Arts organisations are leading the way in adapting to the current lockdown, with museum and theatre doors firmly locked, fine exhibitions of art in darkness and theatre stages empty. While not quite the same as seeing the real thing, we can watch ballets from the Royal Opera House, learn art from Grayson Perry in his […]
You have one of the largest collections of prints in the world and a relatively small gallery space at your disposal. What do you do? The British Museum, rather than just try to show a few gems, separates the long gallery space into different zones in which it sets up a changing programme of exhibitions […]
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 […]
Rembrandt’s paintings and drawing may now fetch mind-blowing prices but Rembrandt purchased his house in Jodenbreestraat, Amsterdam, in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in1656, when all his belongings were sold by auction. During the time he lived there, he used the house as a studio for himself and also for his pupils. […]
"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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