Tag: Art and design
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‘It is quite petrifying’: designer JW Anderson on his first exhibition
Landmark fashion meets great sculpture in the designer’s ambitious new show
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Put away the gallery guides – art is best when shrouded in mystery
A new app, Smartify, allows you to point your phone at artworks and instantly know everything about them. But while facts can enrich enjoyment, it is the shock of the unknown that really makes art resonate
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Salvador Dalí portrait of estranged sister Ana Maria up for auction
Figura de Perfil, painted a few years before the siblings’ relationship disintegrated, expected to fetch up to £1.2m at Bonhams
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Damien Hirst gives first glimpse of new Venice art – but can he win back critics?
With mysterious underwater objects hinting at monsters and ancient civilisations – including a $4m Medusa – Damien Hirst could be about to reverse years of creative decline
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Burberry joins forces with Henry Moore as label becomes a creative force
Christopher Bailey of Burberry says Moore inspired a collection to ‘sculpt the body’ at show which doubled up as opening for Moore exhibition
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Mies’s Mansion House Square: the best building London never had?
Mies van der Rohe’s plans for an office tower in the City were scuppered by Prince Charles’ criticism and Margaret Thatcher’s fear of new public space – yet this tale has as much to do with shifts in public opinion against modernist architecture