Born in 1939 in Trinidad, Jamaica, Horace Ové came to Britain in 1960, since when he developed a career as one of the UK’s leading black film-makers, photographers and writers, documenting racism and black power and culture in the UK, both positive and negative. The photographs in ‘The Art of Seeing’ include a swirling performance by […]
The Brenta Canal connecting Venice and Padua was built along the line of the River Brenta. Here the rich Venetians built their country villas, the grandest being the Villa Pisani, an immense baroque palace built in the 18th century for Alvise Pisani, who was appointed Doge in 1735. Designed mainly by Francesco Maria Preti, the […]
The 2019 Mille Miglia took place over three days in May from 15th to 18th, continuing a race that has run from 1927 and is celebrated in ‘The Legends of Italy: 1000 Miglia and Scuderia Ferrari’ at the Palazzi Callas in Sirmione. Mille miglia means, of course, one thousand miles, making you think of racing […]
Two different exhibitions with themes of the experiences for immigrants to move to a strange country, what it is like living in Britain today, how have they moulded into, and been influenced by, their communities and the cultural and creative contribution they have made to this nation. Over 100 interdisciplinary artists in ‘Get Up, Stand […]
In the background you can hear the muffled noise of drilling, but what do you do if you have the builders in? Sotheby’s is fortunate in that it has several entrances, so while it might not be as prestigious as Bond Street, George Street to the east provides alternative entrances while the building work is […]
Sometimes an exhibition just blows you away. Marcus Lyon’s Somos Brazil at the Brazilian Embassy in London is one of those. At first glance, it appears a photography exhibition, and it would be worth visiting for that alone as Marcus’ photographs are stunning, but it is far more than that. For six months, Marcus Lyons […]
We are so used to seeing photography by the well-known American or European photographers that it is a joy to see this exhibition of photographs by one of Turkey’s greatest modern photographers Ara Güler, (1928-2018). Not only did he photograph many of the key people of his generation, but also recorded the cities and countryside of […]
In 2013, Michael Grover writing in the Independent called William Eggleston (born 1939) the world’s greatest photographer as Tate Modern opened a new exhibition of his work. Whether that is true or not, he inspired a generation who was making the transition from black and white to colour photography, to use colour, form and shape […]
The first image that you is of a lone demonstrator sitting on the road facing a powerful group of policemen who are blocking the street leading to Parliament. This is 1962 when the dark clouds of the Cuban Crisis threatened the world, with demonstrations even here in London. For over 60 years the photographer Don […]
Jedd Novatt’s balanced geometric sculptures have gone and, with a quick change-around, the gallery takes on a different character with a different artist. Can man and nature live together? Here in Mayfair, the only animals you are likely to see are dogs accompanying their owners or, perhaps in the depths of night, a fox, mice […]
"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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