Getting artwork framed is a regular subject for discussion amongst artists. Yes, of course there are good ready-made frames on the market but they cater for the everyday. As a professional artist I collaborate with other experts to present my work in the best possible way and to protect it for a very long time. […]
Places
Portrait of a Man by Rosalba Carriera at the National Gallery, London.
One of the many reasons I love living in London is having access to world-class museums and galleries (and for free!). Whenever I’m close to Trafalgar Square I pop into the National Gallery and have a little wander. This time I went into one of the small rooms and found this portrait which stopped me […]
Yaacov Agam. Antechamber to the private apartments of President Georges Pompidou 1971.
I remember hearing about this project as it was so radical at the time but had only seen photographs of it till now. Can you imagine going to meet the French President and encountering this at the Elysée Palace? The room is now housed in its entirety at the Pompidou Centre in Paris and it’s […]
Spark at the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
Spark launched the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) this year with an immersive display of “sustainable fireworks”. Developed by Studio Roosegaarde, a social design lab headed by Daan Roosegaarde, Spark was inspired by the movement of fireflies and a desire to transform the usual fireworks or even confetti of traditional celebrations. It is such […]
Black Chapel, the Serpentine Pavilion 2022
Black Chapel by artist Theaster Gates is this year’s Serpentine pavilion which I visited on a scorchingly hot day, one of too many in London this summer. The dark interior was a welcome respite from the intense glare and heat. A simple circular structure, the main space is for congregation and reflection, exactly like a […]
Les Archives de France, Paris. Post 2 of 2
Still at Les Archives de France but on to the museum itself. Seeing the originals of so many incredibly significant documents made my head spin. The only drawing of Joan of Arc? (photo above). It’s perhaps just the idea of her – we will never know. The Edict of Nantes below; Marie Antoinette’s last letter […]