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Those who visited the last dOCUMENTA will remember Sam Durant’s puzzling wooden structure at the end of the Karlsaue Park’s main axis. With its simple geometrical shapes and many stairs, it looked like a piece of playground equipment — and was treated as such...
Dutch designer Iris van Herpen will be showcasing 30 of her designs created between 2008 and 2012 at the International Centre For Lace and Fashion in Calais next month. Van Herpen’s work, often described as “wearable sculpture”, fuses...
Where will she stop? Hannah Barry, the contemporary art gallerist who put the inner London neighbourhood of Peckham on the capital’s art map — and before she hit her 30th birthday — is spearheading a bid to turn an underused multi-storey car park on Rye Lane...
The Pontifical Council for Culture has announced the details of the Holy See’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Entitled “In Principio,” the exhibition will take place in the Arsenale, and gather artists around three fundamental themes from the Book of...
Vintage Jaguars were hot in demand at Bonhams collectors’ car auction yesterday as they took the top two bids, totaling over £200,000 in sales. The sale took place at the RAF Museum and included almost 400 lots of cars and automobilia such as books, garage...
An online petition has been launched to prevent John Galliano from teaching a three-day masterclass at Parsons college in New York. It was confirmed earlier this week that the British designer would be taking part in a session called “SHOW ME EMOTION!” with...
Five Copenhagen galleries have teamed up to launch a new art fair, CHART — the first Danish fair focused exclusively on contemporary art.The inaugural edition will run from August 30 to September 1, 2013, and has been conceived...
American film legend Robert Redford was in London today to open the second Sundance London film and music festival, which officially kicks off tomorrow and runs until April 28. In a media briefing today, Redford voiced his concerns over funding issues in...
A new mini-film celebrating the new Jaguar F-Type starring Damian Lewis was unveiled yesterday at a private screening at Sundance London. The 13-minute film, called “Desire,” was produced in collaboration with Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) and features...
A rare deep blue diamond weighing 5.30 carats has set a new world record at auction, fetching an astonishing $1.8 million (£1.18m) per carat at Bonhams Fine Jewelry auction yesterday. The sale smashed the previous world record for a blue diamond, which was $1...
