Aubrey Beardsley, born in 1872, had tuberculosis when he was 7 years old, so knew that he would not live into old age and had to make the most of his short life, sadly dying when he was only 25 years old. However, in his short life, he achieved an incredible amount, as the exhibition […]
Like all organisations in these complicated and troubled times, auction houses are having to be nimble on their feet, reorganising, postponing or relocating auctions that are already arranged. Sotheby’s moved its April Hong Kong sale to New York, albeit that now looks risky, where it is auctioning three works, by Chu The-Chun, Pang Jiun […]
Look at the websites of galleries and art exhibitions – they are all taken with bright daylight, often in brilliant sunshine, even in cities like London. Yet, in winter in London, with the time that darkness falls and the grey weather during the day, many people visit galleries in grey light or in darkness when […]
What happens to art and to artists as time marches on? Artists create, they breathe their personality into their work, they take inspiration from other artists while they develop their own style… but then what….? At the end, does their work end up in skips and in black bins bags, thrown away by the artists themselves […]
Looking like a young rebel of the 1960’s with his denim suit covered in badges (one of which appears to be of Elvis Presley) and holding a leaflet also with Elvis, Peter Blake’s “Self-Portrait with Badges” in Tate Britain is an appetiser to his exhibition “Peter Blake: Portraits and People”, at the Waddington Custot Galleries, […]
The Spanish Civil War raised passions with British artists in a way that few such conflicts have done; in part a response to horror at the actions of Franco’s elected government, supported by Germany and Italy, against the reasonable aspirations of its own people; in part a premonition of what the Civil War would mean […]
The second chapter in Saatchi’s story of emerging British artists opened this week. If there is a theme, it would appear to be the use of several media in the works, both paintings on the wall and sculpture. One of the things that Saatchi exhibitions do well within these fine rooms is mix floor-standing sculpture […]
"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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