i've been very absent here (ever fond of the gnomic and the oxymoron) be patient please. Read More

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Louise Bourgeois dies in New York, aged 98 | Art and design | The Guardian: "" r.i.p. Read More

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probably the most photographed area of tokyo. during the heady days of japan's bubble economy in the late 'eighties, it was rumoured that this area of tokyo's land value was greater than the whole of los angeles. just to show i'm ...Read More

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there he was last tuesday, in his trademark cap, beard and loping gait, looking every bit like the ludicrously priced limited edition action man doll ron arad on sale in the gift shop. the doll was being sold alongside those ...Read More

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the image here has given the title to the exhibition - running at the photographer's gallery until the end of january - 'open see' is a reference to the red felt pen annotation to the photograph. 'in the open see ...Read More

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the british magazine blueprint has in the past provided a key forum for  the renaissance of design modernism in contemporary british architecture. during the 1980s under the editorship of deyan sudjic, who recruited writers including jonathan glancey, james woudhuysen, rowan ...Read More

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Chris Ofili 27 January  –  16 May 2010 Chris Ofili’s intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings are on show at Tate Britain in a major survey of the artist’s career that brings together over 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and ...Read More