‘I’m broken and my only sin was being a woman’ – Gabrielle Goliath’s survivors | Photography
[ad_1] The event that shaped Gabrielle Goliath’s life as an artist happened when she was nine years old: a schoolfriend was killed in an act of domestic violence, the details of which have never been clear. “It would have been an accident,” she says, from her home in Johannesburg, 30 years on. “But, you know, […]
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 […]
Shoephoria! The history of footwear – in pictures | Fashion
[ad_1] Shoephoria! at the Fashion Museum in Bath showcases 350 pairs of boots and shoes to illustrate their evolution over the last 300 years, demonstrating the creativity and style of shoemakers and wearers Main image: Glitter wedge-heel shoes by Peter Jensen. Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath Fri 14 May 2021 05.02 EDT [ad_2] This content first […]
David Hockney on joy, longing and spring light: ‘I’m teaching the French how to paint Normandy!’ | David Hockney
[ad_1] ‘I think it looks terrific,” says David Hockney. “It’s all on one theme, isn’t it? And there’s not many exhibitions like that, really, a show all about the spring.” The 83-year-old artist is taking a look around his new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London for the first time. He seems happy with […]
‘We go after them like pitbulls’ – the art detective who hunts stolen Picassos and lost Matisses | Art theft
[ad_1] One summer morning in 2008, Christopher Marinello was waiting on 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York. The traffic was busy, but after a few minutes he saw what he was waiting for: a gold Mercedes with blacked-out windows drew near. As it pulled up to the kerb, a man in the passenger seat held […]
Clearing the dancefloor: how club culture became a museum piece | Music
[ad_1] The ttttssshhhhhh of a smoke machine breaks the silence as a red spotlight blinks to life, illuminating social distancing markers on a dancefloor polished smooth by the shuffling of feet. The soundsystem kicks into gear with an anthem by techno star Dave Clarke. But the DJ booth is empty, and the only ravers here […]
Cities of dreams: a Dutch master reimagines the metropolis – in pictures
[ad_1] Frank van der Salm has spent 25 years turning the way we see urban surfaces upside down – from twinkling nightscapes to eerie, empty interiors Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
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 […]
Drinkers and dreamers: Martin Parr’s favourite images of postwar Britain – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Cookie in the Snow, Lynemouth, Northumberland, 1984 The figure here is reminiscent of a 19th-century gleaner, gathering wood for a fire. The shock is that it was taken in 1984. For many, the abandonment of the north was an indictment of Thatcher. But Chris Killip suggests that the north was abandoned after the demise […]
Skull brides and iguana hats: Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1979 Thinking colour is ‘too Disneyland’ and that black and white film is more real, this choice highlights how time and ritual are found in almost every aspect of her practice Facebook Twitter [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
