A beautiful autumn day and a last treat in this part of the country. C and I took the train to Richmond, and then walked along the River Thames to Ham House. This 17th-century house sits on the banks of … Continue reading A treasure trove
After the modernist Goldfinger house, K and I visited the Keats House. More of a museum to the poet John Keats than a look at the architecture. It is where Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting that … Continue reading The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild…
A trip into London and a visit to a unique and influential Modernist home from 1939, designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939 for himself and his family. Goldfinger planned to build three units at 1-3 Willow Road Hampstead London, causing an uproar … Continue reading In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film.
The other half of our weekend in Wakefield was visiting the Hepworth Wakefield. David Chipperfield Architects responded imaginatively to the gallery’s waterfront setting. The building complements the scale and form of the existing industrial buildings and, like them, appears to rise … Continue reading A Visit to the Hepworth Wakefield
At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, there are plenty of Moore sculptures dotted through-out the 500 acres. Stunning always. And I have seen a few Henry Moore sculptures since being in England. But when we visited the Park last weekend, there was also … Continue reading Henry Moore: Back to a Land
A weekend up north in Yorkshire staying in Wakefield, home of the Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Home to Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. The first day is the Sculpture Park – 500 acres of rolling rural north. … Continue reading Yorkshire Sculpture Park – A Walk in the Yorkshire Wolds
Off to London town for the weekend to look after Flo the cat in Hammersmith. Firstly to Tate Britain. In 1889 Henry Tate, an industrialist who had made his fortune as a sugar refiner, offered his collection of British art to the … Continue reading Balloons and Bobbies
Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety 