There has been an invasion of sheep at the Pompidou Centre in Malaga. I guess they must be artistic sheep as they seem to enjoy looking at the artworks around them by various artists including Joan Miro and Peter Doig. In some ways, it must be easier curating a relatively small space when you can […]
Russian art is such an important part of world culture, that anything that raises awareness of the art and the artists can only be a good thing, so that we can appreciate it more. The current exhibitions at the St Petersburg State Russian Museum in Malaga show what a masterful and forward-thinking collaboration it was […]
Many congratulations to the Contemporary Art Centre in Malaga which celebrated its 15th birthday in February this year. Established by the city authorities in the former Wholesalers Market constructed in 1939 by the architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto, the Contemporary Art Centre Malaga has been part of a successful strategy to bring new art galleries and […]
Is there something about the month of May, when spring starts to move into summer, when the dark winter gives way to bright sunshine? This month, in May 2018, students in French universities are demonstrating and visitors to the Pantheon will notice the police at the entrance to the nearby Law Faculty and Library at […]
I wonder how many people sitting out in the sunshine realise what a hidden treasure is inside the relatively brick building tucked away to one side of the square. The outside may be relatively plain, but the inside is an astonishing riot of decoration. The old Middlesex Hospital closed in 2005 and was demolished in […]
The Conciergerie has a bloody history – once part of a royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, the Conciergerie claimed greatest fame during the French Revolution when it was the prison from which many were transported to their execution, including Marie Antoinette herself. Today it is a museum focussed on that terrible period of […]
It is fascinating to compare two houses in Mayfair built by Sir Robert Taylor in the 1770’s, now both occupied by international art galleries, and how they have survived and been altered over the years. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac has a beautiful house retaining its neoclassical interiors, connecting through from Dover Street to Berkeley Street with […]
It is fascinating to peep into the hidden world of an artist’s studio and see where he or she created their great work; sometimes they are tidy and clean, sometimes they are totally chaotic, with collections of things that inspire them, walls and floor splattered with paint and canvases or sculptures in various stages of […]
Something strange is happening behind one of London’s great emporiums of luxury. The windows to the street display the latest trends and fashions, but at the rear there is a strange circular door to another world, a world of magic, mystery and the future. Enter the door and you enter into darkness with circular lights […]
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
To be an architect means having a wide range of interests - architecture, art and creativity in all its variety of forms, sustainability, science and innovation. The greatest interest is often where these different worlds overlap and collide - that is when something imaginative often occurs that pushes us all forward to another place
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