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Thunder Venetian Taxi – a pioneering luxury Venetian water taxi using green technology

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    Venice directs its choices towards a more sustainable way of life. A green luxury watercraft with a hybrid engine intends to preserve the fragile Italian city. The Venice-based design studio Nuvolari Lenard recently unveiled a pioneering luxury Venetian water taxi that will help to preserve the historic city through the use of “green” … Read more

Monumental sculptures in open air: Joana Vasconcelos at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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      As of 23 March 2020, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (UK) is closed due to coronavirus.   Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents the largest exhibition to date in the UK by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is one of the finest places in Europe to experience modern and contemporary sculpture in the … Read more

Anish Kapoor: ‘Artists are not makers of luxury goods’

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The artist on working with the world’s blackest substance, the troubled legacy of his Olympic sculpture and the state of the art world today

Why European wines are still number one

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Most connoisseurs agree that Europe still produces the world’s greatest wines

Meet the Italian designers who have a way with wood

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Studio Formafantasma are revolutionising the use of timber in a way that will make you see this age-old material in a new light