SPECIAL ITEM

The Gilbert Collection

Probably one of the most important gifts that has been given to this country, the Gilbert Collection comprises some 800 objects and, in each of the three fields it encompasses, is considered to be among the most distinguished in the world. The collection of mosaics is the most comprehensive ever formed, with Roman and Florentine examples dating from the 16th to the 19th century
FEATURE

BUDD MOSAICS – The Public Art Mosaics of Kenneth & Oliver Budd

Those of us who were riveted by Brian Bull’s autobiographical Mosaics: the secrets, tools and techniques (Triton Books 1976) will welcome this book likewise. Brian Bull and Kenneth Budd were complete masters of their art, which was first and foremost the art of making large public mosaics.....

A Monastery for Mosaicists

The Centro Aletti in Rome is an international community of artists and theologians from the Orthodox, Oriental and Catholic Churches.

The Esther Benjamin Trust

A moving story about how the loss of a wife helped set up a trust to aid exploited children in Nepal and how mosaics has acted as a form of therapy helping them to earn a wage for themselves. Please read....

 
PREVIOUS ARTICLES

ST FINBAR'S
THE CASE OF THE MISSING MOSAICS
FRANZ MAYER OF MUNICH
THE FORGOTTEN EMPIRE
BUDD MOSAICS
ROSALIND WATES
THE COLOURS OF LIGHT
A VISIT TO DEMOCO
WHOLLY MACKEREL
ART PAVEMENTS
MOSAIC MATTERS MORE & MORE
AIMC CONFERENCE
SISTER MARIA AND THE MONASTERY
REPORT FROM RAVENNA
TEENA GOULD
THE MOSAIC STUDIO
LOUSIANNA HISTORY
ROCK MOSAICIAN
CHRIST ON THE CROSS
MOSAIC WITH A MESSAGE
FORGET STONE CARPET MOSAICS
TAKE LIFE ONE PIECE AT A TIME
WHAT ISLAM TOOK FROM BYZANTIUM
NEW MOSAICS AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL
BUDD MOSAICS BOOK
TREATMENT ROOMS HOUSE

 
 
 

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