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Architecture - Bring Back the Railings

As part of a metal salvage drive for munitions in World War II, many of the UK’s parks and squares lost their iron railings. With the National Gallery now victim to a constant stream of commercial events in its environs, isn’t it time we got them back?

July-August 2010

Rituals of affection

May 2010

Art outside...

Outdoor sculpture elicits a range of reactions – from controversy to simply being ignored – but at its best has the power to make us reappraise our surroundings.

May 2010

Spaced out

A recent exhibition in Nottingham showcases contemporary artists' exploration of the Communist-era space race.

April 2010

Art in Ballard's shadow

Recent and upcoming shows explore J.G. Ballard's influence on the visual arts, and an exhibition on art and magic proves unsettling.

December 2009

The outsiders

A ramshackle building in Primrose Hill is the home to a new museum of everything, a display of outsider art that has mainstream artists queuing up to praise it.

July-August 2010

Architecture - The return of classicism

Cast aside by Modernists for much of the 20th century, Classicism
has a comeback of sorts, with an excellent new book reappraising
architecture partnerships and a recent exhibition at one of the very
institutions that so derided the style.

June 2010

War Memorials

The planned World War II memorial to the dead of RAF Bomber Command in London's Green Park may be a worthy cause, but it is at the wrong scale and in the wrong place.

May 2010

Reminders of mortality

Britain's mausolea have long been neglected, but two campaigns are underway to save important monuments.