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Painting, according to Andy Warhol, was merely a phase he went through. Quite a dismissive statement for a discipline on which his reputation was made, but it was perhaps not meant to denigrate the genre, but more that Warhol always regarded his...
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The woman born in 1918 Idaho as Francis Elizabeth Kent led an extraordinary life — more than one life, you might say. After her typical childhood came a move out West, joining the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary nunnery straight from high...
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As a term to describe women, “bird” doesn't go over very well in these days of enlightened feminism. Having said that, there's no denying that Parra's feminine figures have a touch of the avian about their features. So do the men, on the odd...
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In the deceptively simple Tom Petty song Yer So Bad, the singer tells the story of his sister's tangled love life with a central theme of betrayal, and it's the jumping off point for Dutch artist Parra and his series of canvas and paper artworks of...
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One was a renowned British socialist and a pioneer of 19th Century industrialism, the other an American artist in thrall to the consumerist machine and very much a product of the 20th Century. So what exactly do William Morris and Andy Warhol have...
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Transcending the barriers thrown up by ideological differences, Pop Art was and remains one of the most unifying cultural forces to exist between East and West. While the Iron and Bamboo Curtains kept the world staunchly separated politically, Pop...
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For some reason I never had Andy Warhol pegged as a big celebrator of Christmas, but it turns out that the famously phlegmatic artist liked to put on a Santa hat and a novelty jumper and lark about with his chums just like everyone else – at least...
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Nowadays, if we want to see a freak show we just turn on the internet, but back in the good old days we had to wait for the circus to come to town. Exotic, mysterious, and perhaps just the right amount of creepy to excite a child's interest,...
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Andy Warhol was noted for his exploration of repetition in his art, and the 1978-9 work Shadows is a spectacular manifestation of that obsessional quality. The project was conceived as a single piece made up of 102 panels featuring the same two...
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Credited as one of the pioneers of the Pop Art movement in Japan, Keiichi Tanaami's creative journey started at a young age as a witness to the horrors of World War Two. Images of destruction were indelibly burned onto the imagination of the 9...
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Hattie Stewart's dentist probably doesn't keep her sitting around too long in the waiting room, or else the practice copy of Coarse Angling Today is liable to get the treatment before her teeth do. Stewart gets up to all sorts of mischief when left...
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The work of Tom Wesselmann, one of the leading lights of the American Pop Art movement, is receiving a major late-work retrospective in London this month. Wesselmann actually disliked the term Pop when applied to his works – he claimed that Pop...
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Having tracked the delicious design developments of lifestyle aparthotel brand, Locke, since their London debut in 2016, it was our pleasure to call their latest and most ambitious project home for a few days whilst pumping gallons of fine German...
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Digital artist and designer, Neon Saltwater, transformed a 1930s gas station in Downtown Las Vegas for the latest edition of the Life is Beautiful festival, curated by the women-led art platform Justkids. Based in Seattle, multimedia artist...
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Historically a working-class neighbourhood, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve has seen slow gentrification in the past few years, the Montréal district now brimming with an eclectic mix of pawn shops and dive bars located alongside high-end furniture shops and...
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Immersive storytelling company, Catching Flights, presents Wonderland Dreams by Alexa Meade, the new interactive art experience and bar open until April 2023 at 529 5th Avenue, New York. Bringing to life the story of Alice’s Adventures in...
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If you’re used to sailing with the aid of a skipper, your first foray into the waters without one can be daunting. But if you follow these five safety tips for your first bareboat yacht charter, you’ll be fine. So brush up on the top sailing...
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If you’ve played at an online casino before, you will probably have noticed that European and French Roulette are rather similar. Unlike American Roulette, they both have a single zero pocket and are nearly identical, right? Well, not exactly. In...
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