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Uphill Both Ways, curated by Roger Gastman, opened on June 29th and exhibits the works of revered street-influenced artists Revok and Pose within the walls of Chelsea space, Jonathan Levine Gallery. Both artists visualised their life experiences in...
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Berlin's Sarah Illenberger is an artist of arrangement; her 3D illustrations are as much about placement as the objects she uses to create them. Her endlessly inventive manipulation of the everyday and mundane is quite something to see – just take...
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While tremendously entertaining, we've never found Amsterdam a particularly healthy place to visit. That's all down to our poor impulse control, but now for the more grown up visitors to the city there's an activity that's good for body and soul...
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Charged with the task of creating scenescapes that defy logic, suspend reality, amaze and perplex; most resort to Photoshop, 3D modelling or some other technological somesuch. When asked to create such a visual scenario for a new Ford advert,...
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Verbier, the Swiss mountain village famed for its winter skiing and a holiday playground for the rich and famous. The thing about skiing though is that, apart from being among the quickest way to break yourself, it's really a strictly downhill...
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Science fiction fans may know the word “frack” as a cheeky way for the writers of the Battlestar Galactica TV series to swear their way around the pre-watershed censoring, but fracking is also a bit of a dirty word in the real-life scientific...
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Canadian Angela Bulloch is an artist who likes things lit up, lined up, squared off. Not for her the chaos of her late 1980s contemporaries, but the order of mathematics, the beauty of geometry, and the calculable comfort of frequency. Since...
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If you've ever pondered the connection between eroticism, geometry and death at any great length, you and sculptor Ted Lawson would have plenty to talk about for those three unlikely bedfellows are the central themes of Crude, the Bostonian's second...
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Experiencing an entire funfair in one go may sound like a surefire shortcut to Vomitsville, but it turns out to be an absorbing way of looking at things when presented by James Dive of The Glue Society. His latest work Once, on display at Denmark's...
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The kings of miniature monstrosities and terrifying table-top tableaux, the Chapman brothers, are back. In their signature small-scale, large-scope style, The Sum of All Evil is Jake and Dinos's latest examination of mankind's failures, weaknesses...
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What do you buy the woman who has everything? Certainly not a handbag designed by Andrea Hasler – not unless you want to break up with them in the most severe way. The Swiss artist has had us retching with her commentary on consumerism before, and...
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Continuing our series of posts from Pictoplasma 2013, I met the wonderfully curious Mr Clement on a boutique-lined street in Berlin to get to the bottom of his iconic Petit Lapin sculptures - discussing little old French ladies, where his name...
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“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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...