Charles Rennie Mackintosh review, Walker Art Gallery – a timely tribute to the guru of Glasgow style
The Telegraph – Mark Hudson, Art Critic 19 MARCH 2019 Britain is ridiculously London-centric. The number of modern art movements that have flourished outside the capital barely fills the fingers of one hand: the St Ives artists, of course; the Bloomsbury Group at Charleston; and, scraping the barrel a bit,
Thermal images disclose extensive damage to The Hill House, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s ‘domestic masterpiece’
The Telegraph – Simon Johnson 18 MARCH 2019 Thermal images have revealed the damp and water damage to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s “domestic masterpiece” is worse than previously thought. The Hill House in Helensburgh was Mackintosh’s vision of a “home for the future”, but decades of wind and rain have caused
Neil Oliver: I’m no Brad Pitt but The Hill House shows us all in a good light
Neil Oliver 10 March 2019, The Sunday Times The campaign to restore a Mackintosh masterpiece is inspiring We are a strange and mercurial lot in Scotland. I was in Helensburgh last week, at The Hill House designed by Glasgow architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. High on a hill above the Firth
Glasgow School of Art criticised over Mackintosh Building fire
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has been criticised by MSPs in a report into the fire which devastated the Mackintosh Building last year. Image copyright GETTY IMAGES The fire gutted the famous Mackintosh Building in June 2018 Holyrood’s culture committee said the school did not give sufficient priority to safeguarding
Volunteer Spotlight: Moira’s Experiences Volunteering for CRMS
In this recent video Q&A and the fourth of our Volunteer Spotlights, Moira describes what it is like to be a Visitor Services and Tour Guiding Volunteer at Mackintosh at the Willow, discussing how and why she became involved and what she has gained from the experience. We are always
Volunteer Spotlight: Mark’s Experiences Volunteering for CRMS Q&A
In this video Q&A and the third of our Volunteer Spotlight Interviews, we had the opportunity to catch up with one of our Visitor Assistant Volunteers Mark. He tells us all about his role at Mackintosh at the Willow and Mackintosh Queen’s Cross and why he decided to get involved
Glasgow School of Art accused of systemic failings over fire
‘The building has burned twice on their watch,’ says campaigner as Scottish parliament holds hearing The Guardian Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Thu 20 Sep 2018 The board of the Glasgow School of Art is unfit to manage the future of the famous Mackintosh building, which was gutted by fire in
Glasgow School of Art must be rebuilt – with no corners cut
John McAslan The Guardian Wed 11 Jul 2018 I fear Mackintosh’s fire-ravaged masterpiece is in danger of being lost to future generations if decisions are taken meanly or hastily These are worrying times for all who care about saving the finest works by one of the world’s greatest architects, Charles
Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building (1909–2018)
Artforum International June 21, 2018 • Ray McKenzie THE NEWS THAT ONE OF SCOTLAND’S MOST TREASURED WORKS of historic architecture—Glasgow School of Art’s celebrated “Mackintosh Building”—had been gutted by fire on the evening of Friday, June 15, prompted an outpouring of collective grief on a scale rarely encountered outside the
BBC News on the fire that has devastated the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow fire: Art school’s Mackintosh building extensively damaged 16 June 2018 Glasgow’s world-renowned School of Art has been gutted by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed by fire. Flames ripped through the celebrated Mackintosh building after it caught fire at about 23:20 on Friday. The
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