The downstairs gallery has a reflective sculptural figure contrasting and interacting with the one painting in the room. Both are of Ada, the wife of American artist Alex Katz (born 1927), positioned here in a masterful and powerful piece of art curation, proving that ‘less is more’ (Mies van der Rohe). Upstairs, paintings of his […]
How much does architecture reflect the society of the time? Think of the great cathedrals and parish churches representing the importance of religion in medieval communities, the perfection of Greek Temples connecting to the hidden world of the gods, the great tombs of Egypt linking to the afterlife, and the modernist monotonous blocks of flats […]
As you wander around Mayfair, you see the same thing that you will find in High Streets up and down the country. Empty retail/gallery spaces caused by a perfect storm of Government policies on business rates, high rentals, Brexit and general uncertainty in the economy. While many smaller galleries have been closing and moving to […]
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