All articles by Veronica simpson
Veronica simpson
Brief Encounters – BEAM Hertford
When planning a cultural hub, the scale of facilities makes a huge difference to viability. But the atmosphere and welcome are what wins hearts and minds. Veronica Simpson beams to Hertford’s new multi-purpose venue.
Brief Encounters
How do we encourage people to engage with the problem of climate change? By focusing on everyday issues and using artistry and ingenuity to pose important questions. And by making the experience free and fun, as we discover in a new Science Gallery show.
Brief Encounters
How do we encourage people to engage with the problem of climate change? By focusing on everyday issues and using artistry and ingenuity to pose important questions. And by making the experience free and fun, as we discover in a new Science Gallery show.
Brief Encounters
It is hard to bring a landscape to life in a gallery, but a new exhibition about Dartmoor and its impact on local contemporary artists proves both surprising and enriching too.
Brief Encounters
An inspirational blend of exhibition programme, architecture and intention makes the Centro Botin in Santander a model of harbourfront cultural regeneration worth following.
Reuse & Retrofit: Doing more with less
Designers and architects are demonstrating ingenuity and resilience in these inspiring projects, selected by Veronica Simpson.
Brief Encounters
The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin does so much more than simply fill its halls with fascinating work and its café with great coffee and cakes…
Brief Encounters
Strategic refurbs are the unsung heroes of the responsible design community, eschewing eye-catching structures for improved circulation, de-cluttering and facility relocation – which can be transformational, as Veronica Simpson finds at the Henry Moore Institute.
Brief Encounters
Site-specific art installations can reveal a whole lot more about the qualities and narratives underpinning the significant places they are responding to… By Veronica Simpson
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson takes heart in a newly improved maker facility in Deptford that ticks all the boxes for adaptive reuse, cultural and social sustainability, and arts education.