Subversive Design is now roughly halfway through its run at Brighton Museum (it is open through into March 2014 – do go, if you haven’t already, it’s brilliant). Last autumn, just one week before it opened to the public, I grabbed … Continued
Earlier today we held a live question and answer session on Twitter with our current Blogger in Residence, Chris T-T. Here is a transcript of that Q&A pulled from our Twitter timeline; all tweets presented in chronological order as they … Continued
Chris T-T is coming towards the end of his residency with the Royal Pavilion and Museums, and preparing to go on tour in support of his new album, The Bear (out Monday via Xtra Mile recordings and an excellent listen). But … Continued
It’s taking me ages to finish my blog entry about the beautiful Into The Blue colour-themed exhibition at Hove Museum and Gallery. So in the meantime, here’s a bluey Spotify playlist inspired by it. 1. Drever McCusker Woomble – Into … Continued
I brought in three luminaries of the local Sussex contemporary arts scene to have a look at the Jeff Koons exhibition in Brighton Museum and then argue about it. Jeff Koons has always divided opinion sharply in the art world, … Continued
I already blogged about the fantastic Object Stories gay and lesbian trail but I wanted to write a quick hat-tip to my favourite story I learnt from Kelly Boddington and Robert White on that guided tour – and mention these two … Continued
The other day we had a South Kensington day out; did the Science Museum (to look at the Turing exhibition); the temporary butterfly house outside the Natural History Museum and then the NHM itself – though just concentrating on the … Continued
My favourite section of Hove Museum & Art Gallery is the children’s toy collection upstairs. Not because of how informative or cute it is but because it’s terrifying. Never mind the stuff in pickle jars in the Booth Museum, if … Continued
I felt curiously unmoved, staring out over Brighton from a new angle, standing on the roof of The Royal Pavilion, despite such beautiful crazy architecture, set off by bright sunshine and few clouds, making it a perfect morning to be … Continued
I’m loving the unexpected conversations I get into, during Thursday afternoons spent sitting here in the café. You probably won’t be surprised to know that I don’t get much actual writing done, even though the original (theoretical) plan was to use … Continued
Art historian and curator Alexandra Loske is researching her thesis and curating the upcoming Regency Colour exhibition. But she also uncovered the story that I’ve found perhaps most exciting so far. If you know anything about my music, you may know … Continued
I’m starting to really love Mondays, when Brighton Museum is closed to the public and much quieter than normal. There’s something magic about the atmosphere of a large museum or gallery space when it’s empty. There are still staff around … Continued
The more I wander around the Royal Pavilion, the more I’m conflicted about George IV’s hilarious spending. It should be easy just to condemn outright: history doesn’t look kindly on him, especially now, with parallels bouncing around to today’s flashy … Continued
Last weekend saw the closing of Barbara Hulanicki: Biba and Beyond, the major fashion design exhibition that was running for several months upstairs at Brighton Museum. So I took advantage of my access badge to go and have a nose around … Continued
It’s taken more than a week but I finally found time to nose around the most recently opened exhibition at Brighton Museum, Chilled to the Bone: Ice Age Sussex, upstairs in the Spotlight Gallery. Probably I hesitated because it’s so flipping … Continued
I’ll chat as soon as I can with John Cooper, the Keeper of Natural Sciences up at the Booth Museum. But today, for my first visit, I came up here ‘incognito’ and just spent a couple of hours wandering around. … Continued
You know the fenced off building site area in the Pavilion Gardens, right? Now this is not explained or signposted… but if you sneak a look and peek through the fencing, just to the left of the entrance to Brighton … Continued
On my first day in residence I began a grand tour that’ll take more than a week. Shown around by Jemma from the marketing office, we covered the Royal Pavilion itself, Brighton Museum and some departments tucked away in the … Continued
The Royal Pavilion & Museums would like to extend a really warm welcome to our new blogger in residence, Chris T-T. Chris will be with us for six months and will be spending time in the different departments of the … Continued
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