Stroll Along A Rainbow Road At The Royal Pavilion & Garden

The last time we wrote about British artist Lois O’Hara, she’d rejuvenated a pair of public tennis courts in northern England with her signature fluid forms and vibrant colors. Four years and myriad projects later, she’s created another smile-inducing installation about 300 miles south for “Colour,” an aptly named exhibition currently on view at the Royal Pavilion & Garden in Brighton. Pathways of Joy, O’Hara says, “lifts people’s spirits and draws them into a sense of movement and energy as they approach the grand entrance of the pavilion,” which is an 1820’s Grade I–listed landmark built by architect John Nash for King George IV that blends Indian- and Chinese-inspired architecture and was a pioneer of vivid interiors. Indeed, Pathways not only beckons, it also foreshadows what’s inside: Each of the Regency rooms is devoted to a specific hue and emotion and appointed with such bespoke items as a hat by legendary British milliner Stephen Jones. “The artistic interventions,” Royal Pavilion curator Dr. Alexandra Loske adds, “demonstrate how color, whether in the early 19th century or today, evokes feelings and enchants.”