
THOMAS ADÈS
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 […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
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 […]
Ruth Marten, artist, on her stoneware sculpture GB Why did you choose this object? RM I’ll be frank at the outset and admit that I made this. I’m rarely satisfied […]
Nicholas Riggle, philosopher, on his cotton branches GB Tell me why you chose your cotton branches. NR A few years ago I was walking through my neighborhood in Brooklyn, and […]
Michael Steinberg, freelance curator and consultant, on Henri Rousseau’s painting, The Sleeping Gypsy GB Tell me why you chose this painting. MS It’s a painting that’s always haunted me. I’ve […]
Tobie Giddio, artist/illustrator, on a piece of white peacock feather GB Tell me about your object. TG It is a tiny piece of a white peacock feather. It happens to […]
Harriet Vyner, writer, on Lucian Freud’s 1937 sandstone sculpture of a horse GB Why did you choose this sculpture? HV Not only is this a favourite of mine but also, […]
Sir Norman Rosenthal on ballet dancer, Tamara Rojo GB Why have you chosen Tamara as your object of beauty? NR Because she is beautiful and an incredible dancer and helped […]
Lev Tanju, founder of Palace Skateboards, on his Georgian poison ring GB Tell me why you chose your ring. LT I found this ring when my friend went to get […]
Fergus Martin, artist, on a ray of light GB Why did you choose the ray of light? FM Because a ray of light comes through a skylight in my studio […]
Rupert Christiansen, writer and critic, on his Bernard Leach vase GB Tell me why you chose the vase. RC I think when you first mentioned the project I wanted to […]
Iestyn Davies, countertenor, on a punt GB Tell me why you’ve chosen a punt ID The punt is beautiful in itself but to me it’s what it speaks of. It’s […]
Tom Sachs, artist, on his Honda 3000is generator GB Tell me why you’ve chosen your new generator as an object of beauty. TS Well like anything else it’s beauty as […]
Tamsin Shaw, philosopher, on a 15th century wooden sculpture of a holy woman GB Tell me about this sculpture and why you chose it. TS It’s a holy woman carved […]
Stephen Page, chief executive of Faber and Faber, on his Spizzichino hi-hat cymbals GB Why did you choose these cymbals? SP Since I was 16 I’ve played the drums and […]