The old town in Edinburgh has many narrow passages and sets of steps that connect the High Street down to Princes Gardens. Generally these are dark, mysterious and have occasional surprises. One such surprise is to find yourself walking on an artwork designed by the artist Martin Creed. The Scotsman steps were originally built as […]
A rather adventurous and potentially risky exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, High Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson examines British life at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century though the work of Thomas Rowlandson, one of the leading caricaturists of his day. Rowlandson was […]
2014 is the year in which the Scottish voters will tell the Scottish and UK governments whether they favour independence or staying within the UK. Perhaps it is inevitable therefore that the latest exhibition which opened on Friday at the National Library of Scotland should reinforce the contribution which Scots have made through philosophy, medicine, […]
Also at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is the last exhibition in a series on the Scottish Colourists, those artists whose post-impressionist work was not highly regarded when it was first exhibited in the 1920s and 1930s, but has more recently become more appreciated for its importance and influence on contemporary art, in […]
I have always been fascinated by photographs of buildings as they move into the phase of gentle decline and decay, before they are either restored and have a new life or they disappear either through demolition or through neglect. You can see the grandeur of the buildings through the crumbling decay, dirt and damp. Detroit, […]
The well-known international artist Loiuse Bourgeois died three years ago at the grand age of 99. Her career therefore spanned almost the entire 20th century, though she only became well-known in her 70′s. Her work is celebrated at two exhibitions in Edinburgh, at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and at the Fruitmarket Gallery. […]
With the musical The Lion King playing in London and Edinburgh, the City Art Gallery in Edinburgh has a small but fascinating exhibition showing the design and the construction of the costumes and stage sets for this Disney musical. Complete costumes demonstrate how director and designer Julie Taymor and her creative team have brought Simba […]
Josu Trueba Leiva is a photo-journalist who studied photography in Barcelona. His work concentrates on social issues such as the squatting movement in Barcelona, the long journeys that the relatives of Basque political prisoners have to undertake to different jails across Spain and France to visit their loved ones and the Punk movement in Cuba. […]
It is highly likely that you have never heard of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint. It is interesting to see how artists of the same generation can develop in different ways. Hilma af Klint is a contemporary of Picasso, which I guess is the reason for the Picasso Museum in Malaga to hold an […]
Mijas, situated along the coast between Malaga and Marbella, has a history which goes back to Roman times. Up on the hillside, above the coast and port area, is Mijas Pablo – the historic centre of the municipality – a typical and beautiful Andalusian white-washed village. Near the centre is the bull-rink, quite a contrast […]
"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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