Category: Art
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State of the Art: The winners of the Swarovski Designers of the Future
The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award acknowledges emerging studios and designers who are actively expanding design culture through experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. This year’s recipients include Studio Swine, Tomás Alonso and Elaine Yan Ling Ng, who debuted new works at the 10th anniversary of Design Miami/ Basel. Design duo Studio Swine presented the groundbreaking…
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Museums and looted art: the ethical dilemma of preserving world cultures
How can western ‘universal’ museums acquire and display artefacts without stoking the illegal arts trade and reproducing colonialist narratives?
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The Elephant R.U.N. at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Resort & Spa: Upcycling Waste into Works of Art
In 2016, Sri Lanka will have a new Shangri-La luxury resort called Hambantota Resort & Spa. An Eco Centre will be built on site, to teach and educate guests, colleagues and local school children about conservation and Sri Lanka’s environment. The resort’s biodiversity programme will focus primarily on the development of elephant conservation programmes in and…
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The 10th Anniversary of Design Miami/ Basel
Chromatropic, Chronometric, quattro and more: Ten Years of Design Miami/ Basel. The much-anticipated 10th Anniversary edition of Design Miami/ Basel is surpassing all expectations, according to visitors. With 46 of the world’s leading galleries specializing in collectible design side-by-side with Collaborations, Satellites, and additional programming. A must-attend fair for all design enthusiasts, Design Miami/ Basel keeps…
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Marina Abramović: ‘The planet is dying. We have to be warriors’
In an exclusive interview in Tasmania, the performance artist explains why she stays out of the studio, resists nostalgia … and how she ate three raw onions• Video: Have you got what it takes to follow the Abramovic method?• Zoe Williams: How I became a convert to the cult of Marina Abramovic• Marina Abramović’s weirdest…
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Beach cafe, billionaire’s retreat, wedding marquee: second lives of the Serpentine pavilions
Everyone from Ai Weiwei and Frank Gehry to Zaha Hadid has designed a folly for the Serpentine gallery, but what happens to these starchitect baubles after their summer in the sun?