Why are our cities built for 6ft-tall men? The female architects who fought back | Architecture
[ad_1] When Le Corbusier developed his proportional system Le Modulor in the 1940s, the great architect had in mind a handsome British policeman. His system would go on to shape the entire postwar world, dictating everything from the height of a door handle to the scale of a staircase, all governed by the need to […]
Crude, obscene and extraordinary: Jean Dubuffet’s war against good taste | Art
[ad_1] Which great artist of the 20th century has been most influential on the 21st? Neither Picasso nor Matisse, as they have no heirs. And not Marcel Duchamp, however much we genuflect before his urinal. No, the artist of the last century whose ideas are everywhere today was a wine merchant who took street art […]
The Bard in black and white: Shakespeare by Tristram Kenton – in pictures | Stage
[ad_1] A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1989 Clare Higgins as Titania and David Troughton as Bottom, directed by John Caird, designed by Sue Blane, at the Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. All photographs: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Facebook Twitter [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
Wonder breaks the silence: pop, rock and classical music for 2021 | Music
[ad_1] Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs The title of Sleaford Mods’ sixth album is apparently an oblique reference to the fatalities in the first wave of coronavirus: “Human lives are always expendable to the elites,” in the words of vocalist Jason Williamson, “we’re in a constant state of being spare ribs.” The presence of a […]
