For centuries Venice has inspired intellectuals with its strangeness, artists with its beauty and couples all over the world have breathed its innate romanticism. Despite its magic essence the real Venice is most definitely in peril. Many of its buildings are threatened by flooding and the mass tourism is making it even more fragile. For...Read More
Born into a musical family in 19th Century Paris and graduating from the Lycee-Louise-Le-Grand with a baccalaureate in literature, Edgar Degas seemed destined to be infamously creative. The Royal Academy of Art’s newest exhibition is a celebration of Degas’ work; entitled ‘Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement’, the curators have put together an extensive collection...Read More
Gerhard Richter is known worldwide for his diverse and sometimes abstract approach to painting. Leaving his homeland of Communist East Germany, he travelled to Dusseldorf in 1961, where he became a painter. Fifty years later, his work is celebrated in an exhibition at the Tate Modern, which brings together his key works of art including...Read More
Proclaiming he is not a historian, but an artist, Grayson Perry asks us not to look for meaning in his newest exhibition held at the British Museum. But as Grayson lets us into his wonderfully imaginative world, it is hard not to see the meaning behind both his own work, and the pieces that he...Read More
It is said that we still feel the effects of postmodernism now. As the Semple team began to take the tour through the age of postmodernism at the V&A, we let this notion amble through our thoughts. The concept challenged Modernism and rebelled from the previous, utopian perfection which the previous art movement strived for....Read More
Eerie, thought provoking and initially elusive; a visual feast awaits at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery. Following Maggie Semple’s private viewing of Pipilotti Rist’s aptly named ‘Eyeball Massage’ exhibition during last week’s Indian summer, the Semple team were inspired to visit the exhibition, and found ourselves immersed in the wonderful world of Pipilotti. On entering...Read More
Pipilotti Rist found an interview of her 19-year old self saying: ‘I want to create rooms where people meet, feel comfortable and watch videos. Now I have done that at the Hayward Gallery!’, she exclaims. Pipilotti and I are standing outside her private view on a surprisingly warm September night. She is wearing bright colours...Read More
The Semple team recently took some time to wander over the River Thames to soak up the atmosphere and cultural delights on offer at London’s Southbank Centre. Of course, as Maggie is a member of the Board we are often privy to the exciting array of events, but the most fantastic element of London’s cultural...Read More
On Thursday 7th April the Semple team went to the V&A to view their current major exhibition The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900. The Cult of Beauty is a close examination of the Aesthetic movement which gripped Victorian culture in Britain between 1860 and 1900. At this time aesthetes sought to escape the...Read More
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