A pioneer of modern design and architecture, Eileen Gray was one of few women to practice professionally in these largely male dominated fields before World War II. Born into an aristocratic household in Ireland in 1878, Gray spent her childhood between her family home, Brownswood House, in Ireland, and the family’s residence in South Kensington,…
Curated by interior designer Max Radford, @m_r.a.a.d is a veritable treasure trove of interiors inspiration, celebrating the best of 20th century design with a particular focus on extraordinary furniture of the period. Eclectic pieces spanning a breath of aesthetic schools come together to form a very particular point of view, indicative of Radford’s own varied…
West End gallery Marlborough hosts Colony Sound, a multi-room immersive installation by NYC-based collaborative duo Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe that takes over both floors of the London gallery until 19 October 2019. Upon entering the first gallery space, which has so convincingly been transformed into what appears to be a mobile phone shop that the visitor…
Jewellery artist and material innovator, Wallace Chan’s insatiable curiosity has led to the creation of numerous inventions including: The Wallace Cut, an illusionary three-dimensional carving technique conceived in 1987; the mastery of titanium in jewellery making; a patented jadeite luminosity-enhancing technology; and most recently, The Wallace Chan Porcelain, a material five times stronger than steel….
Born in London, Bharti Kher’s art gives form to quotidian life and its daily rituals in a way that reassesses and transforms their meaning to yield an air of magical realism. Now living in New Delhi, India, her use of found objects is informed by her own position as an artist located between geographic and…
Franz West brought a defiant vision into the pristine spaces of art galleries. His abstract sculptures, furniture, collages and large-scale works are direct and unpretentious. Born in Vienna, West collaborated with numerous artists, musicians, writers and photographers throughout his career. Opening tomorrow, 20 February, and running until 2 June 2019, at Tate Modern, Franz West,…
London-based creative director, publisher and curator, Olu Michael Odukoya regularly collaborates with eminent brands, artists and galleries, including Balenciaga, Sarah Lucas and Sadie Coles HQ, among others, both independently and through his creative agency OMO Creates. Earlier in his career, he worked with then Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati as art director of…
Britain’s love for “Indian food” was perhaps epitomised when the Foreign Secretary Robin Cook named chicken tikka masala a British national dish in 2001, highlighting the omnipresence of foreign influences. Interestingly, the dish, comprising chunks of roasted marinated chicken in a spiced sauce, is “a dish which does not exist in Indian cuisine,” journalist Amit…