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Aug 8, 2008
Every year a handful of unsuspecting tourists in Florence fall prey to 'The Stendhal Syndrome' – an affliction that causes swooning fits and panic attacks when faced with the overwhelming power of great artistic masterpieces. But in Avignon in 2007 French artist Rindy Sam did one better than these itinerant art victims, feeling so overcome by a white Cy Twombly canvas that she placed a smeary kiss on its otherwise unblemished surface.
Jul 30, 2008
LK visited William Ling's latest showing of new illustrators and their work including Marko Matysik.
Jul 30, 2008
Standfirst "Recognising the need", Charles Eames said, "is the primary condition for design". Early in their now well-documented and critically lavished careers together, Charles and Ray identified the need for affordable furniture for the average consumer. And thanks to their innovative designs, a lot of which were world firsts, bachelors for generations have benefited from decors that don't act as a diatribe of bad design.
Jul 24, 2008
The installations aim to evoke our sensitivity to space and heighten our awareness to our surroundings. You can venture into the room of dolls houses or stumble into an apartment caught up in mid explosion.
Jul 15, 2008
As far as I can make out (it wasn't that easy), Death Note: The Last Name, follows the trials and tribulations of a Japanese high-school student cum supernatural, crime-fighting, serial-killer, Light Yagami.
Jul 4, 2008
"I mean, it didn't look slick or luxurious, what was it meant to be anyway?" These less than immortal words, overheard as I walked through St James Square on the morning of the first, came from the mouth of a preppy young American suit, enervated by the sale for twelve million pounds by Christies, the day before, of a sculpture by Jeff Koons, which had, for the past ten days or so, been on public view not fifty feet from where I stood.
Jul 2, 2008
It must be possible to extrapolate via some piece of economic mechanics the health and buoyancy of a city's art market by the amount of project spaces exhibiting at any one time.
Jul 1, 2008
Tanya Ling! @ The Barbican (part of the house of Viktor & Rolf)
Acclaimed London based fashion illustrator, Tanya Ling, conducts a live fashion illustration performance inspired by Viktor & Rolf’s Autumn/Winter 2008-09 Ready-to-Wear collection live in the gallery.
The name ‘Juno’ was on the lips of more than just your spotty adolescent on a cheap date to …
The new Coen brothers film reverts back to the old school.
2007's summer of sequels, threequels and sick-to-the-teeth-quels led many think that maybe …
Stefan Abingdon, frontman to pop/electro/hiphop combo "The Clik Clik" is a big fan of Johnny …
PPQ of Mayfair show their latest collection at the BFC tent for London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter …
Vince AKA "FrankMusik" hops into bed with Will to chat about his hyperactive chipmunk music, what …
The Lovely Jonjo hosted Durrr to the great pleasure of all those who attended.
Ilya Fleet had a huge launch party with art installations and bondage themed performances. Check …
Hannah Holland's Bastard Batty Bass night is pretty wild. Check out the photos!
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