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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1863-1933) was a Scottish designer and key figure in the ‘Glasgow style’ of the 1890s. She joined Glasgow School of ...
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Raoul Dufy
We’re loving Art Deco at the moment and looking at artists such as Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), who is best known as a painter but also had an influenti...
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Charles Ashbee & the Guild of Handicraft
This month we are celebrating the birthday of Charles Ashbee (1863-1942), multi-disciplinary designer and architect of the Art Nouveau movement.
As...
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Owen Jones - influencer of 19th century art and taste
This month we are celebrating the birthday of Owen Jones (1809 -1874), a major influencer of 19th century art and taste.
In his twenties, he travel...
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Lewis Foreman Day - leading designer of the Arts & Crafts movement
This month we are profiling Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) one of the leading designers of the Arts & Crafts movement. He was a founder member o...
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Anni Albers
This month we are celebrating the birthday of Anni Albers, an alumnus of the Bauhaus school of art and design. After she joined the school in the 1...
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What was Silver Studio?
I first came across Silver Studio through my collection of Art Nouveau book covers. It was one of the major pattern design studios of the late 19th...
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Igshaan Adams - Kicking Dust, Hayward Gallery
Igshaan Adams is a South African artist who uses sculpture and weaving to create installations. His latest exhibition, Kicking Dust, references a i...
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Brutal Beauty exhibition - Barbican
The Brutal Beauty exhibition is a retrospective of one of the art world's outsiders, Jean Dubuffet. He was a playful artist who liked to experiment...
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Yinka Shonibare CBE - Tate Modern
I recently visited the permanent displays at the Tate Modern, including the installation by Yinka Shonibare CBE. This work entitled The British Lib...
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