culture

Venice Biennale 2019 review – preaching to the converted

There is much to praise from Ghana, India, France, and a stunning international pavilion. Less admirable is a true horror…

6 years ago

Eurythmics: how we made Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

‘We put a cow in the video, to signify reality. It peed everywhere’

7 years ago

Pritzker prize for architecture won by little known Catalan trio

The most prestigious award in architecture goes to three-person Spanish company who avoid the international limelight and ‘flee from fashions’

8 years ago

The concrete buildings of Brutalism are beautiful

The exceptional brilliance of 1960s architecture comes partly from technical improvements. In its versatility and strength, reinforced concrete was vastly…

8 years ago

Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76

Celebrated Iranian director, whose Taste of Cherry won Cannes’ top prize in 1997, remained in the country after the Islamic…

8 years ago

Peacock and Vine by AS Byatt review – Mariano Fortuny and William Morris, masters of design

Byatt teases out the similarities and contrasts between two multifaceted makers, who each gave their name to famous brands, in…

8 years ago

The Louvre’s missing pyramid and the magic of trompe l’oeil

Muralist JR has cast a spell over the Paris museum’s glass canopy in a work that recalls the Renaissance’s eye-fooling…

8 years ago

Paris’ Museum of Mankind reopens

Although the exterior of the art deco building, located in the famous Trocadero Square overlooking the Eiffel Tower remains unchanged,…

9 years ago

Στο Μοναστηράκι με τον Τεντέν και τη Σοράγια

Αν θες να με βασανίσεις, πήγαινέ με στο Μοναστηράκι, με πορτοφόλι στην τσέπη. Δεν θα μου μείνει φράγκο.

11 years ago

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