Retro lifestyles going digital

Maybe it all started with Mad Men. Since the cult series appeared on our screens in 2008, retro has become the cool tendency among Generation X. It is definitely thanks to Don Draper that Old Fashioned, Americano and other classic cocktails have been revived in upmarket bars between New York, London and Paris. Not to … Read more

Simon Denny: the artist explaining blockchain with Pokémon

His ‘fan art’ exhibition tells the story of blockchain visionaries, bitcoin and the future of cryptocurrency through the mediums of cartoons and board games

Voynich Manuscript, The Most Mysterious Book, To Be Cloned

The Voynich Manuscript, a manuscript originated between 1404 and 1438 and written in an unknown language, is considered to be one of the world’s most mysterious books. Locked in a vault at Yale University’s Beinecke Library, the centuries-old book remains a secret for the best cryptographers of the world. The weathered book includes stylish writing and … Read more

Warhol’s self-portrait gives us a glimpse into the impenetrable artist

In Self-Portrait With Platinum Bouffant Wig, the king of pop art uses Marilyn Monroe to explore the relationship between identity and celebrity

Mark Wallinger at the Freud Museum review – mirror mirror on the ceiling

Freud Museum, London
The British artist transforms Sigmund Freud’s study into a Dalí-inspired hall of mirrors for a meta-surrealist look at art, psychoanalysis and self-obsession

Pink Floyd’s psychedelic revolution will rock the V&A

Museum to celebrate career of pioneers who transformed live music with their dazzling light shows