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Powerful, inhumanely detailed and, well, really quite disturbing; Ron Mueck's sculptures are frighteningly real, and utterly fascinating. You literally can't take your eyes off them. Showing recently at Hauser & Wirth's Savile Row gallery, this...
London
Anish Kapoor's awkwardly looming Orbit tower has, understandably, met with a lukewarm reception so far - our Twitter feed beholds much indifference, occasional disdain and a whole lot of WTF! for the highly regarded artist's monolithic creation. I'm...
Journal
John Rainey is studying for an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. His Computer Augmented Portrait series was chosen to be part of the RCA’s Paradise exhibition in Milan’s Ventura Lambrate district. Using the entire...
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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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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...
Publications
American artist Mark Jenkins' hard-hitting sculptural street art is finally the subject of a monograph, in the form of German publisher Gestalten's 160-page The Urban Theater. Haunting and disquieting, Jenkins' tape sculptures seek to provoke their...
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We recently stumbled across a surprising take on the abiding tradition of animal skin rugs. New York based artist Joshua Longo's monster skin rug had us in raptures; we had to find out more. Turns out Joshua is a multi-disciplinary artist with a...
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Inspired by the memories of his father's industrial workshop, Rotterdam-based artist Ron Van Der Ende now creates inspired bas-relief sculptures from reclaimed wood in his own workshop. With their delicate painting like appearance , and perplexing...
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Martin Klimas' exploding porcelain figurines are a few years old - originally shown at Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum in 2008 - but, having just come to our attention via Designboom, we couldn't resist featuring them for those of you, like us,...
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Retro-tech. The kids can't get enough of it. Cassettes look cool - a damn sight better than CDs anyway. And those brightly coloured things we put them inside in the 80s? Just too très-cool for old skool. But, in reality, the 3 1/2 inch floppies and...
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Part sculptural artworks, part site-specific installations, London-based Parisian Noemie Goudal's photography is often unsettling - always captivating, and utterly beautiful. The Central Saint Martins graduate produces alluring works that transform...
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Whilst in town for last week's Interiors UK at the NEC, we dropped in on Birmingham's "cultural quarter", the aptly named Custard Factory - the 5-acres of riverside factories it occupies were built some 100-years ago, by custard's inventor; Sir...
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
Can you get free real estate classes online in Georgia? Absolutely. Online platforms offer a wide range of free learning materials across various industries; including real estate education. If you are just starting out and looking for free or...
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Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
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Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...
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Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...