Primarily an exploration of the music chosen by ballet choreographers through the years, proving that the right piece with the right...

Painting the Modern Garden. Monet to Matisse

Born in the years between the Wars, Romantic Modernism continues to inspire 21st century designers and painters like Mark Hearld and...

The lecture follows Shanghai's history through its art and architecture, a potent hybrid of East and West. Once known as The Paris of the...

The story of one of the greatest creative collaborations of all: Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, whose team of dancers,...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, born in December 1770, Sandy guides us through the life and work of...

When, in a speech on 30 May 1984, the Prince of Wales described a proposed extension to the National Gallery as ‘a monstrous carbuncle’...

In 1888 Gertrude Jekyll wrote a short but seminal article in The Garden in which she urged the readers to “remember that in a garden we...

The Work of British Artists, Architects and Garden Designers Down the centuries, the British found their fortunes in Russia. They first...

The role of sculpture has changed substantially in recent times. Here, I consider how the concept of monument and memorial, familiar...