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While in Basel, I spent a delightful afternoon at Foundation Beyeler. Designed by Renzo Piano to accommodate Ernst Beyeler’s art collection, it houses Monets and Rothkos, which were very exciting to see in the flesh, as well as temporary...
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"Art should not be segregated in museums; it needs to live free among us", states Philadelphian mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, whose murals and inspirational Magic Gardens bring the city alive. It's a statement that I find rings true in Philly, as we...
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I was in Basel last week for Art Basel and without doubt, one of the most interesting installations was in an area called Art Unlimited. It was Open Universe by Ricci Albenda. It was entirely constructed from willow and hung from invisible nylon...
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In art, inspiration comes from many places. Nature, love, trauma, the face you can’t forget. Look, see, make: the old one, two, three. For Jesse Leroy Smith – painter, curator and collaborator - the search for inspiration takes him one step...
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The windswept seaside resort of Blackpool wears many hats. The Kiss Me Quick variety of saucy postcards. Cowboy Stetsons of the hen party gaggle. Granddad's knotted hanky as he sits cooking in his deckchair. The cheap foreign package holiday has...
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Regular readers will remember that, last month, we introduced the fascinating new arts, culture and music gathering - Nova Festival of Arts and Music - and that, earlier this week, we brought you an exclusive video mix of the festival's key music...
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Anthony Dickens’ Tekio wound itself in and out, around and through his stand at The Farmiloe Building as part of Clerkenwell Design Week, like some sort of friendly glow-worm. Inspired by traditional Japanese ‘chochin’ paper lamps, Tekio...
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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...
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When is scratchy, jumpy VHS gonna be treated to the same kind of revivalist worship that analogue camera film is? Surely we can't be too far from a video Instagram, where sun-kissed filters are replaced by TV static and shifting interference. For...
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Although it ended recently, Dualities, Ommissions, Loops & Ruptures - a group show of local artists Chris Engman, Cody Trepte, Samantha Roth, and John Houck at Los Angeles' Luis De Jesus - still serves as a welcome introduction to some exciting...
Paris
After a 10 month, €20 million renovation, most venues would expect a little pizazz - the gloss and glamour of shiny steel, glass and architectural wonder. Paris' Palais de Tokyo is not most venues. "Nothing is perfectly clean, nothing is...
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The concept’s quite simple. Take a (new Honda Civic) car, its raw data, the nuts and bolts of its design, and use every bit to create an enormous audiovisual art work. House it at MUMA Kraftwerk, Berlin’s industrialised homage to all things vast...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Florida welcomed a record 143 million visitors in 2024, and many of them booked stays in the state’s 65,000-plus short-term rentals that stretch from Pensacola to Key West. If you own one of those homes, you’ve probably juggled midnight leak...
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Joint pain from arthritis can make even simple movements feel like a challenge. Many people face a tough choice between using a cream that targets pain at the surface or taking a pill that works throughout the body. Each method provides benefits,...
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Ever notice how some people seem to effortlessly achieve gorgeous hairstyles while others struggle for hours to recreate the same look? The secret often comes down to understanding hair texture, a fundamental aspect of hair care that many overlook....
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People often hope that once they decide to end a marriage, the finish line comes quickly. But divorce has its own calendar, built on paperwork, negotiations, and legal requirements. Some timelines shrink when couples agree easily. Others stretch...