Go to the Louvre and try to see the Mona Lisa and you will find a sea of mobile phones and ipads held up by a hoard of tourists who have walked past stunning – and ignored-masterpieces to reach it. It is therefore not surprising that artists are beginning to reflect on this impact of […]
The Serpentine Gallery in leafy Kensington Gardens, located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a borough which highlights many of the contrasts in British society and which, against all odds, elected a Labour Member of Parliament in the recent General Election, is the appropriate location for Grayson Perry’s exhibition over the summer, “The […]
Music and visual art are inter-related creative fields; several modern musicians have developed a parallel career in art and others have been inspired to build their own art collection, while art in turn has often provided an inspiration to composers. Bob Dylan not only sold more than one million albums, but started his art career 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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