Tag: UK Culture
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Revealed: the unseen flip-sides of the world’s most famous paintings
From the Mona Lisa to Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has exposed – literally – the nuts and bolts of centuries-old masterpiecesFlipside of art: match the famous paintings to their frames – quiz
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Noma: My Perfect Storm review – slathered in coulis of cloying voiceover
This in-house study of totemic Copenhagen restaurant Noma looks finger-licking, but lacks much nutritious insight
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Museum of London design shortlist: from luxury boutique to history chic
Smithfield market will be the museum’s new home, but which architectural vision should shape its future: the eye-catching one, the ghostly one, the corporate one … or the one that rings alarm bells?
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The Louvre’s closure proves art cannot survive climate change
The flooding in Paris is a stark warning of the danger posed by climate change to everything human civilisation has achieved – no matter how priceless
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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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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