“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people because they created.”William Morris Chair from Perch,...
Arts & Culture
Two remarkable women, two very different exhibitions
Reflections on exhibitions celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Leonora Carrington, and what they reveal about creativity, reinvention and artistic legacy. Last...
“Longevity of vision is what we need.”
Visiting Paris Fashion Week for the first time for a couple of years gave me a chance to reflect on where I think the industry is. It’s made me consider...
Genuinely novel: 10 years of the Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize is now in its tenth year, and on the occasion of the awards ceremony last week, I was prompted to reflect on the Prize itself, and what...
Goldsmiths degree shows 2021
The creativity of our student community has shone through in another year of outstanding Degree Shows at Goldsmiths. With the reduced restrictions this...
The business world needs the arts and humanities
Amid government talk of ‘low value’ university courses, you could be forgiven for thinking our economy doesn’t need the arts and humanities. Degrees including...
Rita Keegan: The Hands Series
I wanted to share this thought-provoking piece of work by Black American artist Rita Keegan - the third piece from the Women’s Art Library to be installed on...
Context amid crisis: Why human perspectives matter more than ever
This post was first published on the HEPI Blog on Monday 7 December 2020. I have always firmly believed that responding to society’s most complex challenges...
The true value of creative degrees
The gulf between what creative graduates contribute to our economy and what they are perceived to contribute is a damaging misconception that undermines not...
Sustainable Enterprise Festival
This week sees the final few days of the Sustainable Enterprise Festival, a great online event curated by my colleagues Siân Prime and Adrian De La Court in...
Goldsmiths degree shows go online
Goldsmiths Theatre and Performance TAP IN 20 festival website I’ve been so impressed by the ways Goldsmiths students have responded to the challenges brought...
Culture at home
I’ve been struck by the creative ways people and organisations are bringing us art and culture in the ongoing lockdown. Goldsmiths’ local education partners...
Lewisham: Borough of Culture
I was delighted to hear earlier this month that Goldsmiths’ home borough of Lewisham will be London Borough of Culture for 2021. This winning bid for Lewisham...
Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery
Last week I visited Bridget Riley’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. This is the largest exhibition of Riley’s work to date, a...
Revisiting the creative industries
Last week I welcomed colleagues and guests to an event on the creative industries organised by Goldsmiths’ Institute for Creative and Cultural...
Spreading CreActivity: with Venice Art Factory and UNHCR
On Friday 22 November I chaired a panel to mark the closing of Rothko in Lampedusa, an inspiring exhibition of artwork by refugees. The Rothko in Lampedusa...
The Goldsmiths Prize: Interview with Tim Parnell
Dr Tim Parnell is Senior Lecturer in English at Goldsmiths University of London and Literary Director of the Goldsmiths Prize. In this interview ahead of the...
Footprints.
Today, as I announce that I’ve been appointed the next Warden of Goldsmiths, and will be leaving London College of Fashion, UAL – where I’ve been Head of College for the last fourteen years – I’m reflecting on the footprints I have made.
Mundo Latinx
Including a wide range of media such as film, photography and illustration, as well as textile and fashion design, Mundo Latinx also highlights the permeability of borders, the continual movement of people, which stimulates the formation of new ideas and identities, as well as large diaspora communities.
The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied (Fondazione Prada)
'The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied.' is a transmedia exhibition created by writer and filmmaker Alexander Kluge, artist Thomas Demand, stage and costume...
Fordlandia with Ligaya Salazar (Fashion Space Gallery)
Ligaya Salazar is the Director of the Fashion Space Gallery here at London College of Fashion. She is the curator of the latest exhibition at the...
Yohji Yamamoto & Pietro Seminelli (Conduit Street)
As part of the London Design Festival 2016, one of my favourite designers, Yohji Yamamoto collaborated with the ‘Master of Pleats’ Pietro Seminelli to create...
Hans Eijkelboom
We use clothes to express our individuality right? They are a way of differentiating ourselves from others and making statements about who we are. However,...
Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures (Whitechapel Gallery)
I always enjoy seeing exhibitions dedicated to the work of female artists -in times gone by these have been all too rare - and after reading an interesting...