Tag: Art and design
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Wonder of the vulgar: Barbican exhibition to delve into garish fashion
Autumn show with clothes by Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier will explore renaissance to present day
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Man v machine: can computers cook, write and paint better than us?
Artificial intelligence can now win a game, recognise your face, even appeal against your parking ticket. But can it do the stuff even humans find tricky?
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Dalí in a diving helmet: how the Spaniard almost suffocated bringing surrealism to Britain
Eighty years ago, as Dylan Thomas served boiled string, Salvador Dalí put on a diving suit, grabbed a billiard cue – and changed British art for ever. Can new exhibition Surreal Encounters recapture that spirit?
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Louis Vuitton cruise collection seeks fashion’s next dimension in Brazil
Against futuristic backdrop, Nicolas Ghesquière focuses on nostalgic Ipaneman glamour and country’s sporting heritage
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First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern’s power pyramid
With its chainmail brickwork, vast spaces and panoramic views, the Tate’s £260m ziggurat is a mesmerising twist on the existing art gallery
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Jeff Koons: Now review – Damien Hirst’s joyless paean to Donald Trump of art
From sexed-up Hoovers to kitsch kids’ toys, Hirst’s celebration of his biggest artistic influence is empty of emotion, revealing the shallowness of his own art