
KATIE KITAMURA
Katie Kitamura, author, on a pile of televisions in a junk shop GB Why did you choose this pile of televisions? KK Obsolescence has its own melancholy. The detritus of […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
Katie Kitamura, author, on a pile of televisions in a junk shop GB Why did you choose this pile of televisions? KK Obsolescence has its own melancholy. The detritus of […]
Nico Muhly, composer, on the frontispiece from the Ravenscroft Psalter GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this frontispiece. NM I live for frontispieces; I wish we still had them around. They […]
Bay Garnett, stylist, on a leopard GB Tell me why you’ve chosen a leopard. BG Whenever I see a leopard (obviously not often in real life), but a picture or […]
Alan Hollinghurst, author, on the Uffington White Horse. GB Why have you chosen the White Horse? AH It’s the first work of art that I can remember, and through much […]
James Balmforth, artist, on sacrificial anodes. GB Why have you chosen these sacrificial anodes? JB I chose these sacrificial anodes because their beauty is of a kind that I find […]
Eric Underwood, soloist at the Royal Ballet, on his ballet shoes. GB Tell me why you chose your ballet shoes. EU I think I chose them because they’re like an […]
Jarrett Reynolds, designer, on his Japanese Boro rug. GB Why did you choose your rug? JR I moved to Japan seven months ago and I went to a place called […]
Hannah Barry, gallerist, on the sky at dusk. GB Why did you choose the sky at dusk? HB I chose it because that particular type of sky at that particular […]
Ralph Wedgwood, philosopher, on the view looking North-West (towards the Scottish mainland) from the Northern summit of Blaven on the Isle of Skye. GB Why did you choose this view? RW […]
Carri Munden, fashion designer, on a still from Takeshi Murata’s Monster Movie. GB Tell me why you chose this film still. CM I love monsters! The movements of the monster […]
Joshua Cohen, philosopher, on Central Park, New York GB Tell me why you chose Central Park? JC Because it’s both beautiful and public. It is hard to think of other […]
Ned Block, philosopher, on his pair of pliers GB Tell me why you chose your pliers. NB The main aesthetic aspect is the feel of the pliers in your hand. […]
Ronojoy Dam, Creative Director at VICE, on his parents’ portraits of Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose GB Tell me why you chose these pictures. RD This is a […]
Thomas Adès, composer, on a picture of his niece, Sylvie GB Why did you choose this picture? TA Well, there are things in the picture that could look like the […]
Tom Craig, photographer, on a kingfisher GB Why did you choose the kingfisher? TC I think the porous nature of our own memories means that beauty is often better held […]
Dawn Adès, art historian, on the racehorse, Frankel GB Tell me why you chose Frankel. DA I find horses generally completely enchanting and I’ve always loved them. I love going […]