For example:
- The Willow Tea Room Trust invited a group of guests to preview the restored Willow Tea Rooms Building at 217 Sauchiehall Street following a £10 million restoration - on the 150th anniversary of his birth 7th June 2018
- while two days earlier, the BBC in Scotland had just televised Mackintosh, Glasgow’s Neglected Genius - with Lachlan Goudie - on BBC Two Scotland on Tuesday, 5 June 2018.
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| The first half of the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art (image from the programme) ....but the third act has still to come.... |
I watched the programme on iPlayer as I wrote blog posts about the fire - and the first version was an excellent programme.
Following the fire, a decision was made by the BBC to revisit the programme and update it within the context of the fire
‘Mackintosh: Glasgow’s neglected genius has been revisited - including a visit to the burned out shell of the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art - and filmed the ruins - and then re-edited the programme to take account of the fire.
The film examines Mackintosh's iconic buildings, notably the Glasgow School of Art. Interwoven with his architecture, design and watercolours is the personal story of Mackintosh....and so tonight, on BBC4, the revised version is being broadcast this evening at 10pm - and I recommend all Mackintosh fans make a point of watching/recording it. I'll certainly be watching it again.
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| Take Two - ‘Mackintosh: Glasgow’s neglected genius' |
Below you can also find out more about:Following last month’s devastating fire we returned to the Glasgow School of Art and filmed the ruins for a re-edited version of ‘Mackintosh: Glasgow’s neglected genius’. Tonight @BBCFOUR 10pm https://t.co/MMxiywHAFj pic.twitter.com/01VOQUz4hP— Lachlan Goudie (@lachlangoudie) July 16, 2018
- Mackintosh 150
- the rebuilding of the Mackintosh Building
More about Mackintosh 150
There have been various events in the key events in the city-wide Mackintosh 2018 programme.
Below you can find out more about the 150th anniversary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Dedicated website: https://www.glasgowmackintosh.com/
- Mackintosh 150 | People Make Glasgow - excellent summary and listing of all the different ways you can see his designs in and around Glasgow in the 150th anniversary year
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh 150th anniversary | Dezeen - various articles about Macknitosh and the anniversary
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow - an exhibition about the design and decorative arts centred around the work by teachers, students and graduates of The Glasgow School of Art produced between about 1890 and 1920.
The Rebuilding of the Mackintosh Building
- Glasgow School of Art will be rebuilt | Making A Mark
- Glasgow School of Art – ready to rise from the ashes once more | The Guardian-15 Jul 2018
- Mackintosh Building ‘will be rebuilt’, says Glasgow School of Art director | Scottish Construction Now
- The Glasgow School of Art fire: 'It's as if the soul has been ripped out of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece’ by Lachlan Goudie| The Times 13 Jul 2018
SUNDAY POST comment in response to John Burn article...Re GSA.15th July 2018
ReplyDeleteIt can and should be rebuilt .( a similar fate affected the newly renovated, Cutty Sark, but work continued in spite of this),.sourcing old, authentic materials as far as is possible and this time, incorporating a sophisticated sprinkler system, hidden cameras and a resident caretaker. No mention here of how this fire was started.....but I feel it is likely to be deliberate and we cannot allow the perpetrator to have got away with it. John Burns has made some sweeping statements, re the quality of teaching. There is room for all sorts of Art in the world and the solution would be to inaugurate a Drawing School on the site, dedicated to the practice (similar to the Princes drawing school in London)...this should ensure that this spark of Mackintosh is never extinguished. ....pardon the pun...