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In the mid 1980s the Western world was riding high, money was growing on trees, and the economic boom was deafening. Corporations were king, and brands like Ford were icons of the capitalist success story. Then came Black Monday of 1987, and by...
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Art Now! Vol 4 has arrived from publishers Taschen. This weighty tome is the latest in an ongoing series which is a bit like the art equivalent of the Now! music releases – if it's hot in the galleries of the world at the moment, it will be in...
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The Nine Nameless Mountains project is the result of a very different kind of road trip, more of an expedition into the wilderness than a pan-continental motoring adventure. Maanantai Collective, a group of young Helsinki photographers, packed its...
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German architectural photographer Dieter Leistner has experienced something few can lay claim to. Since the 1940s Korea has been divided as Germany once was, and North Korea – an oppressive and famously secretive place under single party socialist...
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“Ahead of its time” is a description applied with the benefit of hindsight, and there are certainly plenty of examples from the art world of forward-thinking experimentation causing developmental shockwaves, even if most critics recoiled in...
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Contemporary artist Grayson Perry's alternative take on the British class system, In the Best Possible Taste, was one of the TV hits of last year, and coincided with a series of epic scale woven tapestries on the topic, inspired by Hogarth 's The...
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Harry Parr, one half of the infamous food-tinkering duo - and now of newly launched publishing house Bompas & Parr Editions - is going into his new venture with eyes wide open. “We won't sell many books,” he says, and he's probably right (in...
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Some artists demand absolute peace and quiet while they work, total seclusion in which to create. Brandon Graham is not one of those artists. By the same token, occasionally we are fortunate to bring you a glimpse into the creative process, but...
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It is said that a picture paints a thousand words, which might be true, but why not have some words with the pictures to make sure the message comes across? Can't hurt, can it? Photographers' agents Horton-Stephens thought they'd put the “text”...
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This escapade starts with a group of 15 chefs disappearing into a Nordic forest together, and what ensues is not a horror film or a reality TV show, but something that has been described as the most important event in culinary research happening...
Publications
It's a shame no-one holds masquerade balls any more if only because one wouldn't have much opportunity to wear these incredible creations commissioned by Sydney concept gallery He Made She Made otherwise. Each of the Masked Intentions series is the...
Music
These days any old Tom, Dick or Harry can foist their dubious artistic talents onto the unsuspecting general public. If you've got enough patience to write 90,000 words that more or less relate to one another, you can self-publish your book. Are you...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
Moving, renovating, or downsizing in a fast-growing city like Dallas can quickly become overwhelming. Between tight housing transitions, unpredictable weather, and the sheer logistics of packing up a home or office, it’s easy to feel buried under...
Dispatches
Drivers race the yellow light constantly. It's become normal behavior. Someone sees the light turn yellow and accelerates to beat it rather than slowing down. Another driver is already committed to going through. They collide in the middle of the...
Dispatches
Once upon a time, hotels were where we went to escape real life, and homes were where we returned to it. Today, that separation is disappearing. The warmth, comfort, and design sophistication that once defined boutique hotels are now finding their...
Dispatches
Moving is one of those life events that sits somewhere between chaos and reinvention. It’s stressful, yes — but it’s also a rare opportunity to start over. To touch every object you own, question its purpose, and decide what kind of person...