Tag: Art and design
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Flat, soulless and stupid: why photographs don’t work in art galleries
Photographs can be powerful, beautiful, and capture the immediacy of a moment like nothing else. But they make poor art when hung on a wall like paintings
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Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium slammed as a ‘monumental mistake’ and a ‘disgrace to future generations’
The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designsZaha Hadid: ‘I don’t make nice little buildings’
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One of world’s best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery
The Abelló Collection on display at CentroCentro Cibeles includes pieces by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Miro
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From Byzantine bannings to the Jeff Koons attack: the lamest art vandalism ever
The recent lacklustre spray-paint job on a Jeff Koons is nothing new in art … rubbish vandals have always been with us• Jeff Koons retrospective targeted by vandal
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Fondation Cartier celebrates 30 years with portrait tribute to artists
Celebrated figures in music, film and science included in nod to treasured ‘family’ as Paris museum marks anniversary
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Peter Saville: the UK’s most famous graphic designer
He talks about the joy of Factory Records, hating the fashion industry and being sacked by the city of Manchester