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 […]
While the main entrance of the Gagosian Gallery near King’s Cross has the builders in, Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941 in Ireland) has taken the stylised simplified coloured graphic lines of everyday objects, for which he is famous, and turned them into 3-dimensional sculptures in the gallery spaces, entered through another door, as he continues to […]
It had to happen. In this modern 21st century digital age, if you are asked to do a self-portrait what do you do? A painting, a selfie, a drawing, or – yes – a social media feed. When do die, what will be left of you? Unless you have commissioned a formal portrait, it may […]
One of the great joys of the arts scene in London, with its many private and commercial galleries, is finding happy coincidences as you explore different exhibitions close to each other. London doesn’t have the breath-taking concentration of galleries that you find in Chelsea in New York, connected like a spine by the High Line, […]
As you enter through the doors of the former industrial building, It feels like one of those very expensive garages where your car will be serviced by men wearing white gloves. But there are only two vehicles here, both beautifully restored. One, a 1974 Porsche 914, is held in mid-air perfectly balanced by a 390lb […]
Giuseppe Penone’s monumental works derived from nature are on display at his exhibition called “Circling” at the Gagosian Gallery in London An exhibition of Giuseppe Penone’s monumental and naturalistic works is on display at the Gagosian Gallery in London in an exhibition aptly named “Circling”. White marble unpeels itself from the ground into a giant roller; leather […]
"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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