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Disturbing, provocative, but utterly fascinating; London-based Swiss artist Andrea Hasler creates sculptures - mainly from wax - with a real car-crash appeal. They may be, in many cases, uncomfortable viewing - but doesn't that make them all the...
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Regular readers will know how much we've enjoyed the varying installations that have occupied a Zurich art gallery cum bed and breakfast known as The Proposal. Presenting conceptual art alongside a gallery-based bedroom and a 'room' in the back of a...
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You may have seen a curious pair of eyes ogling you as you walk from the John Peel Stage into the Dance Village at Glastonbury, you may well have seen 'octopied' buildings as far and wide as Taiwan - Filthy Luker's large-scale 'art attacks' have...
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The multidisciplinary artist Chrissie Abbott has created several film work installations that occupy DreamBagsJaguarShoes, the tiny bar slash gallery on Kingsland Road. Projecting 'interior landscapes' using infinity mirrors, GIFs, and shots of...
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New York artist Inna Babaeva creates elegantly disturbed sculptures and object interventions; her works with expandable foam conjure up visions of organic life-forms, perhaps colour-obsessed alien diseases - molesting their subjects with wildly...
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Looking somewhere between the chaotic remnants of a particularly wild party - you know, the sort the kids on Skins throw weekly - or a deeply unsettling supernatural intervention; LAST NEW YEAR is a bewilderingly brilliant series of installations by...
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Set designers and prop makers, design duo Anna Fulmine and Victoria Shahrokh - who go under the fabulously comic-book moniker of Lightning & Kinglyface - are masters of their craft, and ascending quickly to greatness. With a diverse portfolio...
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Idle Jeremy Kyle-watching (if not participating), frozen food-eating, benefit-collecting shirker dreams of lifestyles of the rich and famous. Wins big on the lottery. Spunks his winnings in typically vulgar display of ostentation. It's not such an...
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I rarely cover art installations in this column, but I found Song Dong’s Waste Not (Wu jin qi yong) currently on display at the Barbican’s Curve both moving, and interesting from a design and styling point of view....
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It's a daring restaurant that invites a Turner Prize winning artist to completely overhaul their dining room. But then this is not your average restaurant. Founded with the vision of truly bringing together a destination for food, art and music -...
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Regular readers will by now be familiar with Zürich's The Proposal - a convention-clobbering marriage of art and accommodation that, back in December, we called "not just a gallery, but possibly the most astonishingly unique B&B we can recall"....
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It's been squished and squashed into nooks and crannies around the world, from Barcelona to Perth, Chicago to Taipei - and even finding its way onto Zaha Hadid's majestic new Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi along the way. Now - having previously...
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
Stand-up comedy has given several up-and-coming performers their way from the legends. Examples of famous stand-up comedians who honed in their craft for success at top comedy clubs are Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Taylor...
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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...
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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...
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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...