Goldmark 40, 2026

With Spring’s rejuvenating energy now to be seen working its way across our local countryside, this year appears to be busier than ever for the gallery. Several long-term projects will come to fruition this year, most excitingly Oliver Bancroft’s ‘Birds from the Dark Parts of the Map’ – a Herculean effort some 14 or more years in the making, and featured prominently in this issue. This March will also see the debut of our youngest exhibiting potter to date in Charlie Collier, representing a new generation of exceptional makers. Plenty to celebrate still, despite the state of the world around us. Mike Goldmark

CONTRIBUTORS

Robert Garland is a classicist, ancient historian and author, and is currently the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. A former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the George Grote Ancient History Prize, he has written a number of books – both academic and popular – on ancient Greek and Roman history.

Robin Holt Working in Scandinavia, the U.K. and Japan, Robin has enjoyed a serpentine academic life studying organisational form. Currently Professor of Strategy and Aesthetics at the University of Bristol Business School, his latest book, Craft Work: Making Form in a Broken World, is an inquiry into the intimacy between organizational form, work practice and aesthetic values.

Andrew Lambirth is a writer, critic and curator. Formerly art critic of The Spectator between 2002 and 2014, he has written on art for publications including The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Modern Painters, The Art Newspaper, and the Royal Academy magazine. Among his many books are monographs on John Nash, Craigie Aitchison, Roger Hilton, Maggi Hambling, John Hoyland, David Inshaw, Margaret Mellis, Allen Jones, William Gear, L. S. Lowry and R. B. Kitaj.

Sam Llewellyn is a writer, publisher and editor, and the author of some forty novels for adults and children. Since 2010 he has been the editor of the Marine Quarterly, a journal of the sea. He is a columnist for Practical Boat Owner, Hortus and Broad Sheep magazines and the RYA website, and a sought-after public speaker.

David Whiting is an art critic and curator, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and member of the International Association of Art Critics. With specialist expertise in contemporary ceramics, he has curated exhibitions for Galerie Besson, York Museums Trust and the Crafts Council and written monographs on artists including Gordon Baldwin, Ewen Henderson and Richard Batterham.