TOAST Magazine

Arts & Culture

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

Musician Alice Boyd on creating an immersive soundscape for our seasonal concept, The Curious Mind.

1 year ago
Uncovering Craft

Art historian James Fox on preserving craft, returning to childhood creativity, and his new book, Craftland.

1 year ago
The Curious Mind | Art Study

Presenting the winners of our competition, in which we invited your creative responses to our seasonal concept, The Curious Mind.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | October

Four inspiring October events, from exhibitions to a juggling performance from Gandini.

1 year ago
A Look Back | The Curious Mind at 14 Cavendish

Workshops, performances and the spirit of lifelong learning.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | August

Five inspiring August events, from multimedia musings on the sea to the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

1 year ago
A Curator’s View | Alayo Akinkugbe

The art historian on challenging the Western canon and her new book, Reframing Blackness.

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | July

Five inspiring events for your July diary, from folk art to an exhibition on resistance curated by Steve McQueen.  

1 year ago
Brushstrokes of Belonging

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

1 year 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. 

1 year 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 year 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 year ago
TOAST Presents | A Lightness of Being

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

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | April

Five illuminating events to enjoy this month.

1 year ago
A Balance of Opposites

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

1 year ago
A Curator's View | Jacqueline Sullivan

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

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | February

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

1 year ago
Monthly Happenings | January

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

1 year ago
Mapping the Universe

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

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years ago
Monthly Happenings | October

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

2 years 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.

2 years ago
Monthly Happenings | September

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

2 years ago