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Hadrian Garrard, the curator of Morris Mania – an innovative exhibition now showing at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, east London – tells the story of being in King’s Cross Station and ...
The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896) championed the democratisation of good taste, said Nancy Durrant in The Times. An "ardent socialist", he famously ...
Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are everywhere, from wallpapers and dinnerware to phone cases and hand cream. The ubiquity of Morris’ intricate ...
Poet, social reformer, writer, publisher, and above all artist and designer. There is little William Morris couldn’t or didn’t do, so much so that, in 1896, as he lay dying at the age of 62, a doctor ...
Our associate digital editor, Alexander Morrison, visits Morris Mania: How Britain’s greatest designer went viral and talks to the William Morris Gallery’s director Hadrian Garrard.
Rifling through the storeroom drawers at the William Morris Gallery in London, the institution’s director Hadrian Garrard pulls out a poster depicting a dachshund surrounded by a jumble of ...
‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful’, advised the influential British designer William Morris (1834-1896), known not only for his signature floral ...
Other standout lots in the upcoming auction include an embroidery by arts and crafts designer and activist William Morris, Vine and Acanthus of 1890, estimated to be worth between £20,000 and £ ...
The designs of William Morris have become hugely popular over 150 years. But, as Deborah Nicholls-Lee reveals, it could all have been so different: the artist’s original ambition was to open a ...
Kirk Sommer, Global Co-Head of Music at William Morris Endeavor (WME), predicts that India will soon become a major hub for international concerts and a launchpad for Indian artists on the global ...