Category: Art
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Arkaeology: the real meaning of the Noah story
The film Noah is outraging evangelicals. But with its hot rain, incest and castration, the biblical story is far wilder, finds Jenny Diski• Noah: first look review
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Cannes film festival goes for retro cool with Fellini poster
Official poster for 2014 festival resurrects vintage glamour thanks to Marcello Mastroianni, the Italian star of Fellini’s 8½• News: Grace of Monaco to open Cannes 2014• News: Jane Campion heading Cannes 2014 jury
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From luxurious ornamentation to austere simplicity: the “Gorgeous” extremes of beauty
“Gorgeous” presents masterpieces from the Asian Art Museum and SFMOMA in provocative ways and stimulating new contexts to encourage viewers to ask the question “What is gorgeous?” The idea of ‘gorgeous,’ and whether it is valuable, has always been debated. Visitors of the new “Gorgeous” exhibition @ Asian Art Museum will encounter a selection of…
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Joel Shapiro, Ai Weiwei, and Jeppe Hein’s large-format work @ ART COLOGNE 2014
48th ART COLOGNE (10 to 13 April) welcomed art lovers with spectacular large-format sculptures and installations. Outside of the entrance hall, three monumental bronze sculptures of the American artist Joel Shapiro catched the eye of the visitor. Shapiro, born 1941 in New York City, is considered one of the most important…
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Jean-Paul Gaultier’s major retrospective opened in London
“The Fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk”. The charismatic French couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier opened a major retrospective at the London’s Barbican Museum. “The Fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” explores Jean-Paul Gaultier‘s avant-garde fashion creations and cutting-edge designs which shaped the look of fashion…
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WWI centenary marked by Britain’s Imperial War Museum
‘From Street to Trench: A World War that Shaped a Region’: Britain’s Imperial War Museum’s first major exhibition marking the centenary of World War One. The centenary of World War One is marked by the Britain’s Imperial War Museum with a first major exhibition offering personal insights into the conflict. Entitled ‘From Street to Trench:…