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Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
© TRACEY EMIN. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo: KERRY RYAN.
José Chávez Morado, 'Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo)' (detail), 1939. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Loyal Davis © DACS 2013.
Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, 1978-86. © Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com & Piano + Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1971-77. © Francois Le Diascorn / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
2 August 2013
Douglas Murphy is a writer and critic. He is the author of The Architecture of Failure (Zero, 2012) and writes for many publications including the Guardian, Frieze, RIBA Journal and Building Design. He is architecture correspondent for Icon magazine, and is currently writing Last Futures for Verso.
The architecture of Richard Rogers emerged from a period when the future was malleable, and radical change was very much possible. Viewed from half a century later, have the promises of that period been realised? What was lost along the way, and could it and should it be found again?
7–7.30pm
Gallery 10, Burlington Gardens
Free with an exhibition ticket (no booking required)
NB. This Soapbox Talk replaces that by Owen Hatherley which had been previously advertised. Owen Hatherley will instead be speaking in the What next for architecture? event on 11 October.
Taking place in Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out , the Soapbox provides a literal platform for key figures from the worlds of architecture, design, art and engineering to make fresh and passionate 15-minute polemics on some the central issues confronting architecture and cities, today and in the future. Provocative and inspiring, contentious and stimulating, audience participation is actively encouraged! Find out more
