January, 2016 | COLIN HICKS - bolder together!

20th Century Art and Chichester Cathedral

The extraordinary body of works of modern art and design commissioned and held by the Cathedral in Chichester since the latter half of the twentieth century now forms a group of exceptional interest and significance among English cathedrals, giving Chichester a leading position as a patron of late C20 creative work by artists of the first rank. In the following listings these artists are mentioned in bold and the Cathedral dignitary concerned is underlined. Continue reading “20th Century Art and Chichester Cathedral”

Chichester’s 20th Century Buildings

A walking tour around the city of the architectural and public art heritage. With grateful thanks to my colleague Nevil Hopkins.

The 20th Century did not exactly contribute a wealth of landmark buildings to Chichester and it reflected the work of even fewer big-name architects. Continue reading “Chichester’s 20th Century Buildings”

Defining Conservation

As a paid-up member of the 20th Century Society and as a child of the sixties who cheered the replacement of history with modernism, I have lived a lifetime of resistance to what I have seen for years as the useless preservation in aspic of past glories. Continue reading “Defining Conservation”