Art
Flights of fancy, bolts of beauty, and true imagination
The Connection Between the Visible and the Invisible
Dr Hugh Welch Diamond was a Victorian psychiatrist and a passionate amateur photographer, who believed that photography could offer new ways to examine the mind of the mentally ill…
Wearing a Book: Texts vs. Textiles
In his In Search of Lost Time, the French writer Marcel Proust makes a comparison between writing a book and making a dress. His narrator, who is just...
Can Squatting Be Art?
Ponder carefully on the reasons behind the decision to confer Europe’s most prestigious visual-art prize to a collective of non-artists for a project...
Beautiful Objects: Portrait Miniatures
The way in which we remember those we’re close to seems to evolve with every generation, but the need for it remains the same. Portrait miniatures were once...
Guerrilla Knitting: Using Yarn as a Weapon
Guerrilla knitting is rapidly becoming the coolest way of expressing discontent, resisting injustice and showing solidarity with the oppressed.
Solving the Mystery of V&A’s ‘Monkey Woman’
Behind the scenes of V&A's vast collections, the ones hidden from exhibitions and audiences, secreted in storage, I found a particularly curious object...
Vogue Legends: Two Editors & Their Antics in Love
In 1926, both Dody and Madge were unceremoniously fired. Their lesbian relationship made for an easy scapegoat. However, much was suspicious...
Beautiful Objects: Persian Carpets, A Magic Ride
Could antique Persian carpets now be valued in the same league as a Picasso? We interviewed leading Persian carpet dealer, Essie Sakhai to get an insight...
Jess Collett: Modern Millinery
Jess Collett’s charming atelier is alive with her extraordinary textile confections. There are feathers, sprayings of beads and constructions with flowers.