In the footsteps of Hiroshige
When I was back in London last summer, I came across Carl Randall’s painting, Mr Kitazawa’s Noodle Bar, Tokyo‚ while wandering through the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition. The way ...
Finest China
Forged by the flames of Chinese kilns, porcelain (also called “china ”, “fine china” or “chinaware”), has been collected and revered for centuries. Translucent when held up to the light, strong and emitting a r...
I am in Puglia
This is the tale of my discovery of Puglia, the most surprising Italian province one can imagine. Far from the clichéd advertisements one sees displayed around London and other major cities, Pugli...
We shall meld
Evolving from the Slow Food movement, which originated in Italy in the 1980s when a group of people resisted the opening of a McDonald’s in a small town, the phrase “Slow Life” describes a way of living that ...
Slouching towards Bethlehem
Located in the heart of the enchanting Swiss countryside, the international show Art Basel brings together the best of contemporary art from galleries around the world all under one roof. This year, the mood ...
Framing the veil
The power of Shirin Neshat’s work resides in her uncanny ability to turn ordinary things into meaningful art. The Iranian artist, born in 1957, became an international art star in the mid-1990s when she transfo...
Designer Spotlight: Lulu Guinness
Fashion and art have always shared a common bond. With an almost symbiotic relationship, the connection between the two is stronger than ever before and the lines becoming increasingly blurred. This connectio...
Tacita Dean and “the genius of Nothing”
Before I met with the English artist Tacita Dean at the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, I came across an article she had written for The Guardian about the late British writer JG Ballard right after his dea...
Cinematic excursions in the East End
Film Festivals are a treat for the visually gluttonous, a healthy bit of hedonism for the cinematic epicurean. Feasting on the nascence, often the rarity of festival presentations is a precious thing, yet the...
56 Welbeck St. Contemporary Extended Stay
No. 5 Maddox Street’s anticipated contemporary extended stay sister property in Marylebone Village has arrived. 56 Welbeck St. resides discreetly in a Georgian townhouse in the heart of central London and boast...
One moment – now
“When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view; and so likewise as to the hearin...
Frances Aviva Blane: Critics Choice at Critics Circle show at Mall Galleries
From June 10 – 15 at London’s Mall Galleries we have a unique opportunity to discover the intimate relationship that exists between artist and critic. All 24 members of the Visual Arts and Architecture section ...
A nice change from making people cry
An exciting prospect for English film and stage, Anglo-Chinese actor, Jing Lusi, has been crazily busy over the last year. Having relished performing in her recently finished run in the play, 4000 Miles, at t...
The nomad image maker
Steve McCurry has been providing a glimpse of the collective anima that unites mankind for more than 30 years. In his thousands of portraits the eyes take centre stage, reflecting and revealing a story more...
The last shot
The name René Burri is synonymous with some of the most iconic black and white portraits of the 20th Century, from Che Guevara smoking his signature cigar to Ingrid Bergman on set. A Magnum photographer, hi...
N°5 Culture Chanel at Palais de Tokyo
Chanel N°5 is a perfume that travels afar. It crosses countries, literature and artistic movements, spanning all periods with knowing assurance. First launched in 1921, the perfume is a mere eight years away fr...
Peace From the Bottom of My Art
Topical yet misunderstood, Iran has long been under the watchful eye of the media for its ongoing political unrest – thus people are led to think it is a place devoid of artistic expression. This couldn’t be fu...
In fine feather
For birds, feathers serve three main functions, to fly, keep warm and to attract their partners. But for Kate MccGwire they serve a very different function – art. Since her graduation from the Royal College o...
Great blazes
Coates and Scarry, as a gallery and as a team, is a labour of love. “Did you know that Chippy is my life-partner?” Richard Scarry asks. He is sitting in the sunny Bristol apartment he shares with his partner...
The mark of FAB
My first impression of Frances Aviva Blane’s work reminded me of why I used to love going to the Fondation Maeght with my mother: you can go there and wander around and through the art without having to stop an...
The man who mistook his art for a Pirogue – Glass meets James Brett, the director of the Museum of Everything, the world’s international museum for undiscovered artists
The man who mistook his art for a Pirogue – Glass meets James Brett, the director of the Museum of Everything, the world’s international museum for undiscovered artists
“In tiny crevices and under dusty beds, ...