Tag: Art and design
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The Bilbao effect: how Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim started a global craze
Opened 20 years ago this month, the glittering titanium museum had a wow factor that cities around the globe were soon clamouring to copy
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Exhibition at New York’s MoMA embraces fashion for second time
The Museum of Modern Art last devoted a show to clothes in 1944. Its new show considers the last 100 years of dress
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Mocaa, Cape Town: grain silo reborn as Africa’s answer to Tate Modern
Thomas Heatherwick pulls off an awesome act of architectural mutilation – just don’t mention the luxury hotel upstairs
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The joy of specs: eyewear’s starring role in cinematic history
A new exhibition explores how glasses have played a part in film narratives – and their journey from geek prop to urban must-have
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The Jean-Michel Basquiat I knew…
The graffiti artist turned painter became the star of the 1980s New York art scene. Since his death aged 27, his reputation has soared. On the eve of a major UK show, we speak to those who knew him best