See this: Robert Rauschenberg at Tate Modern
I’m a huge fan of Robert Rauschenberg and I’ve been excited about this retrospective at Tate Modern all year. It doesn’t disappoint. (more…)
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Coming soon: Bloomsbury mania from Jo Malone London
If you haven’t heard of the Bloomsbury Set by now, all will become very very evident by the New Year.
A frequent inspiration for fashion, interior and textile designers, the English bohemian coterie of the 1920s is having quite the creative resurgence. (more…)
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On seeing, doing, making, thinking, living
I’m terribly guilty of being a bit lazy when it comes to travelling out of London, but I feel I should remedy that with a couple of promising out-of-town exhibitions.
At my book launch, Iain R Webb told me about the exhibition SHELF LIFE: The Ornaments Are Talking To Me (above), that has just opened at the Bowes Museum in County Durham. Assemblage artist Mark Clarke presents his modern day memento mori as a bittersweet response to his mother’s battle with dementia. I love any form of assemblage, collage or mixed media, possibly a reflection of my own hoarding collecting tendencies. (more…)
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When there are too many things to see, you see nothing
Forget Absolutely Fashion (oh you have already?), this is how you make a fashion documentary. Mid fashion week I swished over to BAFTA to the UK premiere of The First Monday In May, the documentary about the making of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2015 fashion exhibition and the accompanying Costume Institute Met Gala. (more…)
