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Impressionists in London at Tate Britain

2 November 2017 – 7 May 2018.

The ‘Impressionists in London’ exhibition at the Tate Britain displays over 100 works including art by Monet, Tissot and Pissaro, created while the artists were in exile in Britain during the Franco-Prussian war. The exhibition explores London through the eyes of the French artists, and is curated by Dr Caroline Corbeau-Parsons. Tate Britain

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Nomos Glashütte At Work Watch

Nomos Glashütte At Work Watch

Accessories/ Design/ Objects

The At Work models of watches from NOMOS Glashütte have a diameter of 39mm and feature a silver grey dial crafted after a nine step process. The gold and rhodium plated blank is varnished and wet blasted repeatedly, removing a thousandth of a millimeter every time. NOMOS Glashütte, founded by Roland Schwertner in 1990, is the largest manufacturer of mechanical timepieces in Germany. © Nomos Glashütte. NOMOS Glashütte

Monet and Architecture at the National Gallery London

Monet and Architecture at the National Gallery London

Art/ Events/ Exhibition

9 April – 29 July 2018.

The National Gallery in London features an exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet’s paintings of architecture. The image above is of Monet’s Thames below Westminster (La Tamise et le Parlement) painted about 1871. © The National Gallery, London.  National Gallery

Pico Magistretti Atollo Lamp

Pico Magistretti Atollo Lamp

Design/ Lighting

Designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, the Atollo Lamp was awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 1979 and has become part of the permanent collections of the world’s major museum of design. Atollo’s secret probably lies in the geometrical construction of its shapes: the cone on the cylinder and the semisphere above all. Oluce

Carmody Groarke Artist Studio Hoxton

Carmody Groarke Artist Studio Hoxton

Architecture

Carmody Groake have extended the studio of artist Julian Opie. In the mid 19th century the building was used as as a furniture workshop. The building has now been extended with a series of aluminium clad boxes which bring daylight deep into the plan. Carmody Groarke 

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