate

David Sye, Yoga Elder, is the name behind the famous Yogabeats ™ brand. He is of Russian descent, the son of a scientist mother and artist father. He began his practice of yoga as a direct result and in response to suffering from ulcerated colitis and a spastic colon. He tried Tibetan Yoga and after [...]

Fleshly Gestures

Joking about terrorism?

A couple of weeks ago I started to get excited about the release of The Dark Knight. Whilst scouring the media for reviews, something caught my eye. A number of commentators were interested in the film’s engagement with 9/11. Jeff Dawson (‘Has the new Batman plundered its plot from 9/11?’, The Sunday Times, July 20, [...]