News and views, out and about with Armadillo Central, including exhibitions, book reviews, launches and more
I was privileged to be invited to the Hand Engravers Association’s (HEA) Symposium, a 5-day event at master engraver Malcolm Appleby’s workshops in Scotland earlier in June.
A film screening presented by Alison Poltock at the Royal Academy, during the East End Film Festival last October, opened my eyes to the life and work of Jean-Marc Calvet.
This thought occurred as Father’s Day looms in the UK; what a perfect present a medal would make.
The Heritage Crafts Association’s annual conference, ‘A Place for Craft’, took place at the V&A during the inaugural London Craft Week and kicked off with an inspiring talk by HCA...
Tate Liverpool’s György Kepes exhibition only covers a small portion of this maverick artist and deep thinker’s output.
A Moving Image – Joy Batchelor 1914-91 – Artist, Writer and Animator is a comprehensive and personal look at the professional life of Joy Batchelor.
The origins of the first ever national public museum lie with physician, naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane who amassed an amazing hoard of some 71,000 objects of note during...
The Armadillo Central team was delighted to be invited to the opening of The Kepes Institute, Museum and Cultural Centre, in the historic and picturesque town of Eger in Hungary, a couple of hours from Budapest.
