Pure beauty
[slideshow_deploy id=’5790′] Wry, rebellious and utterly revered, John Baldessari is one of the most respected contemporary artists of the last five decades, but as Yasmin Bilbeisi discovers, it is...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’24086′] Zhang Xiaogang has become one of China’s biggest selling artists but despite huge acclaim and equally sizeable sales figures he remains humble and unaffected as Glass...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’29791′] The snaking drone of conveyor belts proffering “other people’s” luggage ensures that baggage halls across the globe send passengers into hypnotic states, adding a new...
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The Collective Summer Exhibition at House of St Barnabas
With forecasters promising a deluge of eschatological proportions, inclement weather did not sully the mostly outdoor private view of The Collective Summer Exhibition at the House of St. Barnabas...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’31731′] Armenia is a unique country in many respects, least of which is its approach to education. For example, chess is a compulsory subject in almost all schools. Thus, it is...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’31588′] Near to the Trafalgar Square end of the St Martin’s Lane in Central London, one will happen upon an enigmatic shop window. With leather satchels on display, it is not...
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Burning bright
A new members’ club in the West End has eclipsed the strobe lights, street lights, and twinkling taxi signs to earn the distinction of its name – Lights of Soho (LoS). LoS runs on a principle of...
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The great Wall
Jeff Wall exhibitions can feel rather mo re like going to the cinema than to a gallery. Wall’s large scale photographic tableaux, famously displayed on huge light boxes, have their own veritable...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’32865′] The viewer becomes voyeur at Richard Saltoun’s Temptations of Pierre Molinier Featuring over 50 of the artist’s works created from 1952 onwards, the exhibition is mostly...
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[slideshow_deploy id=’34611′] “Hello U” beckons the text on the frontage of Unit London’s nascent gallery space. Opening last month, with a lively solo show of work by Zhuang Hong Yi. The energetic...
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Colourful Language – The Banners by Gilbert and George opens at White Cube,...
The 48-year-long, two-man uprising known as Gilbert and George rages on, introducing 30 pieces known collectively as The Banners to White Cube, the gallery which has represented them since 2000. The...
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Room for Play – Glass reviews Playroom a curatorial project by Olga MacKenzie...
THE IKEA catalogue has a circulation double of the Bible. Thus it is not so surprising that the a representative from the company said the following at the Guardian Sustainable Business Debate, “If we...
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Botticelli Reimagined at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Kensington Hotel
IN conjunction with the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Kensington Hotel is offering groups of people the chance to experience their own personal art renaissance. Until July 03, 2016, patrons can merge...
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OH BOY! London-based youth fashion brand BOY London celebrates its 40th year
RATHER than fade into obsolescence as so many edgy labels do after a few decades, youth fashion brand BOY London made the mature transition from urban to urbane with the launch of a premium line...
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Glass visits Unit Gallery, London
LOOMING over a busy red carpet on a pavement in Soho is Farhad Moshiri’s sculptural homage to needlepoint totsches. This simultaneously macabre and kitsch piece of art, made by Moshiri using knives...
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A transfusion of taste – Glass meets British menswear brand Blood Brother
DURING the recent LC:M, Aldwych Station in London received a transfusion of taste from nascent menswear label, Blood Brother. Tube stations are not the only thing to be given the kiss of life by the...
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Glass reviews Lauren Baker’s solo show at M&C Saatchi, London
JUST as the off switch could be close to being hit, the trend for neon continues. Ne-on manages to keep-on. There seems a strong divide between those who love neon and those who hate it, making it the...
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Glass interviews up-and-coming designer Michaela Frankova
FROM her atelier in north London, the softly spoken but loudly expressive Michaela Frankova spins fairytales in fabric for a diverse clientele that includes everyone from fashion bloggers to...
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LFW AW17: Miló Maria
CONTRADICTION is the cornerstone of Miló Maria’s design ethos. In her presentation at LFW AW17, the designer galvanised her love for paradoxes. Showcasing her third collection in an ‘80s-style office,...
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LFW AW17: Annderstand
ROMANTIC Revolution was the theme of Annderstand’s second Fashion Scout show for LFW AW17. Chinese-born Ge Yu, who founded the label in 2015, combined ’90s London street style with influences from rock...
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