Monthly Archives: August 2014

WEEKLY ART NEWS | THE WEEK IN PICTURES

A youth club in Bristol has been saved by the sale of a Banksy artwork which sold today to a private collector for enough cash to float the institution for the next few years. Mobile Lovers, which was moved from a doorway outside the club to the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for safekeeping will now be handed over to a philanthropist who paid up to $650,000 for the stencil on plywood.

HIXTER BANKSIDE | SHARE A STEAK IN ARTY SURROUNDINGS

Situated just a short walk from Borough Market, Hixter Bankside is the third installment of Mark Hix’s simple chicken and steak concept restaurants. Serving up signature British feasts in distinctive art surroundings, the restaurant had become an interesting addition to the neighborhood.

TOP FIVE JUICY SPOTS AROUND LONDON

Ultra Vie has tracked down some juicy spots around London. It is a healthy haven for cold-pressed, farm fresh, locally sourced and organic pulped fruit and vegetables. Here’s the low down on our top 5 hot juicy spots.

L’ANIMA CAFE | SOUTHERN ITALY IN LONDON

Following the success of the restaurant, L’Anima presents its little sister L’Anima café. Situated where the city meets Shoreditch, L’Anima showcases the very best of Italian design, culture and style.

EMBARGO REPUBLICA BRINGING CUBAN GRIT TO LONDON | LAUNCHING THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

WEEKLY ART NEWS | THE WEEK IN PICTURES

With their short hair and swastikas offsetting neat clothes, the skinheads who street photographer Derek Ridgers found roaming UK youth culture in the late-70s made a virtue of visual and social disruption.

SUSHI BAR @ SPICE MARKET | TRENDY NY’S SUSHI BAR COMES TO LONDON

On the 1St of September, Spice Market London is launching Sushi Bar @ Spice Market, bringing the popular Doha offering to London. Located in Leicester Square Hotel, the restaurant was created by Michelin starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten as a sister restaurant to the iconic Spice Market in NY.

A MERRY-GO-ROUND OF EVENTS | CAROUSEL – SHUTTLECOCK-INC’S NEW IMMERSIVE DINING SPACE

Ultra Vie met with Ed from Shuttlecock to get the inside story on Shuttlecock and their new permanent venue space ‘Carousel’, which is set to open tonight!

THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT | DINNER IN THE SKY COMES TO LONDON

6 years ago two companies, Hakuna Matata, specialising in gourmet pleasures, and The Fun Group, specialising in amusement park installations created a flying dinner table baptized Dinner in the Sky. The project winched a platform high in the air giving the chance for 22 young European restaurant owners the dream venue for guests to dine in the sky.

BIJU’S BUBBLE TEA ROOMS

Nick Phan founder and creator of Biju Bubble Tea Rooms wanted to bring an all natural, organic, fresh Bubble Tea to the market. Using a unique method and serving a variety of individual flavours Biju uses fruit juice nectars blended with coconut water, organic milk, soy or almond milk.

WEEKLY ART NEWS | THE WEEK IN PICTURES

How Man Ray helped Guy Bourdin put shock, suspense and surrealism into fashion photography. We’re all familiar with Guy Bourdin’s 1970s hyper saturated images of fashion models (in fact, there’s one just up there on the right) draped over shiny surfaces, legs and posteriors exposed for a posterity that’s far outlived the perishable pages of fashion mags and ad campaigns.

EXPLORE THE ART OF TATOOING AT SOMERSET HOUSE | TIME: TATOO ART TODAY

70 of the most influential tattoo artists in the world swapped their needles for paintbrushes and their usual surface of skin for canvas. Somerset House presents Time: Tattoo Art Today a free exhibition exploring the artistic identity of tattoo art today.