Cathy's Art Diary

Charming outdoor exhibition in Soho Square of this year's images on a project to document New Year's day over 24 years. I have seen a few iterations of this project and have been fascinated by them. On the first day of the year 24 artists have each been recording an hour of the day. Each year then move on an hour. I've seen at how those 24 artists who studied together at Central St Martins have spread around the world and how the images have become more domestic. I sadly noted that next year will be the last year of the project. Please can someone put on a larger exhibition next year to sum it up. I'd love to know more about the artists and maybe either compare their work as they move through the day or to match an hour over all 24 years. This year's favourite has to be this dog with a dummy! Closed 16 March 2026

Lovely outdoor exhibition in Soho Square of this year’s pictures in a project to document New Year’s day over 24 years. On the first day of 2005 24 photography students from Central St Martin’s were allocated an hour of the day to photograph. They decided to continue the project and each year they move on an hour. From the look of the pictures some of them have now moved aboard and some look more domestic that those taken 20 years ago. Shout outs to David Mazda’s picture of a boat and Candida Jones’s “Meditation” of a man on a bench with memorial flowers. I like the way the pictures are displayed in the traditional heart of partying London in the open air. I last saw this show 5 years ago and will be fascinating to see how the project develops.   Closed 19 March 2025

Nice open air exhibition in Soho Square of this year’s pictures in a project to document New Year’s day over 24 years. 24 photographers were allocated an hour of the day to photograph then each year they move on an hour. This is the sixteenth year of the project. This display was curated by Ed Kashi, the American photojournalist. I like the way the pictures were displayed in the flower beds. My favourite pictures were Wendy Aldiss’s of a very realistic sculpture of an old man looking out of a window and Sabes Sugunasabesan’s “Silenced” a picture of Big Ben in scaffolding. An iconic New Year image. I’ll certainly look out for future exhibitions of this project and it will be fascinating to see the accumulated picture at the end of the 24 years. Closed on 19 March 2019 Review Guardian