Art Find: The New York Earth Room & The Broken Kilometer
SoHo may be scrubbed, polished and bedazzled to within an inch of its life, but hidden among the boutiques and Michelin-starred restaurants are a few small remnants of SoHo’s past as the heart of New York’s (and possibly the country’s, and ”“ am I going too far? ”“ the world’s) art scene. The New York […]
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Art Gallery Find: Hayward Gallery London
Architectural love or loathing towards the Hayward Gallery’s concrete façade aside, it is what’s inside this Sixties landmark on London’s Southbank complex that attracts the culture crowd into its brutalist core. Hayward Gallery presents several temporary exhibitions a year across two levels that broadly range from the classics through to the contemporary as well as […]
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Contemporary Art Find: Palais de Tokyo Paris
1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) Three words have long epitomised the avant-garde in Paris in recent years. Palais de Tokyo has been defining creative accessibility since 2002 with its anti-museum aesthetic and multi-disciplinary ethos around contemporary art. Occupying a monumental building built for the Paris International Exhibition in 1937 in the 16th arrondissement, […]
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Art Find: Migros Museum of Contemporary Art Zurich
Follow Limmatstrasse from Zurich’s historical centre and discover the city’s former industrial district, Zurich-West, now a cultural hub for art and design. Migros Museum of Contemporary Art resides in the Löwenbräukunst complex ”“ a converted century-old brewery ”“ and ideal setting for thirsty art hounds. Established in the mid-twentieth century by the eponymous Swiss retailer, […]
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Modern Art Museum Find: Moderna Museet Stockholm
When island hopping in Stockholm be sure to make Skeppsholmen your first port of call. Home to Sweden’s national museum of modern and contemporary art, Moderna Museet Stockholm boasts one of the finest international collections in Europe as well as a brand identity designed by none other than Robert Rauschenberg. View Rauschenberg’s iconic mixed media […]
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Contemporary Art Museum Find: Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin
1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) Once Germany’s primary rail terminus, the scale of Berlin’s converted Hamburger Bahnhof into a contemporary art museum is fitting given it’s vast collection of works across three major collections that span major art movements since 1960. The museum’s permanent displays, exhibited in this impressive architectural setting, showcase Pop […]
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Modern Art Find: MaMo Marseille
One visit to MaMo Marseille and you’ll understand right away why this city is a European capital of culture. There is something truly extraordinary about showcasing inspirational modern artworks atop one of urbanist Le Corbusier’s greatest architectural achievements. The landmark building Cité Radieuse, is a vast apartment complex built in the early 50s just outside […]
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Art & Architecture Find: MAXXI Rome
Arguably the most competitive capital in the world for culture, Rome’s national museum for twenty-first century art and architecture stands defiant towards its centuries-old counterparts. Named after its acronym, Museum of Art XXI, MAXXI is a striking addition to not only the Eternal City’s landscape but also to its cultural agenda. Located in the neighbourhood […]
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Concept Store Find: Please Do Not Enter Los Angeles
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) In deep and darkest Downtown Los Angeles, or so the Westside would have you believe, resides the tallest and brightest concept store in the city. Perched on the twelfth floor in the historic Pacific Mutual Building on Pershing Square, little will prepare visitors to the light-filled boutique-cum-gallery. Glass […]
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Contemporary Art Find: Hangar Bicocca Milan
Milan and industry go ”˜mano a mano’. Nowhere is this more evident than in the city’s Bicocca district, which was redeveloped by iconic Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli in the Eighties. In 2004, Pirelli introduced a cultural centre focused on research and experimentation for contemporary art. For a decade Hangar Bicocca has emerged as a leading […]
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