If it moves, twinkles, reacts to light, sound and movement then there’s a place for it in the Kinetic Art Fair. Tucked away in a huge basement opposite Baker Street station The Kinetic Art Fair showed a fascinating array of cutting edge kinetic art ranging from the best in digital technology to smooth movement of levers to the simple spontaneous movement made by opposing magnets, dodging in a dish. I particularly liked the impressions of human form which appear in hanging in droplets of light.

I visited Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, an enchanting gallery, currently showing ‘Modern Times’ with examples of drawing in every modern art ‘ism’ you can think of. But next door is the home of Jim Ede (former curator of The Tate in the 1920s and 30s) and his wife, which displays a fascinating collection of arts and craft furniture and works by artists such as Ben Nicholson, Brancusi and Miro, plus wonderfully salty images of sea and sail by naive St Ives painter, Alfred Wallis.

This exhibition at the Royal Academy shows a personal and often poignant insight into the real life of Van Gogh. Paintings and drawings are displayed with original letters, mostly to his younger brother, Theo. What we learn from them is that the artist, who is best known for chopping off his ear lobe, was very educated, well read and cultured. Our favorites included ‘The Yellow House’ and his final letter to Theo, in which he wrote: Ah well, I risk my life for my own work, and my reason has half foundered in it."

On until 18th April.

Written by Camron intern Chloe Mac Donnell.

The Saatchi Gallery‘s project room features Emily Prince’s tribute to every American soldier killed in Iraq. It certainly highlights the human cost of war with great sensitivity. There are 5,158 drawings, each one made on small coloured cards, which correspond to the skin tone of the soldiers represented, bringing their portraits to life. The descriptions of the dead are very moving. This installation is on show until 7th May and is well worth seeing.

An impressive show of Chris Ofili’s work has just opened at Tate Britain. Ofili is renowned for his use of diverse materials adorned with dots, glitter, map pins, collage and, of course, his signature balls of elephant dung. This collection of widely inventive works definitely has the wow factor! On show is work from the last 15 years, including his award winning Turner Prize piece ‘No Woman, No Cry’ (1998), and a series of work made for the Venice Biennale in 2003.