The large black sleek Mercedes stops and, as the chauffeur opens the car door and then waits, the elegantly dressed lady walks purposely across the pavement towards the shop, as the door opens invisibly in front of her. This is Mayfair with New Bond Street at its heart as the exclusive and expensive shopping street […]
Gorillas are angrily beating their chests or about to forcefully throw oil drums in retaliation for the harm humans have caused by global warming and environmental destruction, pandas are chewing bamboo which may soon be in short supply, panthers are prowling, bears are exploring, wolves are howling, crocodiles are snapping….wild animals are taking back Mayfair. […]
Last, but not least of the London auction houses with their focus on modern and contemporary art alongside Frieze, albeit surrounded by road works, as is much of London, Phillips too was bursting with colourful and bold modern and contemporary art, including sculpture by KAWS and Antony Gormley. The highlight was an exhibition of Andy […]
Bonham’s was more cool and restrained than its competitors at the start of October, guarded by Jaumet Plensa’s ‘The Heart of Trees’ at the doorway and including sculpture by Antony Gormley, Tony Cragg (Constant Change) and Max Bill, along with El Anatsui’s ‘Wastepaper Basket’. On the other floors was a diverse range of modern and […]
The scaffolding came down from the entrance of Sotheby’s at the beginning of October to reveal the results of their recent refurbishment, giving them a more contemporary reception, entrance and cafe. Inside they too were showing work for their auctions of modern and contemporary art, perhaps bolder and with more artists from the USA than […]
Following on from the auction on 1st October from the collection of Jeremy Lancaster, Christies, with Frieze on this month, along with the other auction houses pulled out the stops with auctions of post-war and contemporary art with a focus on British, German and Italian art, including Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry whose ceramic […]
Our condensing boiler at home was manufactured by the British company Wolseley. Obviously very successful, the owner Jeremy Lancaster also built up an impressive collection of 20th century art, initially British, but later geographically wider. Works from the collection, including Picssso, Warhol, Miro, Bridget Riley and David Hockney were on auction at Christie’s at the […]
How does Grayson Perry see himself these days. Once a rebel of the art world, currently with an exhibition of his work at Victoria Miro, here he is as one of the classical contemporary artists at Frieze Masters, the sister to Frieze which shows art that is more classical and established, from Egyptian to modern […]
Another successful year for Frieze London at beginning of October, with its 17th annual display of the best of international contemporary art from thousands to millions on show by galleries from all around the world. If you are a gallery, it must be difficult to decide what to show as, after all, your aim is […]
You can tell the difference in the London weather from one year to the other. In summer 2018, the sculptures in Frieze were sitting on a backcloth of yellow parched grass which looked like straw. This year they have been frequently washed down, sitting in a lush green landscape, reflecting the amount of rain in […]
"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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