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While most of the Commonwealth is celebrating Boxing Day on 26 December — when householders traditionally left gift boxes out for the postie, the milkman and the like — in rural Ireland a different custom is observed. Wren Day sees young men...
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Born in Harlem in 1924 and growing up poor in Brooklyn, Jerome Liebling had it tough. It only got tougher for the young man when, having dropped out of his first semester at Brooklyn College to enlist in World War Two, he was posted to the notorious...
New York
The Upper East Side of Manhattan is known as a bit of a stright-laced kind of neighbourhood, but if anyone could get the locals to lighten up and enjoy life a little more, it's the two lads from Cork who co-own this gastropub. The Irish influence at...
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Denver artist Evan Hecox has been on his travels, and the experiences he's assimilated in the unfamiliar cities of America and beyond have formed the basis of a new collection of works entitled Far. Hecox has ventured to all sorts of places, from...
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I'm reliably informed, by persons far more knowledgable than I on the subject of art theory, that in the work of Matthew Palladino we are encountering “the language of ubiquitous interfaces” using elements “repeated and arranged into elusive...
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DJs mixing; MCs rapping; the flat-tops; the fashion; the perilously acrobatic breakdancing: what started in the Bronx and Manhattan in the 1970s soon exploded out of the New York boroughs and became a worldwide cultural phenomenon. Hip-hop was...
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Even if you can't put a name to it, it's certain you've seen the painting technique known as cangiantismo before. Developed during the Rennaissance, it's a way of changing the hue of a colour within a model to introduce light and shade, but in the...
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With so many different identities, it's a wonder Kalup Linzy can keep track of who he is supposed to be at any one time. The New York-based artist has no less than 22 alter-egos that he has carefully developed since he began the ongoing project in...
Publications
It's hard to believe, when you see their portrayals in film and on TV, that American public housing was once a good news story. The “projects”, as they are known, have become indelibly stained with the stigma of anti-social behaviour, crime,...
Publications
Squatters are usually portrayed as pests — no better than the vermin that also make their homes in abandoned buildings — but a new book from a former squatter shows how organised, skilled inhabitants in dire straits took control of a section of...
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Fleshy sacks of skin and bone known as “Mounds” engage in the age old battle of good and evil in the work of Trenton Doyle Hancock, currently the subject of a mid-career survey at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Part of a larger series of events...
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Belgian street artist ROA specialises in portraying animals — especially those who have been pushed out of their natural habitats by the encroachment of urban developments. For his latest show, at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York, Ghent-born...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Stress has become an unavoidable part of modern life. Between work, family responsibilities, and personal challenges, many people struggle to find a sense of calm. While traditional stress management methods such as meditation, yoga, and exercise...
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Sure, none of us think constantly about potential disasters that could strike our home, such as floods, fires, storm damage and similar. But, things happen. And, when they do, we have to find a way to resolve the situation. Of course, in those...
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Your interior walls stand empty like a blank page that requires your transformation into personal expression and memorabilia. Handmade decor creates the ideal solution to introduce personal touch and home appeal whether your style direction is...
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