Tag: culture
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Beijing Silvermine is an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the last ten years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and… more ›
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The second of a three-part series charting a decade of change; how music, literature, the arts and film broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s. The 1960s… more ›
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Abidjan, Dakar and Paris: the Ivory Coast-based art gallery owner Cécile Fakhoury today runs three eponymous spaces in three different world capitals dedicated to artists from the African continent, defending… more ›
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If a single line endures from the psychedelic carnival of the 1960s, it’s probably Harvard psychologist and psychedelic cheerleader Timothy Leary’s catchphrase “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” A call… more ›
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Not long after my family settled into a new home, near Hampstead Heath, I went south to the Tate Britain museum, on the bank of the Thames, to see an ambitious project… more ›
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If you’re a Londoner, or even if you’re not, have you noticed the way a lot of young Londoners speak, particularly in places like Hackney or Lewisham or other inner-city… more ›
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Brian Eno is one of the most accomplished artists working today. Having given us the genre of ambient music, he also produced many of the most remarkable acts of the… more ›
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Let me peer into my crystal ball, and predict the next decade in music. I’m brave (or foolhardy) enough to tell you what I see—but you may want to sit… more ›
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For 31 years, the designer has led the menswear “universe” with discreet, luxurious designs. Her astonishing success is in her honesty. Véronique Nichanian, the artistic director of Hermès’ grandly titled… more ›