Arts & Culture

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

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

1 year 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.

1 year 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.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | October

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

1 year 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.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | September

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

1 year ago
A Journey Through Pattern & Colour With Isobel Harvey

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

1 year ago
Patterns in Repeat With Artist Helen Booth

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

1 year ago
Erik Winkowski | Thoughtful Threads

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

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | August

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

1 year 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.

1 year 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
A New Way With Seaweed

Harvesting marine algae at Yellowcraig Beach with textile artist Jasmine Linington.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | March

Five thought-provoking spring exhibitions, from a Japanese carpentry exhibition showcasing traditional craftsmanship to a fungi cultivation workshop.

1 year ago
The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Ahead of our Circle Pop-Up at the Barbican, we meet Lotte Johnson and Wells Fray-Smith, the curators of its major new exhibition, Unravel. 

1 year ago
The Beauty of Ephemera with Liaqat Rasul

The Welsh Pakistani artist on the politics of his process-driven craft and a milestone retrospective.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | February

Five inspiring February events, from sustainable culinary collaborations to explorations of queer ecology.   

2 years ago
Playing in Nature with Artist Rosie Harbottle

Poetic oil pastel artworks inspired by our seasonal theme, Outdoor Pursuits.

2 years ago
Monthly Happenings | January

Five inspiring events to add to your diary, from an independent film festival to expansive art exhibitions. 

2 years ago
Monthly Happenings | December

From candlelit feasts to uplifting art exhibitions, five merry events to make time for this month.

2 years ago
Finding Purpose in Play with Gandini

Jugglers Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala on following instincts and pioneering new forms of theatre.

2 years ago
Monthly Happenings | November

From culinary excursions to evocative art exhibits, five spirit-lifting outings for your November diary.

2 years ago