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Dispatches
Emerging in the United Kingdom in the mid-1950s and pioneered by progressive artists Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton, the Pop Art movement wouldn't be truly defined as such until it moved to the US in the 1960s. New York artists such as...
The Edit
Club culture as we know it today began with the emergence of nightclubs as spaces for experimentation with interior design, new media, and alternative lifestyles throughout the 1960s; from architect Charles Forberg's NYC counterculture venue The...
Art & Culture
Celebrating some of the most exciting, experimental and divisive albums to be released in the last 30 years, the Stamp Albums: Post-Punk and Stamp Albums: Post-Rock prints from Liverpool-based studio Dorothy are colourful collections of seminal...
The Edit
As ballsy and brilliant as contemporary art can be in 2017, there are times when negating the need for the decoding a greater conceptual understanding can be liberating; if only for doing away with the random-word-generated-gobbledygook of the...
Publications
'Every year, according to a Convention Industry Council study, there are 1.8 million conventions, conferences, meetings, and trade shows in the United States.' Arthur Drooker spells out in the introduction of his new photo-book, Conventional Wisdom,...
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What is New York artist Jordan Wolfson saying with his violently brilliant new work, Colored Sculpture? The single, and singular, sculptural work is the sole ingredient of a current show at New York's David Zwirner gallery; and is an eerie...
London
*Permanently Closed KOJAWAN, a restaurant on the 23rd floor of the Hilton London Metropole is anything but what you expect it to be. Its location is hardly anything to shout about: Edgware Road, only remarkable for human and car traffic, 1970s...
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Imagine arriving in London in the latter half of the 1990s from another planet. What would you report back to those waiting behind the control desks in a civilisation far, far away? Liam Gallagher falling out of the Met Bar; Geri's Union Jack dress;...
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Eric Yahnker likes fuckin' wit y'all, and the Los Angeles-based artist is at it again; presenting a new body of work in an exhibition at New York gallery The Hole. We've had Barack Obama peeping through his White House window at Miley Cyrus,...
The Edit
From Herbie Hancock's Rockit to Phil Collins's Sussudio; Blue Monday to Eddie Murphy — the Oberheim DMX defined the profound and the pap of the early 1980s with its meaty, realistic drum sounds and early adoption by the hip-hop and synth-pop...
Dispatches
Somehow, it still manages to tip the scales of the internet, sending celebs into heated meltdowns and drawing opinion from just about every corner of the world. We've all seen every single inch of Kim Kardashian's body ... yet, when she gets it out,...
Journal
Sean Norvet is that rare — I would have said impossible — thing: a contemporary artist who seems to draw equally on Renaissance proto-surrealist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (he of the beautiful, horrific plant-people), on the exuberantly ribald cartoons...
City Notes
Located in Valencia's La Seu neighbourhood, the city's oldest, Casa Clarita combines luxury, comfort, and modernity, the Jaime Hayon-designed boutique hotel home to ten apartments and 12 guest rooms in a renovated architectural jewel. Ideal for...
City Notes
'Listening bars' continue to be big news in the United States, as high-fidelity vinyl-only dens of high-brow music obsession inspired by intimate Tokyo hideaways crop up in cities around the country, with one objective: to transport us back to the...
Stuff Crush
Author and Hackney-based designer, Lilly Marques, provides text and imagery for Blue Crow Media's latest guide, the Hackney Type Map. Celebrating architectural lettering in Hackney, the two-sided map is the publisher's first title dedicated to...
City Notes
With 217 guest rooms, Arlo Wynwood is, somewhat amazingly, the debut hotel for this now world-famous creative and cultural Miami neighbourhood. Inspired by the bold and artistic nature of Wynwood, whilst embracing an eclectic industrial aesthetic...
Dispatches
Are you considering a move to a place that offers the perfect blend of big-city amenities and small-town charm? Look no further than Des Moines, Iowa! Nestled in the heart of the Midwest, Des Moines is a vibrant and welcoming city that often flies...
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Living in a city is a vibrant and exciting experience, but it also presents unique challenges, especially for pet owners. One of the biggest questions new pet owners often ask is, "Which are the best dogs to own in a city?" There's a lot to consider...
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