Arts & Culture

Exploring the art world through the eyes of curators, artists, photographers and architects. Visits to studios, galleries, museums and homes.
Workspace | Rebecca Louise Law

We spoke to Rebecca Louise Law, an artist known for her vast, immersive floral

9 years ago
James Seaton talks to Lucy Williams

Lucy Williams is an artist - a successful artist in mid-career, represented

9 years ago
Hay Festival | 30 Years

Thirty years ago, the Hay Festival was born around a kitchen table. Norman,

9 years ago
On Film | Toni Erdmann

In the first scene of this exquisite film, Wilfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek)

9 years ago
Works of The Heart | The Windows

We asked three of our favourite bloggers to visit their local TOAST to seethe

9 years ago
Zoe Whitley | The Curator's Eye

Zoe Whitley is a research curator at Tate Modern. She moved to London in

9 years ago
Works of the Heart | The Runners Up

Since the beginning of December we have beenlooking for a variety of

9 years ago
Workspace | Flora Jamieson

For this month's workspace wevisitedFlora Jamieson at her studio in Dorset,

10 years ago
Workspace | Lori & Eric Wright

For this month's workspace we spoke to the makers of our handmade copper

10 years ago
Workspace | Olivia Whitworth

For this month's workspace wevisitedillustrator Olivia Whitworth at her

10 years ago
Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum

Nestled in the heart of the city, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum in Osakatowers

10 years ago
BORO

If you can wrap three beans in a piece of cloth, then it is big enough to

10 years ago
NOREN

Wandering a Japanese toori' (street), one of the most distinctive features is

10 years ago
Workspace | Temple Cycles

For this month's workspace series we met up with the founder of Temple Cycles,

10 years ago
THE ART OF WRAPPING | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

For Pre Collection we took inspiration from the wrapped silhouettes of old

10 years ago
KASURI | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Kasuri is a Japanese form of ikat. It isonly practiced by a handful of highly

10 years ago
JAPAN BLUE | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Blue runs through Japan. It is in the skies, the water, the vast surrounding

10 years ago
WORKSPACE | SCULPTOR & LETTER CARVER

Jo Sweeting is a sculptor and letter carver, living and working in

10 years ago
#LOSTINLITERATURE WITH HAY FESTIVAL

This month TOAST partnered with Hay Festival and offered our Instagram and

10 years ago
Ikat | An Age-Old Technique

John Gillow is an author, lecturer and collector who has spent more than 40

10 years ago
Lost Literature | The Compleat Angler

Ellie Tennant has been scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops in search

10 years ago
Akiko Hirai | Potter

The teacup is a much esteemed and venerated object in Japan. Yet potters who

10 years ago
THE STORY OF INDIGO

Can you name the colours of the rainbow? Three centuries ago, all-round genius

10 years ago
FAMILY RITUALS | BY KAREN - THIS LITTLE CORNER

Christmas is often marked by traditions and rituals. Gathering pine cones on

11 years ago