TOAST Magazine

Arts & Culture

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

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

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
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
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.

2 years ago
Upstate Explorations With Helen Toomer

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

2 years ago
March Avery | Depictions of an Endless Summer

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

2 years ago
A Curator’s View | Rosa Park

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

2 years ago
A New Way with Seaweed

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

2 years 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. 

2 years ago
The Beauty of Ephemera with Liaqat Rasul

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

2 years ago
Playing in Nature with Artist Rosie Harbottle

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

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
Fabio Almeida on Finding Beauty in Contrasts

Exploring the aesthetics of happenstance with the London-based Brazilian artist.

2 years ago
A Curator’s View | Charlie Porter

Creating the inaugural exhibition, Bring No Clothes, at Charleston’s new space in Lewes.

2 years ago
Natural Dyeing with Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck

The Oxfordshire-based artist on her interdisciplinary practice.

2 years ago
A Curator’s View | Simon Costin

The founder of The Museum of British Folklore on his fascination with myth and legend.

3 years ago
Objects of Significance | Rowena Morgan-Cox of Palefire

The founder of the London-based design studio on five precious belongings and the meanings behind them.

3 years ago
A Curator’s View | Rachel Thomas

The Chief Curator of the Hayward Gallery on finding hope through constellations of works.

3 years ago
Fleeting Glimpses of New York City Life

Monica Nelson muses on the work of the American photographer Saul Leiter.

3 years ago