TOAST Magazine

Arts & Culture

Exploring the art world through the eyes of curators, artists, photographers and architects. Visits to studios, galleries, museums and homes.
Lady Macbeth | Film

As this spare and striking drama opens, the camera slowly pans around the

9 years ago
Outdoor Theatres

It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition of outdoor theatre, with

9 years ago
Workspace | Rebecca Louise Law

We spoke to Rebecca Louise Law, an artist known for her vast, immersive floral

9 years ago
James Seaton talks to Lucy Williams

Lucy Williams is an artist - a successful artist in mid-career, represented

9 years ago
Hay Festival | 30 Years

Thirty years ago, the Hay Festival was born around a kitchen table. Norman,

9 years ago
On Film | Toni Erdmann

In the first scene of this exquisite film, Wilfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek)

9 years ago
Works of The Heart | The Windows

We asked three of our favourite bloggers to visit their local TOAST to seethe

9 years ago
Zoe Whitley | The Curator's Eye

Zoe Whitley is a research curator at Tate Modern. She moved to London in

9 years ago
Works of the Heart | The Runners Up

Since the beginning of December we have beenlooking for a variety of

9 years ago
Workspace | Flora Jamieson

For this month's workspace wevisitedFlora Jamieson at her studio in Dorset,

9 years ago
Workspace | Lori & Eric Wright

For this month's workspace we spoke to the makers of our handmade copper

9 years ago
Workspace | Olivia Whitworth

For this month's workspace wevisitedillustrator Olivia Whitworth at her

9 years ago
Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum

Nestled in the heart of the city, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum in Osakatowers

10 years ago
BORO

If you can wrap three beans in a piece of cloth, then it is big enough to

10 years ago
NOREN

Wandering a Japanese toori' (street), one of the most distinctive features is

10 years ago
Workspace | Temple Cycles

For this month's workspace series we met up with the founder of Temple Cycles,

10 years ago
THE ART OF WRAPPING | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

For Pre Collection we took inspiration from the wrapped silhouettes of old

10 years ago
KASURI | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Kasuri is a Japanese form of ikat. It isonly practiced by a handful of highly

10 years ago
JAPAN BLUE | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Blue runs through Japan. It is in the skies, the water, the vast surrounding

10 years ago
WORKSPACE | SCULPTOR & LETTER CARVER

Jo Sweeting is a sculptor and letter carver, living and working in

10 years ago
#LOSTINLITERATURE WITH HAY FESTIVAL

This month TOAST partnered with Hay Festival and offered our Instagram and

10 years ago
Ikat | An Age-Old Technique

John Gillow is an author, lecturer and collector who has spent more than 40

10 years ago
Lost Literature | The Compleat Angler

Ellie Tennant has been scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops in search

10 years ago
Akiko Hirai | Potter

The teacup is a much esteemed and venerated object in Japan. Yet potters who

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