Golden Eyes: A Brief History of Decorative Understanding by Alex Estorick
Lectures
/
CriticalThinking
/
26 Feb 2020
Published: 20.01.2020

For centuries, decorative arts have been considered separately from fine art, with museums continuing to display functional, 'applied' arts apart from those of primarily aesthetic consideration. Yet art's contemporary meaning has always depended on its decorative appearance. Proof of this lies in the almost uncanny similarity between the language employed in the 9th century to discuss Byzantine mosaics and that used to explain modernist paintings in the 20th.
-
Unlocking Creativity through Mindfulness: Being in the Present Moment by Limina Collective
15Oct2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
DEADLINE: 15/10/2025 -
The State of Sustainability in the Jewellery Industry
09Jun2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom
DEADLINE: 08/06/2025 -
Unlocking Creativity through Mindfulness: Playing with Focus by Limina Collective
21May2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom
DEADLINE: 21/05/2025 -
Online Lecture. Virtual Passport Lecture with Julia Obermaier & Gina Nadine Müller
09May2025
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
Columbia, United States
DEADLINE: 09/05/2025 -
Thursday Talk with Jiro Kamata
07May2025
PXL-MAD School of Arts
Hasselt, Belgium -
Talk by Angela Cork from Bishopsland. Hosted by K2 Academy
28Apr2025
K2 Academy of Contemporary Jewellery
London, United Kingdom -
Thursday Talks with Marion Delarue
27Mar2025
PXL-MAD School of Arts
Hasselt, Belgium -
Artist Talk and Finissage of NK 50 Anniversary Exhibition
26Mar2025
Format Oslo
Oslo, Norway -
Caroline Broadhead. A Jewellery Lecture at Die Neue Sammlung
16Mar2025
Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum
Munich, Germany -
Jewellery Meets Textiles: A Historic Relationship
10Mar2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
APPLICATION CLOSED -
Thursday Talks with Adi Toch
06Mar2025
PXL-MAD School of Arts
Hasselt, Belgium -
Creative Links: Jo Hayes Ward in Conversation
26Feb2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom
APPLICATION CLOSED -
Techniques in Focus: Granulation
17Feb2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
APPLICATION CLOSED -
Unlocking Creativity through Mindfulness: Meeting the Inner Critic by Limina Collective
13Feb2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom
APPLICATION CLOSED -
William Wyon: The Artist Who Shaped an Empire
10Feb2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom
APPLICATION CLOSED