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Art, History & Culture

Mushrooming Toadstools!

This week, I’m in Shoreditch yet again.  Looking up, I spied some very unusual sculptures, perched on rooftops. They are the work of Christiaan Nagel, a London-based artist and musician […]

Schooners and Anchors

This unusual relief mural features the 1902 American schooner, the Thomas W. Lawson, named for a Boston millionaire, copper baron, stock-broker and President of the Boston “Bay State Gas Co.  The schooner was based […]

Pink Wave

St Petersburg has a strong reputation for its art galleries and public art displays.  The gorgeous glass hues above are part of a large public art piece on the seafront. […]

Adore and Endure

One thing that’s certain in Shoreditch, is that whichever way you look, there’ll be something to surprise and intrigue you. I return regularly to view its ever-changing graffiti but, interestingly, […]
Adore and Endure

G is for… Gymnosophist

Gymnosophist is defined as “going nearly naked” according to my erstwhile Oxford English dictionary – from the Greek gumnos meaning naked, don’t you know. On a balcony above the Chihuly […]

Mural Lowdown

This long, narrow black and white mural is easily missed, sitting as it does, beneath the lower step leading to Saint Boniface Church in the Ixelles area of Brussels. Linked […]

Pink Chihuly

Dale Chihuly is world renowned for his glass art.  In fact, he has been at the forefront of the development of glass as a fine art.  As a result, his […]

On the Sixth Day

It took six days, but then He got it right! For other mosaics on this well known Manchester building click here. Linked to Daily Prompt: Iteration and Signs, Signs.