Intelligent Naivety

The multi-coloured building blocks of our childhood are taking on new cultural associations with the launch of the Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture range.

Architect Adam Reed Tucker has collaborated with The LEGO Group and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release the Frank Lloyd Wright … Read more

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The words ‘Flat pack’ might well evoke feelings of anger, frustration and failure for most of us but the Mammoth Music Theatre think outside the box and have put IKEA furniture to a wholly different and somewhat more inspirational use.

The innovative music theatre group recently staged Flatpack the … Read more

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Nude life drawing, by some strange quirk of the zeitgeist, has become a positive phenomenon. The Artangel collective is shortly to undertake a national project that will culminate in Channel 4 broadcasting naked models in primetime.

The Secret Garden Party festival next month will devote a whole arena to life-drawing, while … Read more

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NY Times Square is going to turn cultural in a very big way beginning the 24th June. Travelling exhibitions “Titanic” and “Tutankamun” will plant their roots in the enormous space - imagine 2 football pitches across 2 floors. Of course we wouldn’t expect anything less than this new venture, teaming … Read more

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Front page Cambridge Evening News: the Fitzwilliam Museum preferred to turn down a total £120,000 in grants rather than display The Art Fund’s pink heart logo next to a loaned 17th century Bassetti painting. Its director, Dr Timothy Potts, explained to the June edition of the Art Newspaper, “Logos are … Read more

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Today’s world is a consumer society where brands rule and a logo often takes prominence over the actual product itself. Artist Sarah Kissel’s fascination with haute couture’s identity crisis and in particular this movement of diffusion labels is expressed in her latest ‘luxury brand degradation’ art project.

Pure Magenta is a … Read more

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Oh we’ve found our Friday night frolic! The new Doodle Bar opens tonight and organisers are encouraging guests to doodle everywhere - the doors, the windows, the furniture and the staff! Nothing, dear reader, is off limits (or did we make that last bit up?). Illustrators from art collective Debut … Read more

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Here’s one for the diary…Marked as the ‘social media highlight of 2009’, on June 18th ABSOLUT® VODKA, the world’s most iconic spirits brand, brings us ‘Visions in an Absolut World’. The event showcases an exclusive selection of work by eleven of today’s most relevant international style bloggers, collaborating for the … Read more

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Video art lovers hit the streets of Barcelona last week for this year’s LOOP festival. The seventh incarnation of the festival took over the whole city with videos screened in over 100 venues. Dozens of galleries from all over the world exhibited and a few of them were … Read more

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It seems that the culture fever due to hit Athens this summer with the 2nd Athens Biennale taking place in June, extends further than the boundaries of the bustling capital. Spilling into the downtown districts of Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio [KM] the cultural diversity of the area manifests itself in the … Read more

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David Baldacci, the best-selling thriller author, learned what some of his fans think when “First Family,” his latest novel, went on sale last month. Amazon initially charged a little over $15 for a version for its Kindle reading device, and readers revolted.

Several posted reviews objecting that the electronic edition of … Read more

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You know those fleeting moments when all feels right with the world? Dusky summer evenings after work, outside shooting the breeze? Well thank you Somerset House for providing us with the perfect summer venue - The Bombay Sapphire Dusk Bar. Designed by Tom Dixon, this place is sure to be … Read more

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