Critical Essays

ACTIVE REACTION

Mark Allin is President and CEO of John Wiley, a leading publisher and one of the world’s oldest companies. He has worked in Europe, Asia and Africa and is now based in New York – November 2016

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GRANDSTAND

Cheltenham Racecourse Chairman, Robert Waley-Cohen, worked at Christie’s in London and New York for twelve years. He interviews Peter Spens in front of the Grandstand series at the Cranley Gallery – October 2014

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Site Specific

Acclaimed screenwriter Olivia Hetreed is well known for adapting Tracy Chevalier’s best-selling novel Girl with a Pearl Earring. The film starred Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson, winning multiple awards worldwide. A radical new version of Wuthering Heights, co-written by Olivia and the director was premiered at Venice 2011, winning the prize for Best Cinematography – September 2012

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Painting the town

By John Christian, art-historian, consultant to Christie’s – March 2006

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Changing Formations

By Vivien Knight, Curator of the Guildhall Art Gallery, London – March 2005

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Skylines

By Andrew Lambirth, Contributing Editor of the Royal Academy Magazine – October 2001

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Cities and the Sea

By John Russell-Taylor, art critic for the Times and Prospect Magazine – April 2000

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