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The Edit
Urban artist Word To Mother was born and raised on the English seaside and is now based in London, so why is his latest collection called California Coming Home? The gallery showing the collection, White Walls, is in San Francisco, but that's not...
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They say that the key to getting the crowd on your side at public appearances is to open with a joke, and Kevin Lyons has opened with a big one for his new show – taking over the whole front of HVW8 art and design gallery in Los Angeles as well as...
London
London sushi bar Chotto Matte wanted something a bit different for its new restaurant in Soho – something that gave the place a youthful edge and swerved the usual Japanese clichés. Leaving preconceptions behind and taking nothing more than an...
Publications
The November release of a monograph surveying the rise of D*Face means it can go straight to the top of our list to Father Christmas - it's almost as though publishers Laurence King planned it that way, but accident or not, we're glad of its timely...
London
Like a cartoon anvil dropped from a great height, new Shoreditch bar Far Rockaway has landed with a hefty thump thanks to the all-over urban art riot that has been visited on the interior by some select local talent. One of the perks of opening...
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Since you are reading us, we can safely assume you like art with a heavy dosage of 'pop', and if we're right, there's only one place to be this weekend – the Old Truman Brewery on London's Brick Lane. The Moniker Art Fair is on until Sunday (20...
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The suitably gritty, urban surrounds of The Rag Factory in London's East End is welcoming a veritable Who's Who of UK and international street art under the banner Go Hard or Go Home. Headlining the event is Pure Evil – any mention of him must...
Publications
There are always people doing weird and wonderful things in the name of art – sometimes a bit too weird to get space in mainstream galleries or publications – but now these oddballs and oddities have been given a platform. Authors David Carrier...
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It can sometimes take a while between a building being earmarked for demolition and the plunger being pushed, but rather than let this tower block in Paris' 13th arrondisement rot, filmmaker Thomas Lallier set about coordinating a project immense in...
Journal
"To not dare is to have already lost. We should seek out ambitious, even unrealistic projects... because things only happen when we dream." - Andrea Putnam We visited the Brooklyn address of artist Gilf, her lofty space assembled into both a...
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Hero of the Week Award goes to Thanet District Council for giving the go-ahead to Alex Chinneck's brilliant and ambitious intervention, in the Cliftonville district of Margate, which saw the artist “peel off” the front of a disused house to...
Melbourne
Jimmy Grant is a difficult person to pin down. His restaurant in Melbourne has cleverly based its identity on his lack of identity – the name of the place is a generic nickname that Aussie dock workers used for any number of immigrant workers...
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
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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,...