Weeeeeell, if I can't write about eye-popping budget-stretching wallpaper during the London Design Festival, when else? (The event started this weekend and goes on until next Sunday.)
I'm a big fan of Eley Kishimoto clothes, and the print mad design duo's expanding homewares range excites me greatly. And it's not for the faint-hearted...
This is my favourite of the wallpaper designs that the
Showing posts with label exhibitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exhibitions. Show all posts
Barbara Hepworth retrospective – and how to buy her art for £75
I'm a little breathless about yesterday's news that a big Barbara Hepworth retrospective is coming to Tate Britain next year.
I saw Hepworth's work some years ago, in a show at Tate St Ives (in the town so dear to me): the Tate Britain show promises to be very good indeed, but the Cornish branch was possibly the most spectacular building in which to view her curvaceous, earthy work – and not
I saw Hepworth's work some years ago, in a show at Tate St Ives (in the town so dear to me): the Tate Britain show promises to be very good indeed, but the Cornish branch was possibly the most spectacular building in which to view her curvaceous, earthy work – and not
Exhibition: Clip Cut Gel, or masculinity explored through 80s barbershop photos
If you've ever gazed at those faded barbershop model shots, of men you can't imagine ever meeting, sporting hairstyles that never age beyond the 80s, then you'll love this new exhibition by artist, Julia Riddiough.
The angle of Clip Cut Gel is modern masculinity: male grooming, gender politics and the gaze and what it means to be a man today.
The photographs above, titled (from left to right)
The angle of Clip Cut Gel is modern masculinity: male grooming, gender politics and the gaze and what it means to be a man today.
The photographs above, titled (from left to right)
Exhibition: legendary 1980s Berlin Wall artist, Thierry Noir
The Berlin Wall fell a quarter of a century ago this year, after standing for 28 years.
By coincidence, this year I've also recently watched two excellent German films set in the Wall era, Lives of Others and Barbara, which was on TV the other week. Loved both, Lives of Others in particular, if you haven't ever seen it, is one of those films that stays with you for a long time.
And they've
By coincidence, this year I've also recently watched two excellent German films set in the Wall era, Lives of Others and Barbara, which was on TV the other week. Loved both, Lives of Others in particular, if you haven't ever seen it, is one of those films that stays with you for a long time.
And they've
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Exhibition & Book: "I've Lived in East London for 86 ½ Years"
London-based photographer Martin Usborne met Joseph Markovitch, 86 ½, on an unusually hot day in Hoxton.
He asked to take his photograph (in "the hope of winning some award") but that one meeting turned into a project that has resulted in a series of beautiful portraits of Markovitch. These are part of a new exhibition and also feature in a very special coffee table book.
Markovitch, who
He asked to take his photograph (in "the hope of winning some award") but that one meeting turned into a project that has resulted in a series of beautiful portraits of Markovitch. These are part of a new exhibition and also feature in a very special coffee table book.
Markovitch, who
The Insider: inspiration from the interiors of Les Trois Garçons
If you've ever eaten at A-lister repository and east London restaurant, Les Trois Garçons, you'll recognise the style below.
Even if you haven't (and it isn't cheap), the place is well-known for its interiors and a favourite with art directors and photographers, so you'll have almost certainly spotted it as the backdrop for countless glossy magazine shoot. Either way, feast your eyes...
Why
Even if you haven't (and it isn't cheap), the place is well-known for its interiors and a favourite with art directors and photographers, so you'll have almost certainly spotted it as the backdrop for countless glossy magazine shoot. Either way, feast your eyes...
Why
Architectural porn: Cities and Other Ruins – Reflections on Astley Castle
Witherford Watson Mann, you may remember, were the architects who bagged last year's RIBA Prize, for their spectacular transformation of the 12th century ruins of Astley Castle into a Landmark Trust house.
Now you have the chance to nose around a decade of the practice's other work in an exhibition opening next month in London. Meanwhile, Astley Castle and a reminder of why they won...
