Bourse de Commerce: beauty in the building
"Beauty is the promise of happiness,” wrote French writer Stendhal in 1822. I went along to the Bourse de Commerce, in Paris' 1st...
"Beauty is the promise of happiness,” wrote French writer Stendhal in 1822. I went along to the Bourse de Commerce, in Paris' 1st...
Hydra, a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, is a rare luxury in today's world – an island with no cars. It...
The exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, which opened this spring (2020), is a subject that touches all of us,...
It's been a year since I bought my first limited-edition art photography print – ‘Camelia’ by Andrea Torres Balaguer, which is now...
Ancient Iraq. Dates. Art. Cooking. A link made possible by Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, whose artistic recreation of the winged bull Lamassu stands...
A contemporary art treasure trove in the heart of the English countryside. That is how I would describe Hauser & Wirth Somerset....
With 7 days to discover the world's biggest city, Shanghai, I only had enough time this April to dart around the art scene. Shanghai...
Before the winter is out, lovers of food photography might like to take a trip to Foam Museum in Amsterdam, overlooking the canal....
Salvador Dalí believed that he was a reincarnation of the rugged Cap de Creus – the headland just north of Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava,...
I stayed in London this summer, and went instead on a day trip to Birmingham to find my identity and to catch artist Mahtab...
I'm rather fond of the Japanese concept of ikigai. A rough translation is a 'reason for being'. I also like to have a...
Sweden is a small country with a big punch. It's revolutionised our lives in terms of music (Spotify), design (IKEA), crime fiction (Nordic...
The best time to visit the Mediterranean is in the autumn. The skies are clear, the temperatures cooler and the crowds are...
I want to take better travel photographs. Especially as we're all suffering from chronic image fatigue syndrome, with the trillions of photos unleashed...