by Editorial Desk | Books
EXOTIC a fetish for the foreign Is anything ‘exotic’ anymore? I am surprised that I can even ask such a question. But seriously – can anything be ‘exotic’ in a globalised world of cheap travel, unprecedented interconnectedness, a daily tsunami of images on...
by Editorial Desk | a Day in the Life
Day in the Life Healing and Silence at Fivelements Retreat on the Island of the Gods John T.G. Nielsen, General Manager of Fivelements Retreat Bali John Nielsen – the general manager of Fivelements Retreat in Bali’s spiritual capital of Ubud – allows us a...
by Editorial Desk | Exhibition
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 – Best in Show The annual event that is the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Chelsea Flower Show is one of the world’s premier flower shows, as keenly anticipated by gardeners and socialites. The glorious Royal Hospital site on the...
by Christian Schwägerl | Features
anthropogenic: when environment becomes invironment Most of us may be obsessed with Brexit or Trump at the moment, but it hasn’t escaped anyone’s attention that the world is burning with an intensity that scientists concur is part of a man-made pattern. Christian...
by Editorial Desk | Garden
The Irish Garden THE IRISH GARDEN The Irish Garden sets out to give an account of nearly 60 of the most striking gardens on the Island of Ireland today. All are open to the public and greatly vary in size, type and age. The book is laid out thematically, taking us...
by Editorial Desk | Exhibition
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 Winners of the World’s Greatest Nature Photography Competition Announced Photojournalist Brent Stirton has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 title for his compelling image Memorial to a species,...
by Editorial Desk | What's On
What’s On – London Art and Design Events March 2017 London art and design events March 2017 heralds the start of the design year with a flurry of exhibitions. Launching the season is of course London Design Week, at the interior design Mecca of Chelsea...
by Andrew Juniper | Interiors
WABI SABI TAKES ON FAKE CULTURE a 700 year old design style – still going strong Wabi Sabi and the other Zen related idea of Shibui have informed the inspiration and work of many designers in the West from interior design guru Axel Vervoordt to Apple’s...
by Editorial Desk | What's On
What’s On – London Art and Design Events February 2017 London art and design events February 2017 brings together artistic responses to economic crash, revolution, social rebellion, war, volcanoes and the post-human. It’s all there! More than a whiff...
by James Bradburne | Books
THE POET’S EYE Michael Glover’s Encounter With Great Works of Art The Poet’s Eye By James Bradburne Director General, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan It is difficult to know how to write about Michael Glover’s art criticism in isolation. Were either of us...
by Editorial Desk | What's On
What’s On – London Art and Design Events January 2017 London art and design events January 2017 sees the opening of the new Design Museum building in the old Commonwealth Institute in Kensington. That striking copper roofed 60s building that had been...
by Timothy Hyman | Books, Features
THE WORLD NEW MADE Figurative Painting in the 20th Century Figurative painting – we are all too often told – is dead. This was certainly the narrative of the modernist orthodoxy throughout the 20th century. Now anxious to dominate the current narrative,...
by Robert Harbison | Books, Features
RUINS and FRAGMENTS Tales of Loss and Rediscovery At least since the 18th century, many of us have found ruins and fragments to be tantalisingly alluring. We have celebrated their aesthetic appeal in paintings by Robert Des Ruines and in architectural follies. But...
by Issey Scott | Architecture
Is Architecture Art? The first time I remember the “but is it art” conversation, was when a scandalised public were presented with Carl Andre’s Equivalent VIII in 1974. A heated public debate ensued on why the Tate had used public funds to buy a...
by Editorial Desk | What's On
What’s On – London Art and Design Events November 2016 London art and design events November 2016 brings together an exciting range of exhibitions from vulgar fashion and glass work to antiques and a rich array of art. There is a dazzling collection of...
