Arts & Culture

Exploring the art world through the eyes of curators, artists, photographers and architects. Visits to studios, galleries, museums and homes.
Brushstrokes of Belonging

Father and daughter artists Arthur and Isabella Timothy on family portraits and documenting the past.

16 days ago
Monthly Happenings | June

Five inspiring events for your June diary, from a sculptural installation at Houghton Hall in Norfolk to the release of Lally MacBeth’s forthcoming book, The Lost Folk. 

20 days ago
Finding Life in a Lens

Photojournalist Giles Duley on documenting the lives shaped by war, and his new exhibition, The Things They Carried.  

1 month ago
Monthly Happenings | May

Five inspiring events for your May diary, from a literary festival in Sussex to a photo series on the land traditions of north Devon.

1 month ago
TOAST Presents | A Lightness of Being

A look back at our event at Somerset House, celebrating community, craft and our seasonal concept.

2 months ago
Monthly Happenings | April

Five illuminating events to enjoy this month.

2 months ago
A Balance of Opposites

The polyphonic creative on connecting audiences to design and making the kinetic mobiles for our shop window displays.

4 months ago
A Curator's View | Jacqueline Sullivan

The gallerist on exploring lightness, memory, and the symbolism of the loving cup.

4 months ago
Monthly Happenings | February

Five events for longer days, from hand-woven histories to an exhibition reimagining fashion’s future.

5 months ago
Monthly Happenings | January

Five inspiring events to start the year afresh, from textile exhibitions to modernist retrospectives.

6 months ago
Mapping the Universe

How artists, in the pursuit of understanding, blur the lines between science and creativity.

6 months ago
Monthly Happenings | December

Enrich the festive season with five joyful events, from a Nordic folk recital to an exhibition honouring the art of repair.

7 months ago
Monthly Happenings | November

Between the bonfires, five events to fill the coming weeks, from a Zimbabwean print exhibition to the national Being Human festival.

8 months ago
Monthly Happenings | October

Five inspiring events to fill the coming weeks, from a Scottish textile exhibition to an educational foraging experience.

9 months ago
Building a Creative Refuge With Happy Medium

Rett and Tayler Carraway, co-founders of the New York-based community art space Happy Medium, on championing self-guided art.

10 months ago
Monthly Happenings | September

Five cultural events to fill the coming weeks, from a Japanese printmaking exhibition to a seasonal dining experience.

10 months ago
A Journey Through Pattern & Colour With Isobel Harvey

Creating vibrant paintings for our seasonal collection, Patterns & Pathways.

10 months ago
Patterns in Repeat With Artist Helen Booth

On creating meditative paintings from a nineteenth-century woollen mill in west Wales.

11 months ago
Erik Winkowski | Thoughtful Threads

Artist Erik Winkowski has created an original video for TOAST composed of a series of abstract animations.

11 months ago
Monthly Happenings | August

Five inspiring events for your August diary, from dynamic art exhibitions to a Northgate folk festival.

11 months ago
A Curator’s View | Gina Buenfeld-Murley

The curator of The Botanical Mind on the patterns presented in nature and the universal symbol of the plant.

11 months ago
Upstate Explorations With Helen Toomer

The arts leader on fostering creative community and cultivating a summer camp mindset through craft.

1 year ago
March Avery | Depictions of an Endless Summer

March Avery’s leisurely summer paintings are explored in a new monograph.

1 year ago
A Curator’s View | Rosa Park

The gallerist on her unconventional arts education and fostering curatorial instinct.

1 year ago