The ballerina stripped bare
Marcel Duchamp caused an outcry stripping the bride bare. Today he would have to strip himself, strip his skin and then flay his flesh. Provocation gets old and dies, and yet there are...
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And the winners are …
Last night in London belonged to the fashion industry, as the BFC hosted its annual celebration of today’s creative talent and design excellence. The 2013 British Fashion Awards, hosted by Jack Whitehall, were...
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Christmas by Courvoisier
This Christmas, Courvoisier are making it personal. Pick up your bottle of Courvoisier XO, Courvoisier 21 Year Old, or L’Essence de Courvoisier at Selfridges this year and have it engraved with a bespoke personal...
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Many hands make light work
What do you get when you cross an engineer with an art director and a photographer? Oh, and some furniture designers and a few industrial engineers? Haberdashery is the fruit of such a...
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Introducing Charles Goode
As a child, Charles Goode would accompany his father around the world, as he collected and traded gems, antiques and objects d’art from auctions and markets. Now, the third generation Charles launches a fine...
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Boat by Zhu Jin Shi at the Rubbell Family Collection
Boat, a monumental 12-metre walk-in installation by Chinese artist Zhu Jin Shi will be exhibited for the first time in America as the centrepiece of 28 Chinese artists at the Rubbell Family Collection...
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Dreaming Rich – Yinka Shonibare’s first solo show in Hong Kong
Renowned British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare presents his first solo show with Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong, entitled Dreaming Rich. The exhibition continues the artist’s exploration on colonialism and post-colonialism with a series...
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La Belle Epoque
As we landed in Geneva, ready to make the one hour drive to the Du Parc Residences, we were grimly informed by the Captain to expect rain. This wasn’t actually delivered until the...
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Temperley London for Gordon’s Gin
Following the success of Ten Green Bottles by Sir Terence Conran last year, the makers of Gordon’s, has partnered with British fashion house, Temperley London. Led by Alice Temperley, the designer has reinvented...
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Art company Beautiful Crime launches temporary concept store for art lovers
Urban and contemporary London-based art company, Beautiful Crime has opened BCC, the Beautiful Crime Concept shop, in Covent Garden, London. The BCC store (and the first of its kind, the owners’ claim, in...
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London’s hidden interiors
London Hidden Interiors is a thrill. The English Heritage book satiates a curiosity, instigates a hunt and strengthens a romance with London, my fair city. I fancy a great deal of cities: Munich,...
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A new kid in Knightsbridge
There’s never been a good reason to turn left out of Harrods. The stretch of shops that joins Knightsbridge to South Kensington has historically only hosted overpriced kitchen shops or tourists looking...
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The World’s Best Bar
The Artesian Bar at London’s Langham Hotel has just followed up its 2012 award for World’s Best Bar by winning it again. Manager Alex Kratena and his team have created a menu creative...
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Rolls-Royce Wraith – The rebirth of a classic
“I’d like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.” ? F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby When I first met Alex Innes, it...
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Samia Halaby: New Paintings
At 77, Samia Halaby is not lacking in inspiring, youthful energy and clearly enjoys challenging those around her. Even when photographing her, I asked for a subtle smile, to which she replied,...
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Paradise lost
Magnificent, compelling and often disconcerting, Edward Burtynsky’s images of manmade (and man-destroyed) landscapes have taken the art world by storm. Burtynsky speaks to Glass on oil, environment and why China is the country...
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Walking on diamonds
Heritage brand A.F.Vandevorst has teamed up with The Antwerp World Diamond Centre and the Flanders Fashion Institute and Diarough/UNI-Design to create a unique pair of boots studded with diamonds from Diarough for the...
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Business of Design Week announces key speakers
Next week sees the launch of the Hong Kong Centre’s internationally renowned 11th annual Business of Design Week. Asia’s leading event on innovation in design tackles current design issues through various exhibitions, international...
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