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Erwin Wurm likes to fuck with things. Houses, cars, and people; a yacht melting over the roof of a hotel ... the 61 year-old Austrian has a lengthy history of subverting everyday perceptions. All that we are familiar with buckles in the mind of...
The Edit
It's as futile to talk about the emergence of craft beer as it is to point out that baristas wear long beards and dress like they've been working on a Victorian space flight program. Yet let us recap — for those who've been in a Castlemaine...
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Hands up what you think of when you hear the name Shanghai. A shiny skyline reaching up to the heavens? Of course you do. But even at the start of this century, the city was a very different place. In fact, keen eyes could probably pick out...
Dispatches
Beginning in 2014 with an Education Is Not A Crime concert in Los Angeles, #NotACrime has taken the form of an international mural campaign; dropping politically-charged street art treats off in cities like New York, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and...
Berlin
In a city so often celebrated as a hub of creative minds, you're naturally spoilt with galleries, project spaces, museums around each corner. One that overshadows many is the C/O gallery at Zoologischer Garten. Jean Seberg with Rainbow, 2010,...
Dispatches
The most eagerly-awaited album in pop music has dropped at long last, Rihanna's ANTI finally filling a void that has only occasionally been plugged since 2012's Unapologetic; interestingly, none of those stopgaps from last year — Bitch Better Have...
The Edit
The Dark Clicks On at Erin Goldberger's gallery New Release is as gloriously New York as one could imagine; the gallery itself a barely-converted former video shop in Chinatown. Robert Davis, Can't smoke in the confessional, 2016 Ash on...
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Lancaster Gate, London; something very different is happening beyond the well-worn doors of a former hotel on the edge of Hyde Park. Coming over more Berlin than Bayswater, The Averard Hotel has been stripped back to its bare bones as the inevitable...
Dispatches
Knightsbridge, London: street art's most-loved provocateur continues his assault on those opposed to the refugees who are calling the Calais Jungle home. Riffing on the iconic Les Misérables artwork, Banksy's Cosette besieged by CS gas...
The Edit
However much fine art permeates contemporary culture — with art hotels, art restaurants and so forth — a stigma of stuffiness still remains within the white cube format of traditional galleries. Even those who know their Roths from their Rothkos...
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The desired effect of visiting an art exhibition: get lost, escape from reality ... whatever the final destination, whatever the journey can lead to. Jess Johnson's latest show completely disturbs its visitors' senses through a stunning immersion...
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The model village. A week in Devon with mum and dad. The English Riviera spelt out in roadside flowers. Melting ice cream. The scorched, torched, shattered smithereens of society? In a 448 sq ft, 1:87 scale model (a representation of around one...
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
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...
Dispatches
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...
Dispatches
If you’re planning a trip to Berlin and wondering what to wear for the capital’s nightlife, here’s everything you need to know. Berlin’s nightlife is fragmented across neighbourhoods and scenes. What works for a club in Friedrichshain...