Now you have the chance to nose around a decade of the practice's other work in an exhibition opening next month in London. Meanwhile, Astley Castle and a reminder of why they won...
Introducing... Richard Burniston's haunting photos of Wonder Valley
I came across Richard Burniston's beautiful images of derelict homesteads in the Mojave Desert through the Best Shots exhibition, which is on until next month. Aren't the colours incredible?
And couldn't you just stare at one of these pictures for hours, imagining the people so pointedly missing from it? (And ideally in a frame, on your wall – which is possible: details below.)
All photos:
And couldn't you just stare at one of these pictures for hours, imagining the people so pointedly missing from it? (And ideally in a frame, on your wall – which is possible: details below.)
All photos:
Dollshouses designed by Zaha Hadid, Grayson Perry, Adjaye Associates and more
Look – a dollshouse designed by Grayson Perry! This tiny abode is one of 20, built by some of the world's best architects in collaboration with designers and artists.
The houses are part of a charity auction to raise money for the children's charity, KIDS. Alas, I'll not be bidding in the auction as prices are already between £1,000 and £10,500. But these miniatures are now on display to the
The houses are part of a charity auction to raise money for the children's charity, KIDS. Alas, I'll not be bidding in the auction as prices are already between £1,000 and £10,500. But these miniatures are now on display to the
Brutal and Beautiful: the exhibition
Oooh, we are most excited about a new exhibition from English Heritage about post-war buildings, and our
love/hate relationship with them.
Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the
Twentieth Century, which has just opened in central London, covers the period from 1945 to the 1980s and features many photographs and interviews with
architects demonstrating the vast amount of post-war architecture the
UK
love/hate relationship with them.
Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the
Twentieth Century, which has just opened in central London, covers the period from 1945 to the 1980s and features many photographs and interviews with
architects demonstrating the vast amount of post-war architecture the
UK
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Exhibition: Elisabeth Blanchet's photographs of the Excalibur estate
I first read about the Excalibur estate in southeast London in a magazine story by the photo-journo duo, Megan Taylor and Ros Anderson.
They covered this 150,000-strong post-war mini village of prefab bungalows when news of its impending redevelopment/destruction was announced last year. The portraits and interviews are lovely – you can check them out here. Meanwhile, another photographer,
The best fireplace in the world?
Yeah, it's totally the wrong time of the year to be showing you a fireplace, I know. But when I discovered this wonderful work of art (quite literally) I had to give it an unseasonal share.
The fireplace is designed by the Cincinnati-based Rookwood Pottery Company, founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols and the first female-owned US manufacturing company. And I can't imagine liking a
The fireplace is designed by the Cincinnati-based Rookwood Pottery Company, founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols and the first female-owned US manufacturing company. And I can't imagine liking a
Clerkenwell Design Week: last day
If you're in London, and skiving off this afternoon – or around before 9pm this evening in the Clerkenwell vicinity, you still have the chance to check out the CDW exhibitions before they close, tonight.
There are three major ones in different buildings. And if you only do two, I would recommend first, the one in the Farmiloe Building... but mainly for the building itself.
This former
There are three major ones in different buildings. And if you only do two, I would recommend first, the one in the Farmiloe Building... but mainly for the building itself.
This former
Exhibition: Saloua Raouda Choucair at the Tate Modern
Today's post comes from Abi.
It's likely you won't have heard of Saloua Raouda Choucair. Which is a shame because this Lebanese artist has produced some beautiful, striking and wonderfully modernist pieces throughout her career as a painter and sculpture. The good news is that a long-overdue exhibition of her work is opening at Tate Modern soon.
All images: The Salouda Raouda Choucair
It's likely you won't have heard of Saloua Raouda Choucair. Which is a shame because this Lebanese artist has produced some beautiful, striking and wonderfully modernist pieces throughout her career as a painter and sculpture. The good news is that a long-overdue exhibition of her work is opening at Tate Modern soon.
All images: The Salouda Raouda Choucair
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