“What do you think of our Verity?” is the question on everybody’s lips when you visit Ilfracombe in Devon. Verity is the south west of England’s answer to the Angel of the North, a giant-sized sculpture which has been creating controversy since she arrived a couple of years ago. Even the farmer […]
Guest blog by Tony van Diesel A trip to the Glenkiln sculpture walk in the Dumfriesshire countryside seemed like an inspired plan for a cultural walk. But it was to end in a big disappointment. Tammy had been leafing through our favourite mini-walks guide book. When she suggested that […]
It’s an odd sight… a ‘Viking’ ship which looks like it’s been stranded miles from sea on the edge of a Danish housing estate. Welcome to the Amager Ark – a modern day Viking ship which sails nowhere from its landlocked site on a Copenhagen island. This art installation […]
Andy Goldsworthy’s art takes you on a journey, an excursion into another world. His landscape art is a brilliant example of an artist working with the environment, often using natural materials found in the location where he’s based. My first encounter with Goldsworthy’s art came when by accident when I […]
Artists throughout history have been fascinated by light, from Turner’s awesome seascapes to Monet’s Impressionist paintings of his sun-bathed garden in Giverny. But over the last 100 years advances of technology have enabled light to become a spectacular vehicle for modern artists experimenting with dramatic displays of illumination. […]
This week I found myself in Birmingham with a couple of hours to kill. Just one problem – it was one of those gloomy, wintery days in the city when everything looked greyer, colder and less inviting than usual. A wet and chilly February day in England’s second […]
Let’s start 2013 with a confession. I’m an art-o-holic. I love visiting art galleries and sculpture parks. I can’t get enough of them. One of my favourite artists is Antony Gormley who is renowned for his sculptures of human figures, often cast from his own body. January started […]
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park – what a brilliant destination for international art in the great outdoors! Tammy’s weekend trip to one of the UK’s biggest outdoor art complexes far exceeded her expectations. It’s been nearly 20 years since I last visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and it seems to have doubled in […]
It was only a few years ago that I discovered that there is a growing tourist market for what is called ‘destination art’. You won’t find this type of art in a conventional gallery. It is generally large in scale and tends to be situated in the great outdoors […]
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