Ministry of Propaganda - 30/Sep/2006: "Mackintosh Links"
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Mackintosh Links
No, not the computer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh the architect. I haven't blogged about him for ages and haven't updated my pages about him for a long time either. Quite a few other things to do before I'll get to that (among others finishing the Scotland Summer 2006 travelogue), so I thought I at least post a few links here:
- It's quite a while ago since I last visited Queen's Cross Church, I think it was in 2001 with my sister. Anyway, Thieves target Mackintosh Church. I hope that the damage wasn't too bad and that I'll get a chance to visit it again soon.
- Unfortunately I haven't been able to visit the Glasgow Mackintosh Festival 2006, not sure yet if I'll make it to Glasgow at all this year (depends on how quick I find a new job). See also Festival showcases Mackintosh art.
- I first read about it at the BBC: Mackintosh works showcased online. But for some reason they didn't give a link to it. Luckily John from the Hunterian Museum sent me a mail with the link to it: The Hunterian Art Gallery Mackintosh Collection. This is a really fantastic resource about Mackintosh, highly recommended!
- Not directly Mackintosh, but his wife, Margaret Macdonald (and her sister): Macdonald watercolours discovered
- The report doesn't mention how many people participated (apart from that it must have been less than 1,500 as they didn't break the world record), but Hundreds don Mackintosh moustache. Must have been quite a sight nevertheless.
- Another place I visited with my sister, although more recently in 2004: Scotland Street School. Unfortunately I can't tell you to visit it now, as a lack of funding has closed Scotland Street School for general admissions until April 2007. It is a very nice building and museum, I recommend a visit once it reopens. Oh, and it is 100 years old this year.
- His prices are well out of my league (apart from the cost of shipping it from the US), but Kevin Rodel builds some really nice Arts and Crafts Furniture, some of Mackintosh reproductions or at least inspired by it. Examples include the Hill House "Cube" Table, the Argyll Sideboard/Server and the High Back Chair, Ingram Street Tea-room.
That's enough links for now, more some other time. I hope you enjoy them.
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- When writing this entry the weather was: mostly cloudy, occasional sunny spell but mostly showers
- When writing this entry I was listening to: Blur - Blur
- I'm currently reading/have just finished reading this book/publication: Crimewave: Breaking Point v. 6 (Paperback)
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