One of the joys of visiting art exhibitions, whether at galleries or at auction houses, is finding something new. You think that there have been so many exhibitions of Andy Warhol that there is nothing new to see, yet at Christie’s this week, one of the highlights is a series of portraits, the ‘Athletes’ which […]
It’s the week in London when the three main auction houses have sales of a wide range of 20th century and contemporary art. While it is impossible to be comprehensive – I did not spot any work by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam for example – the three auction houses do provide an outstanding exhibition between […]
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 […]
There can’t be many, if any, art events on the scale of the Summer Exhibition which are still going strong after 250 years. With such a momentous anniversary and with its redevelopment project completed, the Royal Academy had to pull out all the stops this year so, who better to ask to coordinate it than […]
Folded aeroplanes, screws, nails, spoons, polyamide mesh, ceramic pots, old paintbrushes, old records and cassettes, basket balls and darts, plus the newest technologies of LED lighting and thin display screens: Art continues to break out of the traditional boundaries of paint, canvas and bronze sculpture. Galleries and artists from all around the world have been […]
A decade ago, Steve Lazarides established a gallery in the lively environment of Soho, rather than traditional Mayfair, following on with a further gallery in an old Georgian gin palace and shop in Rathbone Place, north of New Oxford Street. Such has been his influence that street art is now collected by serious collectors, with […]
"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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