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The Edit
While hordes of shoppers were left disappointed recently after queueing in vain for sold-out PlayStations and Xboxes, art-savvy gamers headed to Art Basel Miami Beach for a bit of button bashing at the (take a deep breath) FAILE BÄST Deluxx Fluxx...
Journal
London address 20 Blackfriars Road has seen some interesting times in its two-and-a-bit centuries, but this latest incarnation by artist Alex Chinneck created as a finale to the Merge Festival must take the cake. The passage on the right side used...
Miami
I'm confronted by a gargantuan Shepard Fairey mural, graffitied walls by the likes of Kenny Scharf and Ron English surround us - the impressive walls feel like a Louvre of street art's elite. New York? Los Angeles? Berlin? No. An emerging...
Journal
Amid the orderly trees of Brooklyn's MetroTech Common, a strange sight now greets morning commuters as they pass by. What are these strange technicolour shapes piled on the plaza? A crash site of a UFO perhaps. The debris of a meteorite impact. The...
The Edit
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset already had some ideas for their V&A show when on a tour of the museum, they stumbled across some storage rooms. The pair knew instantly that the former textile galleries would form an integral part of their...
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As an exhibition title, I Who Have Arrived in Heaven has shades of the posthumous retrospective about it, but Yayoi Kusama is still going strong – stronger than most people could hope for at 84. The extraordinary Japanese artist is producing...
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They say that the key to getting the crowd on your side at public appearances is to open with a joke, and Kevin Lyons has opened with a big one for his new show – taking over the whole front of HVW8 art and design gallery in Los Angeles as well as...
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The science of nutrition has never been more advanced, and yet obesity levels are soaring. Cynicism towards advertising is at an all time high, and yet we keep buying shit like there's no tomorrow. Are we really so easily manipulated, do we just...
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The House of Peroni opens its Grade II listed doors again to a whole host of Italian talent tomorrow, and we recently dropped by for a sneak preview. From fashion installations by Simone Rainer to daily changing soundtrack designs by music maestro...
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Anyone who has dined in a well-known fast food restaurant and thought their food tasted remarkably like the box it came in will find a connection to Roxy Paine's wooden replica Carcass - part of grand-scale two part installation, Apparatus -...
Amsterdam
There was a time when dropping ones aitches was considered a sign of low class, but times have clearly changed – art'otel amsterdam near the city's Central Station has got buckets of the stuff with a youthful, contemporary edge thanks to the work...
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“And now for your viewing an listening pleasure, a recital on the Theremin...” What the deuce is a Theremin? I hear at least a few of you ask, and the answer not a cholesterol medication, but a very strange musical instrument named after its...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
Dispatches
China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
Dispatches
It's important to pick the right company to clean your air ducts so that your home stays healthy and safe. When your air ducts are clean, the air quality inside your home is better, which is good for everyone's health. But how do you choose which...
Dispatches
We’ve all seen them. You know, rickety and rusty carports dragging down a property’s curb appeal. In fact, the eyesore is all you pay attention to. Even though carport designs have improved over the years the structures still lack some curb...