New V&A East site to offer dramatic 360-degree viewing spaces
First glimpse of the Stratford site that will be ‘an immersive cabinet of curiosities’
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Hepworth Prize for Sculpture 2018 – from messy misery to a dash of magic
Firehoses, grenades and fibreglass sombreros feature in a shortlist that takes in Michael Dean’s evocation of economic despair and Cerith Wyn Evans’s sublime floating instrument
A portrait created by AI just sold for $432,000. But is it really art?
An image of Edmond de Belamy, created by a computer, has just been sold at Christie’s. But no algorithm can capture our complex human consciousness
Perrier-Jouët: 2018 Design Miami/, Hypernature and Lifetime Achievement Award for Hervé Deschamps
Hervé Deschamps, Cellar Master of Maison Perrier-Jouët, received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Champagne and Sparkling Wines World Championships. Hervé Deschamps was awarded the trophy during the Gala Dinner of the CSWWC on October 24th 2018. Hervé Deschamps arrived at Maison Perrier-Jouët in 1983. A decade later, he became the seventh Cellar Master since the … Read more
Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin: dot to dot veggie or metaphor for obliteration?
The Japanese pop artist combines her famous polka dots with Halloween’s motif of choice, the pumpkin
Party palaces and funky funhouses: Freddy Mamani’s maverick buildings
With pinball machine interiors and animal-shaped facades, Mamani’s wild venues have transformed Bolivian architecture. Now the former bricklayer is taking ‘neo-Andean’ style to Paris