The triumph of Oceania is that it moves from the oldest known carving in New Zealand, carved many centuries ago, through the colonial era of Captain Cook and other explorers to the 21st century when we can start to see the development of a modern identity to the art. Oceania is a difficult place to […]
CERN in Geneva is the largest particle physics research laboratory in the world, with the UK being one of the 22 European collaborators. Some of the science has arrived in London in the polished high-tech installations of South Korean artist Yunchil Kim contrasting with the old-fashioned world of Northumberland Avenue outside the Korean Cultural Centre […]
Todd Garner is an artist who crosses the Atlantic and represents the strong creative connection between the USA and Scotland. Born in Pasadena in California, he took up a position as artist in residence at Edinburgh College of Art in1989, has been a practicing artist in Glasgow ever since, and is now an art tutor […]
Influencing the development of art in Africa, the Khartoum School was formed in the 1960s with a focus on the Khartoum’s College of Fine and Applied Arts. Work by three of the most influential Sudanese members is now on show at the Saatchi Gallery showing a simplicity of form, which is interestingly similar to contemporary […]
A national government should have a few imperatives, focused on economic prosperity, defence and security, health, education, housing and caring for the disadvantaged, along with investing in the infrastructure necessary for the future prosperity of the country. It is a sad reflection on politicians that we should need to remind them of this – and […]
If there is a theme, it seems to be birds, starting with John Baldessari’s large penguin that greets you as you arrive, then Kathleen Ryan’s figures which could be parrots sitting recycled street furniture, Tracy Emin’s monuments to birds which represent angels, but could also be devils (think of Alfred Hitchcock) and Elmgreen & Dragset‘s […]
I don’t understand why the Government messes around with plastics and their environmental impact. It seems to be very simple – the Government should legislate that all plastic is recyclable – that would get round the problems of what to recycle and what not to do, including black plastics, so beloved of food manufacturers. The […]
With the art crowd invading London this week, the auction houses have stepped up to the mark with auctions of modern and contemporary art. While Christie’s has stellar works by David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, Anish Kapoor, Thomas Schutte and others, with a focus on Italian art alongside British, it also has more affordable […]
Something for home? It’s the Frieze Arts Fair next week, when London will be awash with art dealers, buyers, artists and art students, so it’s the time for the auction houses to have their sales of modern and contemporary art. As usual Phillips brings out the best, with work ranging from Jean Miro to Gilbert […]
There are ghosts here, so beware as you tread the slippery stairs down into another world, a world of darkness, of ancient and dark brick vaults, dripping water and old cells, once alive with chatter when it was full of criminals waiting trial at the nearby Middlesex Sessions House. You can imaging Charles Dickens visiting […]
"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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