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The Edit
London-based artist Celina Teague clearly has a love/hate relationship with social media. In fact, don't we all? It consumes Teague, though; her latest body of work a critical look at 'hashtag activism'. I think therefore I # opened this week at...
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The playwrights of ancient Greece take credit for developing the theatrical genres of comedy, satire and tragedy, and two and a half thousand years later the country is mired in a surfeit of the latter from which it is desperately trying to escape....
Dispatches
It's the pockets of anti-capitalism; anti-austerity; anti-toffs-taking-us-all-for-a-fucking-ride remaining in London that give us hope for a future where people matter over pound. One 'hood taking things literally is an area of London that holds a...
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STRIKE! — a bi-monthly subversive politics newspaper — went viral last year, their Totally Pointless poster designs being put up around London, thanks to a "shadowy art-activism organisation" going under the name of The Special Patrol Group...
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By the time Nan Goldin was introduced to photography by a school teacher in 1968, the 15-year-old had already left home and enrolled in a community school in Lincoln, Massachusetts. An independent, adventurous streak shaped the young artist, and it...
Journal
The acclaim which met the publication of A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick earlier this year reinforced Meryl Meisler's position as one of the foremost New York documentary photographers of the last 40 years. Self-Portrait Playmate...
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The U.S. National Archives have just made a bunch of photographs of Vice President Cheney in the aftermath of 9/11 available on their Flickr feed. They show Dick kicking back in his office, watching news footage of the attacks on a telly set that's...
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New York Magazine Bill Cosby Cover Bill Cosby has been a very naughty boy (allegedly — Legal Editor) and, last night, New York Magazine threw shade on the The Cosby Show star in the most of damning of fashions. Putting faces and personal...
Publications
Larry Fink had begun his life on the farm as a “soft city hipster”, but six years of toiling on the land, and cutting down his own fuel from forest timber, had hardened him. In 1980, word came from Seattle Art Museum with an offer of a...
Publications
As an outsider in a big city, sometimes a sense of isolation and uncertainty can sneak up on you, seemingly from nowhere, and chill you to the core. It happened to Swiss filmmaker Edo Bertoglio in New York on a clear, cold afternoon decades ago...
The Edit
Cowboys were a part of American cultural folklore long before they were co-opted as heroes of Hollywood cinema. There was something about those rugged cattlemen that encapsulated the pioneer spirit of the country's early settlers, and in a time when...
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In 1992, just before his 60th birthday, Hokkaido-born photographer Masahisa Fukase was leaving his favourite bar when he tumbled down the stairs, causing a traumatic and irreversible brain injury that left him incapacitated. He remained that way...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
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Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
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Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...