100 years is a long time in the art world; new artists, cultures and movements arise and fall. Tate Modern reflects on the centenary of the Russian 1917 revolution with two very different exhibitions, which are in many ways more interesting in terms of the links between art and society than the Modigliani exhibition […]
It could almost be London, with the lake surrounded by trees with the slowly-rotating wheel in the background. The buildings are different though. This is not St James’s Park in London, but Gorky Park in Moscow. Scenes of interiors, classical-style country houses and palaces could also be in England or in other European countries, […]
Perhaps Russia in the decades after the 1917 revolution is summed up in the very last room of the Royal Academy’s exhibition “Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932” which shows the blowing up and demolition of the 19th century Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow in 1931, on the orders of Stalin, in order to clear […]
Think of tobacco factories and Bizet’s “Carmen” springs to mind. Was Malaga’s historic Fabrica de Tabacos (Tobacco Factory) constructed in the 1920’s such a noisy hotbed of intrigue, gossip and passion as its counterpart in Seville? Today it is much calmer as it continues its development as a museum and cultural centre, with the arrival of the St […]
Art Russe has organised an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery which shows how Russian artists depicted World War II and its legacy, with the aim of encouraging debate about the similarities between Russian and British experiences of World War II. The exhibition is wide ranging, including artworks that show everyday life at home, action on […]
"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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