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[This entertaining article about contemporary UK interior designers has stunning photo illustrations. The excerpts I provide here are mere pointers to author Hass’s sprightly, scintillating text.] “The English,” says Rita Konig…“have never been afraid to seem a little mad…” A … Continue reading →

In the bicentenary of his birth, it’s time we looked again at the forward-thinking and influential ideas of the great Victorian, writes Daisy Dunn. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190207-was-ruskin-the-most-important-man-of-the-last-200-years Indeed, Ruskin was not only an astute critic but a talented artist … Continue reading →

For years, the roster of Bauhaus luminaries — such as Gropius, Mies, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee — was seen as exclusively male; recently, the contributions (as well as marginalization) of its brilliant women designers — such as Gunta Stölzl … Continue reading →

With “The Artist’s Way,” Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul… She will tell you that she has good boundaries. But like many successful women, she brushes off her achievements, attributing her unlooked-for wins to luck. “If … Continue reading →

nyti.ms/2S6Mi1u The exhibition, called “A Place of Memory” and running through March 10, shows how, right from the beginning, the Prado navigated the often choppy waters of Spanish politics, as the country went from being an imperial power to a … Continue reading →