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not the sort of thing i usually cover here, but i recently made the acquaintance of natalie holland - russian born painter, who lived for many years in norway, and has recently settled in the uk. her portrait of the ...Read More

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that's how the guardian describes SANAAs contribution to the annual series of summer pavilions at the serpentine gallery SANAA are a tokyo based architectural practice led by sejima kazuyo, and nishizawa ryue. a former collaborator with toyo ito, another luminary of ...Read More

7nagasin

the word iconic is flung around when talking about buildings scheduled for demolition far too often for anyone's good, but in the case of kurokawa's capsule building in tokyo, the attribute is entirely justified. the building almost is tokyo in ...Read More

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back in the day. schooldays. lord how we laughed at the primitive disbelievers who doubted the certainties of science, suggesting columbus was mad to sail across the atlantic. that columbus couldn't find a westward passage to the indies (he didn't) ...Read More

michael and bubbles

jeff koons in london with a major new exhibition. whatever your opinion, or what you believe about koons, his work can't be ignored as a phenomenon that was at the centre of art in the 'eighties, but how relevant is ...Read More

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only a few days left Ten international artists - Charles Avery, Thomas Hirschhorn, Yayoi Kusama, Bo Christian Larsson, Mark Manders, Yoshitomo Nara, Jason Rhoades, Pipilotti Rist, Chiharu Shiota and Keith Tyson - transform the Hayward Gallery's indoor galleries and outdoor sculpture terraces ...Read More

even worse when its one's own stupid fault. it will be possible to reconstruct some of the most recent and relevant posts, and the longer articles still exist, so they'll be coming back - eventually. meanwhile, you could try checking my ...Read More