Horst P. Horst. What a name. What a photographer. And according to most accounts in the exhibition, what a guy. The V&A’s retrospective of his work is well-crafted, diverse and interesting, and if it doesn’t shed much light on Horst as a person rather than as a photographer, it seems that this may have been […]
A lot of the reviews of this exhibition talk about how by trying to make a point of difference it positions itself firmly for those already familiar with Kahn’s work, but, coming with no preconceptions, I found it both interesting and educational. Louis Kahn was born in 1901 in what was then Russia but is […]
Despite the ever-present threat of weary legs and museum fatigue, one thing that is very nice about large museums is the ability to compare the different exhibitions and displays they deem worthy of presenting, and see what similarities and differences there are between them. This was especially the case when I was at the Museum […]